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{{Short description|Season of television series}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2020}}

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| image = The Crown season 3.jpeg

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| num_episodes = 10

| network = Netflix

| released = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| episode_list = List of The Crown episodes

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The third season of The Crown follows the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It consists of ten episodes and was released by Netflix on 17 November 2019. The season was promoted with the tagline "Times Change. Duty Endures."

Olivia Colman stars as Elizabeth, along with main cast members Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Daniels, Jason Watkins, Marion Bailey, Erin Doherty, Jane Lapotaire, Charles Dance, Josh O'Connor, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Maloney, Emerald Fennell, and Andrew Buchan. John Lithgow and Pip Torrens return in cameo appearances.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-11-17/meet-the-cast-of-the-crown-season-3/2/|title=Meet the cast of The Crown season 3|website=RadioTimes|date=November 17, 2019|access-date=November 24, 2019}}

Premise

The Crown traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 through to the early 2000s.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |date=August 19, 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=March 22, 2016 |access-date=November 18, 2016 |url-status=live}}

Season three covers the time period between 1964 and 1977, beginning with Harold Wilson's election as prime minister and ending with the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Events depicted include the unmasking of the Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, Sir Anthony Blunt as a Soviet spy,{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/14/the-crown-season-3-september-issue/|title=God Save the Queen: The new stars of The Crown open up about the royal gamble of season 3|first=Clark|last=Collis|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=August 14, 2019|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814140643/https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/14/the-crown-season-3-september-issue/|archive-date=August 14, 2019|url-status=live}} Harold Wilson and Edward Heath's respective terms as prime minister, the Aberfan disaster,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45657560|title=Netflix's The Crown films the Aberfan disaster|website=BBC|date=September 26, 2018|access-date=September 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926222638/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45657560|archive-date=September 26, 2018|url-status=live}} the Apollo 11 Moon landing,{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-01-29/the-crown-season-3-moon-landing-apollo-11-history-netflix/|title=The Crown series 3 to include episode on Apollo 11 moon landing|website=Radio Times|first=Kimberly|last=Bond|date=January 29, 2019|access-date=January 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013638/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-01-29/the-crown-season-3-moon-landing-apollo-11-history-netflix/|archive-date=February 1, 2019|url-status=live}} the 1969 Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales,{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-crown-season-3-netflix-release-date-cast-prince-philip-olivia-colman-queen-trailer-a8511406.html|title=The Crown season 3: Netflix release date, the new cast and everything else we know so far|newspaper=The Independent|date=October 24, 2018|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112201231/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-crown-season-3-netflix-release-date-cast-prince-philip-olivia-colman-queen-trailer-a8511406.html|archive-date=November 12, 2018|url-status=live}} the death of the Duke of Windsor (the Queen’s uncle and the former King Edward VIII),{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-crown-recap-season-3-episode-8-dangling-man.html|title=The Crown Recap: The Right Woman|website=Vulture|first=Sarene|last=Leeds|date=November 19, 2019|access-date=November 24, 2019}} the death and state funeral of Winston Churchill,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/07/queen-olivia-colman-an-epic-budget-and-a-cast-of-thousands-a-year-behind-the-scenes-on-the-crown|title=Queen Olivia Colman, an epic budget and a cast of thousands: a year behind the scenes on The Crown|website=The Guardian|first=Charlotte|last=Higgins|date=September 7, 2009|access-date=October 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007125225/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/07/queen-olivia-colman-an-epic-budget-and-a-cast-of-thousands-a-year-behind-the-scenes-on-the-crown|archive-date=October 7, 2019|url-status=live}} and Princess Margaret's affair with Roddy Llewellyn that leads to divorce from Tony Armstrong-Jones.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/downton-abbey/news/a819685/downton-abbey-matthew-goode-joins-netflix-the-crown-lord-snowdon/ |title=Downton Abbey's Matthew Goode is joining the cast of Netflix's The Crown |website=Digital Spy |first=Ian |last=Sandwell |date=January 23, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017 |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=September 23, 2018 |url-status=live }} US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Camilla Shand also feature.{{cite web |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a29862115/emerald-fennell-camilla-parker-bowles-the-crown-season-3-interview/ |title=The Crown's Emerald Fennell on Playing Camilla, and Why Life as a Royal Sounds "Horrifying" |website=Town and Country |first=Chloe |last=Foussianes |date=November 30, 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019}}

Cast

{{main|List of The Crown characters}}

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==Featured==

The following actors are credited in the opening titles of up to two episodes:

