Cast[]
Main Cast[]
The Royal Family[]
- Claire Foy as Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh
- Matt Smith as Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret
- Victoria Hamilton as Queen Elizabeth
- Jared Harris as King George VI
- Ben Miles as Peter Townsend, the King's equerry
- Eileen Atkins as Queen Mary
- Greg Wise as Lord Louis Mountbatten, Philip's uncle
Government[]
- John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, the former Prime Minister (Conservative Party)
- Jeremy Northam as Anthony Eden, the Shadow Foreign Secretary (Conservative Party)
Recurring Cast[]
The Royal Family[]
- Rosalind Knight as Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Philip's mother
- Daniel Betts as Prince Ernst von Hannover, a German cousin of both Princess Elizabeth and Philip, descending from Queen Victoria.
- Andy Sanderson as Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Royal Household[]
- Harry Hadden-Paton as Martin Charteris, Princess Elizabeth's private secretary
- Pip Torrens as Tommy Lascelles, the King's private secretary
- Will Keen as Michael Adeane, the King's deputy private secretary
- Patrick Ryecart as the Duke of Norfolk, The Earl Marshall
- Patrick Drury as the Lord Chamberlain
- Lizzy McInnerny as Bobo MacDonald, Princess Elizabeth's dresser
- Martin Bishop as the King's valet
- James Laurenson as Doctor Weir, the King's doctor
Government[]
- Harriet Walter as Clementine Churchill
- Nicholas Rowe as Jock Colville, Churchill's private secretary (Conservative Party)
- Clive Francis as Robert, Lord Salisbury, Leader of the House of Lords; known as "Bobbety"
- Simon Chandler as Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister (Labour Party)
- Kate Phillips as Venetia Scott, a new secretary at 10 Downing Street
Major Guest Cast[]
- Ronald Pickup as the Archbishop of Canterbury
- John Woodvine as the Archbishop of York
- Nicholas Jones as Lord Moran, Churchill's doctor
- Mark Tandy as Cecil Beaton, court photographer