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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are coming to Netflix! The streaming service’s popular British royal drama, The Crown, has officially cast its Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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The eldest son of Princess Diana and Prince Charles will have two actors playing him in season 6 of the show as William ages from 15 to his later early adult years.
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Following a long search for the right actors to play the royal couple, three actors have been announced in the crucial roles. Teenager Rufus Kampa will play Prince William when he is aged 15 in the series, while Ed McVey will portray him in his late teens and early adult years.
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Meg Bellamy has been cast as Kate Middleton.
Kampa will play Prince William in episodes that detail how the royal family dealt with the death of Princess Diana, the mother of Prince William.
McVey will play Prince William in storylines depicting his courtship of Kate. The episodes will show how they met at the University of St Andrews in Scotland in 2001.
Tenet star Elizabeth Debicki is taking over the role of Princess Diana in season 5 from Emma Corrin.
And since Debicki has been cast as Diana, who died in 1997, for seasons 5 and 6, the upcoming season is expected to not span a full decade, as the show has done in past seasons.
Season five will premiere on Netflix this November with a new cast that includes Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, and Dominic West as Prince Charles.
The Crown has previously helped to launch several actors into stardom. Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin, who previously played Prince Charles and Princess Diana respectively, received acclaim and plenty of plaudits for their star-making turn as the royal couple.
