In a tense new trailer for Season 3 of The Crown, each member of the British royal family starts to feel the walls closing in. Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman) is dealing with a dissatisfied public. Princess Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter) and Lord Snowdon (Ben Daniels) are falling out of love. Meanwhile, the young Prince Charles (Josh O'Connor), who takes center stage in the trailer, is falling in love with a young woman named Camilla (Emerald Fennell), but quickly learning that it might ruin his life in the process.
“Watch out for your family,” a woman warns him. “They mean well,“ he says. “No, they don’t,” she responds.
The second half of the trailer is all about young Charles, impeccably portrayed by O’Connor, who appears to be doing a stand-up imitation of the famous royal. Now that he’s growing up and assuming more responsibilities, the prince has bitter, tearful clashes with his family, struggling with the role he‘s been assigned. Aside from Charles's professional responsibilities as a young royal, the season will also dive into his burgeoning relationship with Camilla Shand, whom he first met at a polo match in 1971. And, naturally, The Crown peppers the trailer with ample foreshadowing about Prince Charles’s tumultuous romantic life (although, sorry: Princess Diana, played by Emma Corrin, will reportedly not play a major part of the show until Season 4).
The trailer also catches up with Princess Margaret, who’s being violently handled by a furious Lord Snowdon, and struggling with her continued spot in her big sister’s shadow. Still, she manages to give Queen Elizabeth a pep talk when the monarch laments how the country has fallen apart.
“You cannot flinch,” Princess Margaret “It’s only fallen apart if we say it has. That’s the thing about the monarchy—we paper over the cracks.”
The Crown Season 3 will debut on Netflix on November 17.
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