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The Crown has, um, crowned its Camilla Parker Bowles.
EW can confirm that Call The MidwifeEmerald Fennell will take over the future of the Duchess of Cornwall in the third season of the Netflix drama.
"I'm absolutely over the moon, and completely terrified, to be joining so many hugely talented people on The Crown, " said Fennell in a statement obtained by EW. "I absolutely love Camilla, and am very grateful that my teenage years have been prepared for me by playing a chain-smoking serial snogger with a pudding bowl hair cut."
When season 3 first next year, the series will jump to the 1970s when Prince Charles first met his future wife. The new episodes will be played by Josh O'Connor (Ripper Street) and, as previously announced, BroadchurchOlivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II (taking over the role of Claire Foy). Tobias Menzies from Outlander Prince Philip, succeeding Matt Smith, while Ben Daniels (The Exorcistwill play Lord Snowdon and Helena Bonham Carter (Ocean's EightPrincess Margaret from Vanessa Kirby.
The Crown returns to Netflix in 2019.
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