Matt Smith Reveals Queen Elizabeth II Used to Watch ‘The Crown’ on a Projector — But Prince Philip ‘Definitely Didn’t’

Man, look at Netflix killing it with the cross-promotion!

In the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death and King Charles III's accession to the throne, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly want to delay the release of their Netflix documentary series and the duke's memoir.  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex hope to make last-minute edits to portions of both projects that talk about Harry’s brother, Prince William, and his wife, Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, as well as the king and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, the New York Post reported.  Both the Netflix series and Harry’s memoir were set to be released by the end of the year, the newspaper reported, but will likely now be pushed until next year.  "A lot of conversations are happening," a source told the Post. "I hear that Harry and Meghan want the series to be held until next year, they want to stall.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are said to be in conversation to try and edit their Netflix docuseries in order to delay its release. Prince Harry, 38, and Meghan Markle, 41 are filming a $100million series about their lives with Netflix and it was previously thought to be scheduled for a December release, following The Crown series five going live on November 9.

Netflix’s The Crown, poised to drop Season 5 on November 6, is irrefutable proof of America’s continuing fascination with England’s royal family. The series opens with Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947 and Season 4 wraps with the resignation of longtime Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Netflix has put out a last-minute call for an actor to play Prince Harry in season six of The Crown, with filming scheduled to start in November. Anyone who looks like Prince Harry (or knows someone who does) is being urged to come forward – and no acting experience is necessary.There is a two-week deadline and entrants need to send a short video of themselves doing “something they love” by email and whoever the future star will be has been promised “a great deal of support”.The call-out sheet reads: “Robert Sterne, Casting Director of the Netflix series THE CROWN, is searching for an exceptional young actor to play Prince Harry in the next series." It continues: “It is a significant role in this award winning drama and we are looking for a strong physical resemblance.

K.J. Yossman Netflix has revealed the premiere date for “The Crown” Season 5 during its online Tudum fan event on Saturday. The dramatized series about the British Royal Family is set to return on Nov. 9 with an entirely new cast. Imelda Staunton (“Harry Potter”) takes over from Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II while Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”) will play her husband, Prince Philip. Meanwhile Dominic West (“The Affair”) will play Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki (“Tenet”) will portray Princess Diana, Lesley Manville (“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”) joins as the Queen’s sister Princess Margaret, and Jonny Lee Miller (“Elementary”) stars as Prime Minister John Major.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Sept. 8 death sent viewers flocking to Netflix’s The Crown, with Season 1 of the Peter Morgan drama returning to the streamer’s Top 10 at #7 for the week of Sept. 5 – Sept. 11, which included the day the news of the Queen’s passing broke and the three days that followed. For the week of Sept. 12 – Sept. 18, which coincided with UK’s period of national mourning, The Crown‘s first season rose to #3 with 40.8M hours viewed, with Season 2 also reentering the Top 10 at #7 with 16.7M hours viewed.

"The Crown" star Matt Smith is sharing his interactions with the British royals and claims he once heard Queen Elizabeth II used to watch the hit TV show.  During a recent appearance on "Today," Smith opened up about the time he met  the future King Charles III and Prince Harry. While he only managed to compliment the king on his shoes, he met Harry at a polo match and got confirmation that he was a fan of the show. "I met Harry once at the polo, which sounds a bit grand, but it wasn’t that grand.

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The death of Queen Elizabeth II has sparked viewership of the first season of The Crown.

took a break in production “out of respect” for Queen Elizabeth II, but the hiatus came to an end.Following the death of the queen, writer of the Netflix show Peter Morgan told Deadline on Thursday that he expected filming would stop “out of respect” for Her Majesty.Producers confirmed to CNN that production was halted for the day Friday, Sept. 9.“As a mark of respect, filming on ‘The Crown’ was suspended today.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Not surprisingly, the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8 — ending a historic 70-year reign — spurred renewed interest in “The Crown,” the popular Netflix series that follows the monarch’s life and events during her time on the throne over multiple decades. “The Crown,” which begins in the late 1940s prior to Elizabeth’s becoming the Queen of England, will end with Season 6, taking the show into the early 2000s. Between Friday and Sunday (Sept. 9-11), the show’s viewership in the U.K. increased more than 800% compared with the previous Friday-Sunday period, according to data analytics firm Whip Media. In the U.S., viewership of “The Crown” more than quadrupled from Friday-Sunday compared with the previous week, and in France viewing jumped threefold, per Whip Media.

From Coronation Street to Line of Duty, the late Queen Elizabeth was a fan of popular TV shows like the rest of us – and even allegedly watched several episodes of Netflix's The Crown. Her Majesty apparently thoroughly enjoyed smash-hit police drama Line of Duty, which she reportedly devoured while isolated at Windsor Castle during the lockdown while grieving the death of her husband Prince Philip as well as the family rift from Harry and Meghan's explosive Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021.The late sovereign, who sadly passed away on Thursday, 8 September aged 96, was partial to arranged weekend screenings of The Crown, a "senior royal source" said in 2017.

“The Crown” is taking a hiatus from production out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II following her death.

Kate Middleton’s parents Carole and Michael Middleton have paid a poignant tribute to The Queen, following her death on Thursday September 8 at the age of 96. The Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge’s parents marked the sad occasion with a tribute to her majesty on their family business Party Pieces’ social media page, where they referenced her enduring 70 year reign and described her passing as a time of “great sadness.” The post, which was shared alongside a smiling image of the monarch one day after the news of her death first broke, read: “RIP Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

The Crown will reportedly 'pause' filming following the death of the Queen. Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully, aged 96, on Thursday afternoon. Her death was announced at around 6.30pm following the release of a brief statement by Buckingham Palace.