Filming The Crown: on the set of the lavish Netflix series – in pictures

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# Queen Elizabeth II

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# The Crown

Photographer Sarah Lee gained exclusive access to Elstree Studios, production base of US-British series The Crown, created and written by Peter Morgan and produced by Left Bank Pictures

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