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Episodes

{{see also|List of The Crown episodes}}

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Olding

| DirectedBy = Benjamin Caron

| WrittenBy = Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = In October 1964, as Britain welcomes new Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Elizabeth hears rumours that Wilson is working for the KGB under the alias "Olding". She rebuffs them as gossip but learns from a dying Winston Churchill that he was suspicious of Wilson during his time as Prime Minister. Margaret, now Countess of Snowdon, suffers a failing marriage to Tony. The following year, while at Churchill's funeral, Elizabeth witnesses Wilson engage in conversation with Russians. In Washington, D.C., a sleeper agent informs the Department of Justice of a KGB mole inside Buckingham Palace. Elizabeth later discovers that her art advisor, Sir Anthony Blunt, is the mole but decides to keep the truth secret for fear of reputational damage. Philip confronts Blunt and finds he knows about the Profumo affair.

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = Margaretology

| DirectedBy = Benjamin Caron

| WrittenBy = Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = In 1965, Margaret and Tony embark on a tour of the United States, visiting cities along the West Coast and staying with an Arizona family before attending Tony's book launch in New York. In the UK, Wilson tells Elizabeth that the country needs a financial bailout from President Lyndon B. Johnson, and invites him to come to Britain to discuss the issue. After three failed attempts, Wilson concludes that Johnson declines because the United Kingdom did not support America in the Vietnam War. At the last minute, Johnson invites Margaret to a private dinner at the White House, where her informality and sense of fun persuades him to help with the bailout. Philip later advises Elizabeth not to give her any more responsibilities.

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = Aberfan

| DirectedBy = Benjamin Caron

| WrittenBy = Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = In October 1966, following the Aberfan disaster, Elizabeth decides not to visit the village, despite Wilson's attempts to convince her to go. Philip attends the funeral of the children who died. The public blames the National Coal Board for the disaster before blame shifts toward the government. Hearing suggestions that she is not being sympathetic, Elizabeth confronts Wilson, who says this came from someone in his cabinet. Elizabeth later visits Aberfan, laying flowers on the graves and visiting grieving families. In private, she cries while listening to a recording of the hymn sung at the children's funeral.

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = Bubbikins

| DirectedBy = Benjamin Caron

| WrittenBy = Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Elizabeth learns that Princess Alice, who has been living in Athens, Greece, is in danger from the recent imposition of military rule. She arranges for Alice to come and stay at Buckingham Palace, despite Philip's protests. As Elizabeth and Anne look after Alice, the royal family participates in a documentary to show the public they are normal people. Critics rebuff the documentary, prompting Philip to arrange an interview for Anne with Guardian reporter John Armstrong. However, Armstrong interviews Alice instead, and the subsequent article is a success, resulting in Philip making amends with his mother.

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = Coup

| DirectedBy = Christian Schwochow

| WrittenBy = Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = In 1967, Elizabeth and Porchey travel to France and America to learn about modern methods of racehorse breeding and training, while Wilson finally decides to devalue the pound. Cecil Harmsworth King meets Lord Mountbatten, and proposes a plan to replace Wilson. Mountbatten is attracted by the idea, but raises concerns about whether it is practicable. Wilson calls Elizabeth to raise his suspicions. Elizabeth scolds Mountbatten, who later visits Alice to discuss old age and their place in society.

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = Tywysog Cymru

| DirectedBy = Christian Schwochow

| WrittenBy = James Graham & Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = On advice from Wilson, Elizabeth sends Charles, who has found happiness and a taste for amateur dramatics at Cambridge, to Wales to learn Welsh before his investiture as Prince of Wales. He befriends tutor Tedi Millward and becomes sympathetic to his Welsh nationalism. Charles's decision to include statements in his speech expressing support for Wales, irritates Elizabeth. Charles requests a meeting with his mother, hoping for appreciation or even affection, but receives neither; he is told he must suppress his personal opinions. Charles returns to Cambridge and stars in a performance of Richard II, where Anne is in attendance.

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 27

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = Moondust

| DirectedBy = Jessica Hobbs

| WrittenBy = Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = In 1969, during the first Moon landing, Philip starts feeling dissatisfied with his lack of achievement and searches for inspiration. When Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin visit Britain as part of their world tour, Philip arranges a private interview. Asking them what being on the Moon was like, he is disappointed by their mundane answers and their elementary questions about palace life. Philip later complains about the Dean of Windsor, prompting Elizabeth to have the Dean retire and name Robin Woods his successor. Woods invites Philip to take part in the religious academy he has opened in the castle grounds. Philip tells the group he has lost his faith following his mother's recent death, and asks for their help in restoring it.

