The Crown

Anne Glenconner: ‘It was as if I was pimping for Princess Margaret!’

The writer and socialite on surviving domestic abuse, how she stays fit at ‘90 and a half’, and why The Crown makes her mad

Rachel Cooke

27, Nov, 2022 @9:30 AM

‘He started breakdancing. I couldn’t believe it!’ Your verdicts on The Crown

From so bad it made you wince to so iconic you couldn’t stop laughing, here are your decidedly mixed feelings about the latest season of the royal drama

Guardian readers

21, Nov, 2022 @3:19 PM

What links Lesley Manville to Nic Roeg and Vic Reeves?

Go down the rabbit hole to discover how acting royalty meets the real thing, by way of Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Verve

Larry Ryan

19, Nov, 2022 @1:00 PM

‘It’s relatable’ … The Crown’s Emma Corrin on playing gender-swapping, time-travelling Orlando

The actor and the director Michael Grandage talk about how relevant their staging of Virginia Woolf’s classic work of gender fluidity feels – and remember their own queer battles

Claire Armitstead

15, Nov, 2022 @4:32 PM

From Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown to Kristen Stewart in Spencer: the best screen Dianas – ranked!

With Diana back on our screens, our film critic picks his favourite five performances

Peter Bradshaw

13, Nov, 2022 @3:00 PM

The week in TV: The Crown; The English; Mammals; I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

The Crown returns with terrible timing and a great cast squandered; James Corden is the weak link in Jez Butterworth’s pitch-black comedy drama; and there’s a new snake in the jungle…

Barbara Ellen

13, Nov, 2022 @9:30 AM

Beware The Crown’s blurring of fact and fiction in this age of dangerous untruths | Simon Jenkins

It might be ‘only’ a TV show, but the boundaries between history and make-believe need to be clear, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Simon Jenkins

11, Nov, 2022 @9:00 AM

Share your thoughts on season five of The Crown

We would like to hear your views on the latest season of Netflix’s royal drama

Guardian community team

10, Nov, 2022 @4:06 PM

I can forgive The Crown for jazzing up the facts – but not for being so clunky | Stephen Bates

When covering the royals, we often talk about the family ‘soap opera’. The conversations here are straight out of a poor one, says Stephen Bates, the Guardian’s former royal correspondent

Stephen Bates

09, Nov, 2022 @1:30 PM

Australian Monarchist League calls for boycott of The Crown and Netflix

AML says Netflix must ‘correct the record’ and add disclaimer to address ‘falsehoods’ about the royal family

Sian Cain

09, Nov, 2022 @1:55 AM

Princess Anne actor says disclaimers on The Crown would ‘patronise’ viewers

Claudia Harrison, who plays Queen’s daughter, responds to criticism of drama for imagining situations involving real people

Caroline Davies

07, Nov, 2022 @5:05 PM

I never dreamed Netflix could leave me wincing in sympathy for the royal family | Barbara Ellen

Mistimed, irresponsible and tacky, the latest series of The Crown is simply bad television