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The Crown

Duty lasts a lifetime.

8.2/ 102016Episode runtime

Drama

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton

Queen Elizabeth II

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

Princess Margaret

Dominic West

Dominic West

Prince Charles

Claudia Harrison

Claudia Harrison

Princess Anne

Marcia Warren

Marcia Warren

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother