The Crown
The Queen in culture: how art puts a public face to a private life
She has appeared in plays, novels, paintings – even love songs. From Andy Warhol to Alan Bennett, artists, writers and musicians have changed our picture of the Queen we think we know
Vanessa Thorpe
05, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
Streaming: the Queen in film
Cinematic portrayals of Her Majesty span psychological depths and gleeful farce, from The King’s Speech to The Naked Gun
Guy Lodge
04, Jun, 2022 @7:00 AM
‘We’re not as cool as the French – it’s more bumbling’: Lydia Leonard on remaking Call My Agent!
She has played high-powered women from Anne Boleyn to Cherie Blair. But stepping into the shoes of the impossibly cool Camille Cottin in UK comedy reboot Ten Percent has made her ‘the most nervous I’ve ever been’
Interview by Rachel Aroesti. Portraits by Linda Nylind
16, Apr, 2022 @12:00 PM
‘I get a chill’: Bertie Carvel on exploring the human side of Donald Trump
Of all the baddies Carvel has portrayed on stage and screen, this may be his most challenging yet. He reveals what lies beneath the bombast of The Donald
John Harris
26, Mar, 2022 @10:00 AM
Camilla meets actor who played her younger self in The Crown
Duchess of Cornwall jokes that ‘alter ego’ could step in at any moment while speaking at International Women’s Day event
Tobi Thomas
08, Mar, 2022 @6:29 PM
The Crown’s jewels stolen in Yorkshire raid on TV show’s vehicles
Props worth £150,000 included replica Fabergé egg and items for scenes starring Imelda Staunton as Queen
Josh Halliday, North of England correspondent and agencies
24, Feb, 2022 @4:29 PM
‘Princess Anne is a rock star’: Erin Doherty on stealing scenes in The Crown and creepy new drama Chloe
She more than held her own against the likes of Olivia Colman in The Crown. Now the actor is the star of her own drama about a down-at-heel temp addicted to Instagram – a role that’s a bit too familiar, she says
Rachel Aroesti
25, Jan, 2022 @6:00 AM
The 25 must-see TV shows of 2022
Atlanta, Top Boy and Frasier are back, Peaky Blinders and Derry Girls bow out, plus a wild ride with Pam and Tommy and Lord of the Rings lands at last. Here are all the shows you’re about to be hooked on
Hollie Richardson, Phil Harrison and Alexi Duggins
29, Dec, 2021 @6:00 AM
Prasanna Puwanarajah to play Martin Bashir in The Crown
Exclusive: Netflix series will dramatise details of journalist’s interview with Diana, Princess of Wales
Tara Conlan
26, Nov, 2021 @11:24 AM
The Crown’s Josh O’Connor: ‘My advice to my 21-year-old self? Find a therapist’
Before his turn as a conflicted survivor of the first world war in Mothering Sunday, the star of God’s Own Country, The Durrells and The Crown answers your questions
As told to Catherine Shoard
11, Nov, 2021 @2:00 PM
Jemima Khan cuts links with The Crown over treatment of Diana’s final years
Princess’s close friend says story was not handled ‘as respectfully and compassionately’ as she had hoped
Mark Brown
07, Nov, 2021 @12:08 PM
Emmys 2021: Ted Lasso and The Crown triumph
The big night for TV saw triumphs for Brits – including Olivia Colman, Kate Winslet and Michaela Coel – yet a diversity problem remains
Adrian Horton
20, Sep, 2021 @4:23 PM
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