Updated 20 August: The Crown’s creator Peter Morgan has confirmed that the fourth season of the show will land on Netflix in November despite delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Morgan revealed that the cast had returned to set earlier than most TV shows to ensure they met their scheduled release date.

“In order to hit the release schedule for season four, we needed to start editing and lock episodes, which we’ve been doing throughout this time,” he said. “Everything takes much longer under these new social distancing regulations and rules, [even postproduction]. So if we’d, for example, waited until next month, when a number of people are starting to film again in late August, beginning of September, to pick up these extra scenes, I think a) everyone would have been out of the rhythm of it and it would have felt very strange, and b) I think it would have compromised our post schedule.

“We had to weigh up, ‘Is it worth it or not?’ And, actually, that we’re still able to hit our release schedule in November for seasonal four has been worth it.”

So what can we expect from the hotly-anticipated fourth instalment of The Crown? Here’s everything we know so far.

The Crown season 4: everything you need to know about the new series