Netflix continues to extend its range of original series, this time taking on the challenge of chronicling the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The first trailer for The Crown has now arrived.
Adapted and expanded from Peter Morgan’s play The Audience by the writer himself, the aim is for this to follow a similar timeline to the stage version, tracking the Queen's interactions with the many Prime Ministers that have come and gone during her reign.
Claire Foy is playing Her Maj during the early part of her reign from the 1950s onwards (interacting here with John Lithgow's Winston Churchill), but there’s still no word on whether she’ll be the Queen throughout the whole story (the way Helen Mirren managed it on stage) or if she’ll hand over to other actors as the years pass.
Dealing with her regal responsibilities, and how that intersects with her personal life (including her marriage to Prince Philip, played here by Matt Smith), she faces real challenges. But somehow, you know she'll get through it, what with still being Queen and all.
The first, 10-episode season of The Crown will be on Netflix from November 4.