How The Crown Season Four Cast Compares to the Real Royals They Play
Netflix's historical drama juggernaut has always been praised for its incredible accuracy.
Season Four of The Crown—in which we finally get to the good stuff—is here. The big-budget Netflix show is known for its grandiose production, detailed historical accuracy, and elegant costumes. And this season delivers on all of this, while narrowing the focus on more human and interpersonal Royal dramas. Starting in the 1980s, Season Four tackles Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s courtship and troubled marriage as well as the Margaret Thatcher political era. This also marks a whole new cast of actors channelling these larger than life public figures. Here’s what the cast of Season Four looks like, and how they compare to their real-life counterparts.
Andrew Buchan as Andrew Parker Bowles
Nancy Carroll as Anne Tennant
Emerald Fennell as Camilla Parker Bowles
Stephen Boxer as Denis Thatcher
Charles Dance as Lord Mountbatten
Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher
Charles Edwards as Martin Charteris
Tom Byrne as Prince Andrew
Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles
Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip
Erin Doherty as Princess Anne
Emma Corrin as Princess Diana
Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret
Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II
Marion Bailey as the Queen Mother
Harry Treadaway as Roddy Llewellyn
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