“The Crown is a love letter to her and I’ve nothing to add for now, just silence and respect. I expect we will stop filming out of respect too,” he wrote in a statement.

Besides being the principal writer for the Emmy-winning series, Morgan also penned the 2006 film The Queen starring Helen Mirren, which was largely adapted from his theatrical retelling The Audience. The effort, while appreciated, doesn’t come as a surprise to most, as Netflix announced a contingency plan for this very scenario at the series debut.

In 2016, Stephen Daldry, the director of a few initial episodes of The Crown, revealed that plans had already been put in place in the event of the monarch’s death

“None of us know when that time will come, but it would be right and proper to show respect to the Queen,” he told Deadline. “It would be a simple tribute and a mark of respect. She’s a global figure and it’s what we should do. She’s an extraordinary woman and people will be upset.”

The Crown’s Peter Morgan is pausing production on season 6 out of respect to Queen Elizabeth II