"Thoughtful and sensitive": The Crown's plan to recreate Diana's death
The Crown have announced that they will be covering the death of Princess Diana in the upcoming season of the show, saying they will be handling the recreation "carefully".
The Netflix drama based on the story of the royal family will be returning later this year for season six, which is expected to be the final season of the show.
The final season of The Crown is set to take place between the years of 1997 to the early 2000s, including a delicate recreation of the death of the late Princess of Wales.
Producer of the show Suzanne Mackie spoke of the upcoming season at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, saying it took a long and careful conversation to reach the decision to cover Diana's death on the show.
She said, "The show might be big and noisy, but we're not. We're thoughtful people and we're sensitive people."
"And so there was a very, very careful, long, long, long conversation about how we do it – and I hope, you know, the audience will judge it in the end, but I think it's been delicately, thoughtfully recreated."
Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki will be returning as Diana after her portrayal of the late Princess in season five.
Mackie said Debicki was an "extraordinary actress" who treated the subject carefully.
"She was so thoughtful, considerate and loved Diana," Mackie said.
"So there was a huge amount of respect from us all. I hope that's evident when you see it."
Season six of the show is also set to include the early days of Prince William and Kate Middleton's love story, beginning when they met while at St Andrew's University in Scotland in 2001.
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