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тАШThe CrownтАЩ Reveals November Premiere Date For Season 5

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By Stacy Lambe, ETOnline.com.

тАЬThe CrownтАЭ┬аis finally back. Peter MorganтАЩs acclaimed Netflix series chronicling the royal family returns with season 5 on Nov.┬а9, the streaming platform revealed during Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event. The news of its return comes just over two weeks after Queen Elizabeth IIтАЩs┬аdeath at the age of 96┬аwhen production on the new episodes was┬аbriefly suspended┬аout of respect.

Per tradition, season 5 will introduce an┬аentirely new cast, with┬аImelda Staunton taking over as the Queen following Olivia Colman┬аand┬аClaire FoyтАЩs award-winning turns as the matriarch during the first four seasons. SheтАЩll also close out the series, which is┬аset to end┬аwith season 6.

While┬аspeaking with ET, Staunton tipped her hat to her predecessors by saying, тАЬI donтАЩt want to let the air go out of the balloon and I really have to bring it home. I would love to do that for all the people who have gone before me.тАЭ

Joining Staunton are Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip,┬аLesley Manville┬аas Princess Margaret,┬аDominic West┬аas Prince Charles and┬аElizabeth Debicki┬аas Princess Diana as the series picks up after the events of season 4, which spanned from 1979 to 1990. Season 5 is likely to spend time on the fallout and subsequent divorce between Diana and Charles, which rocked the monarchy at the time.

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Debicki, meanwhile, revealed why she is such a huge fan of the series and what it means to be taking on such an iconic role as Diana. тАЬMy very dear friend Vanessa Kirby played Princess Margaret in the first two seasons so beautifully. ThatтАЩs why I started watching it, really, and I remember watching it thinking, тАШThis is remarkable.тАЩ Everything people do on that screen is just incredible acting,тАЭ┬аshe told ET.

She added, тАЬFor me to even start to swim in that ocean is incredible. And obviously Princess Diana was a truly profoundly remarkable, unique woman, so itтАЩs nothing but an honour to be asked to play her.тАЭ

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