Netflix's multiple Emmy Award-winning drama series The Crown, based on the British royal family, will return to the streaming platform for its sixth and final season. Among other things, The Crown Season 6 will feature the tragic death of Princess Diana, also known as Diana, Princess of Wales.
Producers of The Crown have now revealed that the death of Princess Diana will be shown «delicately» and with sensitivity in The Crown Season 6.
Princess Diana died in a tragic accident on August 31, 1997, in Paris, France. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then the Prince of Wales), and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry.
Suzanne Mackie, Executive Producer, of The Crown, told the Edinburgh TV Festival about Season 6: «The show might be big and noisy, but we're not. We're thoughtful people and we're sensitive people.»
The Crown will end after Season 6. The last season will recreate the death of Princess Diana. It will also show the Royal Family’s life a few years after the Princess’ death.
Mackie added that there was a «very, very careful, long, long, long conversation about how we do it – and I hope, you know, the audience will judge it in the end, but I think it's been delicately, thoughtfully recreated».
Elizabeth Debicki will play Princess Diana in The Crown Season 6, having also portrayed her in Season 5 of the Netflix series.
Calling Debicki an «extraordinary actress», Mackie added, «She was so thoughtful, considerate and loved Diana. So there was a huge amount of respect from us all. I hope that's evident when you see it.»
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