‘The Crown’: first look at Princess Diana in season 5

Netflix released Elizabeth Debicki’s first look as Princess Diana and Dominic West as Prince Charles in “The Crown.”

Season 5, which began production in the UK last month, features Debicki as Princess in the early 1990s and West as her ex-husband.

Debicki succeeds Emma Corrin, who played Diana in Season 4 when she met and married a young Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) and faced the stress of world fame. Diana struggled with an eating disorder and had an affair with James Hewitt (Daniel Donskoy) after learning of Charles’ extramarital romance with Camilla Parker Bowles (Emerald Fennel).

Recent Debicki credits include “Tenet” by Christopher Nolan. She is also known for her roles as Ayesha in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and Alice in “The Widows”.

West, who succeeds O’Connor, recently appeared alongside Lily James in the miniseries “The Pursuit of Love”. He is also currently filming “Downton Abbey 2” and “Call My Agent (UK)”.

The duo will be joined in season 5 by Imelda Staunton (“Harry Potter”) as Queen Elizabeth II, Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”) as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville (“Maleficent: Mistress of the evil ”) as Princess Margaret and Jonny Lee Miller (“ Elementary ”) as John Major.

“The Crown” first premiered on Netflix in 2016 with the premise of following the British royal family through the decades, starting with the death of George VI and the subsequent coronation of his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1952. The key figures are revised every two seasons to reflect the age of the characters.

Season 5 will likely see the family through the Queen’s so-called ‘annus horribilis’ in 1992, in which three of her four children split from their partners – including Prince Charles and Diana – along with the revelation. publicity of the Charles and Camilla affair and the publication of Prince Andrew’s wife Sarah Ferguson topless sunbathing with a male friend.

It’s unclear whether Season 5 will expand to include Diana’s death in 1997 in a fatal car crash or whether that has to wait until Season 6, which would be the final season of “The Crown”. The producers also declined to say if they would represent a recreation of the crash in the series.