'The Crown' Season 4 Scenes and the Real Life Royal Photos They're Based On
Let's take a trip back in time
The Crown season 4 is based upon the real life events of the royal family between the years of 1979 and 1990. With the new series launching on Netflix, we thought we'd take a trip down memory lane and dig out real life photographs from the archives that correspond with the storylines - and as you'll see, the producers have done a very good job matching it all up.
From Prince Charles and Princess Diana's engagement and wedding to their first tour, Margaret Thatcher's appointment as Prime Minister and more, here's the royal photo album you never knew you needed. Plus, keep scrolling for all the real life pictures to accompany The Crown series 3 plots, too. You'll feel like a royal historian before you know it...
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Queen Elizabeth saluting from a horse at the 1979 Trooping The Colour.
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Queen Elizabeth saluting from a horse at the 1979 Trooping The Colour.
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Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh waving from balcony at Buckingham Palace during the 1979 Trooping The Colour.
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Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh waving from balcony at Buckingham Palace during the 1979 Trooping The Colour.
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Charles and Diana at the Balmoral Estate in Scotland.
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Charles and Diana at the Balmoral Estate in Scotland.
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Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis entering No. 10, following her election win in 1979.
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Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis entering No. 10, following her election win in 1979.
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Queen Elizabeth at Lord Mountbatten's funeral in September 1979.
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Queen Elizabeth at Lord Mountbatten's funeral in September 1979.
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Prince Charles and Diana Spencer announcing their engagement in February 1981.
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Prince Charles and Diana Spencer announcing their engagement in February 1981.
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Princess Diana on her wedding day in July 1981.
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Princess Diana on her wedding day in July 1981.
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Michael Fagan, the man who broke into Buckingham Palace and intruded in the Queen's bedroom in 1982.
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Michael Fagan, the man who broke into Buckingham Palace and intruded in the Queen's bedroom in 1982.
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana posing in front of Uluru (Ayers Rock) during a royal tour of Australia in 1983.
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana posing in front of Uluru (Ayers Rock) during a royal tour of Australia in 1983.
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In real life, Diana wore a very similar dress to the one featured in the gala night scene The Crown, but it was actually in 1987 at the Cannes Film Festival.
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