The Crown (TV series)

==Plot==
''The Crown'' portrays the life of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] from her [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten|wedding]] in 1947 to [[Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]],<ref name="telegraph">{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |date=19 August 2015 |title=£100m Netflix Series Recreates Royal Wedding |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/11813152/100m-Netflix-series-recreates-royal-wedding.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322133559/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/11813152/100m-Netflix-series-recreates-royal-wedding.html |archive-date=22 March 2016 |access-date=18 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> until the early 21st century:<ref name="FinalSeasonAnnounce" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Derrick Bryson|date=9 July 2020|title=Netflix Renews 'The Crown' for a Sixth Season After All|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/arts/television/the-crown-season-6.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709195003/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/arts/television/the-crown-season-6.html |archive-date=9 July 2020|url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=27 December 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

* The first season covers 1947 to 1955, including [[Winston Churchill]] resigning as prime minister and the Queen's sister [[Princess Margaret]] deciding not to marry [[Peter Townsend (RAF officer)|Peter Townsend]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/742509/the-crown-netflix-timeline-what-year-series-1-finish-season-2-what-will-happen-when|title=The Crown: What year did Series 1 finish? What will be in season 2?|last=Smith|first=Russ|website=Daily Express|date=13 December 2016|access-date=24 January 2018|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070641/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/742509/the-crown-netflix-timeline-what-year-series-1-finish-season-2-what-will-happen-when|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* The second season covers 1956 to 1964, including the [[Suez Crisis]], the resignations of [[Anthony Eden]] and [[Harold Macmillan]] as prime minister, the [[Profumo affair]], and the births of [[Prince Andrew]] and [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Edward]].<ref name="GoodeCast">{{cite web |last=Sandwell |first=Ian |date=23 January 2017 |title=Downton Abbey's Matthew Goode is joining the cast of Netflix's The Crown |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/downton-abbey/news/a819685/downton-abbey-matthew-goode-joins-netflix-the-crown-lord-snowdon/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923053856/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/downton-abbey/news/a819685/downton-abbey-matthew-goode-joins-netflix-the-crown-lord-snowdon/ |archive-date=23 September 2018 |access-date=25 January 2017 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref><ref name="KennedysCast">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/the-crown-cast-michael-c-hall-jodi-balfour-kennedy-matthew-goode-netflix-1201906364/ |title='The Crown' Adds Michael C Hall & Jodi Balfour As Jack & Jackie Kennedy |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=9 February 2017 |access-date=9 February 2017 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525121555/https://deadline.com/2017/02/the-crown-cast-michael-c-hall-jodi-balfour-kennedy-matthew-goode-netflix-1201906364/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BettanyTalks" />
* The third season covers 1964 to 1977, including [[Harold Wilson]] and [[Edward Heath]]'s terms as prime minister, the introduction of [[Camilla Shand]], and the Queen's [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Silver Jubilee]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/crown-review-1251712|title='The Crown' Season 3: TV Review| last=Fienberg| first=Daniel| magazine= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=4 November 2019|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105130150/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/crown-review-1251712|archive-date=5 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="meet-the-cast">{{cite web |date=17 November 2019 |title=Meet the cast of The Crown season 3 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-11-17/meet-the-cast-of-the-crown-season-3/2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114040504/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2020-11-12/the-crown-season-four-cast-netflix/ |archive-date=14 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2019 |website=[[RadioTimes]]}}</ref>
* The fourth season covers 1979 to 1990, including [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s term as prime minister and the marriage of [[Lady Diana Spencer]] and [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].<ref name="THRSeason3&4" />
* The fifth season covers 1991 to 1997, and focuses on the "[[War of the Waleses]]" and the resulting divorce of Charles and Diana, as well as the rise of the Al-Fayed family and the Queen's "''[[annus horribilis]]''" of 1992.
* The sixth season covers 1997 to 2005, during the [[premiership of Tony Blair]]. The first four episodes cover the [[death of Diana, Princess of Wales]], and the final six the [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II]], the deaths of [[Princess Margaret]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]], the early relationship of [[Prince William]] and [[Kate Middleton]], and the [[wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles]].