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Do not fill this in! ==Cast and characters== {{Main|List of The Crown characters|l1=List of ''The Crown'' characters}} <!--Order of the cast is determined by the order that is given during the opening credits of the first episodes, per the MOS, with new additions to the opening credits appended to the list--> ===Main=== * [[Claire Foy]] (seasons 1–2, featured seasons 4 and 6, guest season 5), [[Olivia Colman]] (seasons 3–4, featured season 6), and [[Imelda Staunton]] (seasons 5–6) as [[Queen Elizabeth II]] * [[Matt Smith]] (seasons 1–2), [[Tobias Menzies]] (seasons 3–4), and [[Jonathan Pryce]] (seasons 5–6) as [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] * [[Vanessa Kirby]] (seasons 1–2, guest season 5), [[Helena Bonham Carter]] (seasons 3–4), and [[Lesley Manville]] (seasons 5–6) as [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]] * [[Eileen Atkins]] (season 1) as [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] * [[Jeremy Northam]] as [[Anthony Eden]] (seasons 1–2) * [[Victoria Hamilton]] (seasons 1–2), [[Marion Bailey]] (seasons 3–4), and [[Marcia Warren]] (seasons 5–6) as [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] * [[Ben Miles]] (season 1, featured season 2, guest season 5) and [[Timothy Dalton]] (featured season 5) as [[Peter Townsend (RAF officer)|Peter Townsend]] * [[Greg Wise]] (seasons 1–2) and [[Charles Dance]] (season 3, featured season 4) as [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] * [[Jared Harris]] as [[King George VI]] (season 1, featured season 2) * [[John Lithgow]] as [[Winston Churchill]] (season 1, featured seasons 2–3) * [[Alex Jennings]] (season 1, featured seasons 2 and 5) and [[Derek Jacobi]] (featured season 3) as [[Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor]] * [[Lia Williams]] (season 1, featured seasons 2 and 5) and [[Geraldine Chaplin]] (featured season 3) as [[Wallis, Duchess of Windsor]] * [[Anton Lesser]] as [[Harold Macmillan]] (season 2) * [[Matthew Goode]] (season 2) and [[Ben Daniels]] (season 3) as [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon]] * [[Jason Watkins]] as [[Harold Wilson]] (season 3) * [[Erin Doherty]] (seasons 3–4) and Claudia Harrison (seasons 5–6) as [[Princess Anne]] * [[Josh O'Connor]] (seasons 3–4) and [[Dominic West]] (seasons 5–6) as [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] * [[Emma Corrin]] (season 4) and [[Elizabeth Debicki]] (seasons 5–6) as [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] * [[Gillian Anderson]] as [[Margaret Thatcher]] (season 4) * [[Stephen Boxer]] as [[Denis Thatcher]] (season 4) * [[Emerald Fennell]] (season 4, featured season 3) and [[Olivia Williams]] (seasons 5–6) as [[Camilla Parker Bowles]] * [[Jonny Lee Miller]] (season 5) as [[John Major]] * [[Natascha McElhone]] (season 5) as [[Penny Knatchbull, Lady Romsey]] * [[Bertie Carvel]] (season 6, featured season 5) as [[Tony Blair]] * [[Salim Daw]] (season 6, featured season 5) as [[Mohamed Al-Fayed]] * [[Khalid Abdalla]] (season 6, featured season 5) as [[Dodi Fayed]] * Ed McVey (season 6) as [[Prince William]] * [[Luther Ford]] (season 6) as [[Prince Harry]] * [[Meg Bellamy]] (season 6) as [[Catherine Middleton]] ===Featured=== The following actors are credited in the opening titles of up to two episodes in a season: * [[Stephen Dillane]] as [[Graham Sutherland]], a noted artist who paints a portrait of the ageing Churchill (season 1) * [[Gemma Whelan]] as Patricia Campbell, a secretary who works with Lord Altrincham and types up his editorial (season 2) * [[John Heffernan (British actor)|John Heffernan]] as [[John Grigg|Lord Altrincham]], a writer who penned a scathing criticism of Elizabeth II (season 2) * [[Paul Sparks]] as [[Billy Graham]], a prominent American preacher whom Elizabeth consults (season 2)<ref name="CastComparisons" /> * [[Michael C. Hall]] as [[John F. Kennedy]], the [[president of the United States]] who visits Elizabeth (season 2) * [[Jodi Balfour]] as [[Jacqueline Kennedy]], the [[first lady of the United States]] who visits Elizabeth (season 2) * [[Burghart Klaußner]] as Dr [[Kurt Hahn]], the founder of [[Gordonstoun]], where Philip and Charles went to school (season 2) * Finn Elliot as school-aged Prince Philip (season 2, guest season 3)<ref name="CastComparisons" /> * Julian Baring as school-aged Prince Charles (season 2)<ref name="CastComparisons">{{cite web|url=https://the-crown-netflix.com/2017/12/11/the-crown-season-two-representation-vs-reality/|title=The Crown Season Two: Representation vs Reality|publisher=Netflix|date=11 December 2017|access-date=2 January 2018|archive-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406151217/https://the-crown-netflix.com/2017/12/11/the-crown-season-two-representation-vs-reality/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Clancy Brown]] as [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], the president of the United States following Kennedy (season 3) * [[Jane Lapotaire]] (season 3), [[Rosalind Knight]] (recurring season 1) and [[Sophie Leigh Stone]] (recurring season 2) as [[Princess Alice of Battenberg]], Philip's mother * [[Mark Lewis Jones]] as [[Edward Millward]], Prince Charles's [[Welsh language]] tutor (season 3) * [[Tim McMullan]] as [[Robin Woods]], the [[Dean of Windsor]] (season 3) * [[Michael Maloney]] as [[Edward Heath]] (season 3) * [[Andrew Buchan]] (season 3, recurring season 4) and [[Daniel Flynn (actor)|Daniel Flynn]] (guest season 5) as [[Andrew Parker Bowles]], Camilla's first husband * [[Harry Treadaway]] as [[Roddy Llewellyn]], Princess Margaret's boyfriend (season 3, guest season 4) * [[Tom Brooke]] as [[Michael Fagan]], a man who enters the Queen's bedroom in 1982 (season 4) * [[Richard Roxburgh]] as [[Bob Hawke]], the [[prime minister of Australia]] (season 4) * [[Tom Burke (actor)|Tom Burke]] as Derek "Dazzle" Jennings, a civil servant and friend of Princess Margaret (season 4) * [[Nicholas Farrell]] as [[Michael Shea (diplomat)|Michael Shea]], Elizabeth's press secretary (season 4) * [[Prasanna Puwanarajah]] as [[Martin Bashir]], the journalist who conducted "[[An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales]]" (season 5) * [[Eve Best]] as [[Carole Middleton]], mother of Catherine Middleton (season 6) * [[Viola Prettejohn]] as teenage [[Queen Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]] (season 6) * Beau Gadsdon as teenage [[Princess Margaret]] (season 6, recurring season 1, guest season 3) Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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