Series two of The Crown concluded in 1964, after the birth of the Queen’s fourth and final child Prince Edward. The third series will pick up in the Seventies, and is expected to continue exploring the relationship between the Queen and Prince Philip, as well as giving her children more prominent roles.

Speaking to Vanity Fair earlier this year, the show’s casting director Nina Gold said that she saw the same qualities in Colman that she saw in Foy: the ability to be stoic and emotionally transparent at the same time.

“They each have such easy access to their humanity,” Gold said. “They allow you to somehow see into them without really doing anything.”

Gold also confirmed that a young Camilla Parker Bowles will make an appearance in series three – but we won’t meet Diana Spencer, the future Princess Diana, until a later season.

“Diana’s not in this season,” she said. “[But] when we do get to her, that is going to be pretty interesting.”

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This is who will play Prince Philip in The Crown series 3