Peter Morgan, who had already told parts of this story on screen (“The Queen”) and stage (“The Audience”), created the series, which originally starred 32-year-old Claire Foy as the vicenarian princess-turned-queen. When “The Crown” premiered in November 2016, Queen Elizabeth II had just recently broken the record for longest-serving monarch in British history, and the time was right to start looking back (both fondly and critically) at her life on the throne. Before watching season 5, which starts streaming Nov.9, take a look through our photo gallery comparing 15 of “The Crown” season 1 and 2 cast to the real-life royals and public figures that they portrayed. Over the course of four seasons, the creatives behind the show have painted a somewhat embellished portrait of the first half of Elizabeth II’s reign as Queen of the United Kingdom. Half a dozen years into its existence, Netflix’s “ The Crown” stands as one of the streamer’s most successful original series.
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