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 28

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = Dangling Man

| DirectedBy = Sam Donovan

| WrittenBy = David Hancock & Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Charles is in a love triangle with Andrew Parker Bowles and his girlfriend Camilla Shand. Anne has an affair with Parker Bowles. Elizabeth meets the Duke of Windsor before his death; they reflect upon the circumstances that led to her becoming Queen. He asks for forgiveness, but she remarks that she is sometimes thankful that he abdicated. He gives her Charles’s letters to him, which she reads with concern. Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister following the 1970 general election.

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 29

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = Imbroglio

| DirectedBy = Sam Donovan

| WrittenBy = Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Electricity supply is being rationed because of the miners' strike. Charles trains at Dartmouth. Lord Mountbatten and the Queen Mother succeed in stopping the relationship between Charles and Camilla – Charles is posted overseas in the Caribbean for eight months. After the Queen Mother talks to the parents of Parker Bowles and Camilla, they get married. The Queen hears from Anne about her affair with Parker Bowles and her belief that Camilla is destined for him, not Charles.

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{{Episode list/sublist|The Crown season 3

| EpisodeNumber = 30

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = Cri de Coeur

| DirectedBy = Jessica Hobbs

| WrittenBy = Peter Morgan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = After her marriage continues to fall apart, Margaret is introduced to Roddy Llewellyn, and they begin a relationship. They visit the Caribbean, where they are photographed together; the pictures are printed in the newspapers. Elizabeth calls them back to Britain based on advice from her mother. Amidst turnover in Parliament, Margaret attempts suicide, although after Elizabeth visits her, they bond again and talk about her failed marriage and their age. Britain celebrates Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee, marking her 25th anniversary as sovereign on 7 June 1977.

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Production

= Development =

By October 2017, early production had begun on an anticipated third and fourth season, and by the following January, Netflix confirmed the series had been renewed for a third and fourth season.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/crown-season-3-all-details-far-1077716|title='The Crown' Season 3: All the Details (So Far)|last=Bentley|first=Jean|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 24, 2018|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012505/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/crown-season-3-all-details-far-1077716|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

= Casting =

The producers recast some roles with older actors every two seasons, as the characters age.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a812828/the-crown-will-replace-matt-smith-claire-foy-and-its-entire-cast-after-two-seasons/ |title=The Crown will replace Matt Smith, Claire Foy and its ENTIRE CAST after two seasons |last=Jeffrey |first=Morgan |website=Digital Spy |date=November 1, 2016 |access-date=February 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210054349/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a812828/the-crown-will-replace-matt-smith-claire-foy-and-its-entire-cast-after-two-seasons/ |archive-date=February 10, 2017 |url-status=live }} In October 2017, Olivia Colman was cast as Queen Elizabeth II for the third and fourth seasons.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/olivia-colman-the-crown-queen-elizabeth-season-3-1202600405/|title=Olivia Colman Joins 'The Crown' as Queen Elizabeth for Seasons 3 and 4|last=Birnbaum|first=Olivia|website=Variety|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027001128/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/olivia-colman-the-crown-queen-elizabeth-season-3-1202600405/|archive-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=live}} By January 2018, Helena Bonham Carter and Paul Bettany were in negotiations to portray Princess Margaret and Prince Philip, respectively, for these seasons.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/the-crown-helena-bonham-carter-talks-princess-margaret-1202236329/|title='The Crown': Helena Bonham Carter Poised To Play Princess Margaret|last=Petski|first=Denise|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 5, 2018|access-date=January 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063749/http://deadline.com/2018/01/the-crown-helena-bonham-carter-talks-princess-margaret-1202236329/|archive-date=January 6, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/01/20/the-crown-paul-bettany-negotiations-prince-philip/|title=The Crown: Paul Bettany in talks to play Prince Philip|last=Maslow|first=Nick|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 20, 2018|access-date=January 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121011838/http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/20/the-crown-paul-bettany-negotiations-prince-philip/|archive-date=January 21, 2018|url-status=live}} However, by the end of the month Bettany was forced to drop out due to the time commitment required.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/the-crown-prince-philip-season-3|title=The Crown's Third Season Is Minus a Prince Philip as Paul Bettany Bows Out|last=Miller|first=Julie|website=Vanity Fair|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=March 5, 2018}} By the end of March 2018, Tobias Menzies was cast as Philip.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/the-crown-tobias-menzies-prince-philip-matt-smith-netflix-1202354968/|title='The Crown' Sets 'Outlander's Tobias Menzies As New Prince Philip|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 28, 2018|date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329054323/http://deadline.com/2018/03/the-crown-tobias-menzies-prince-philip-matt-smith-netflix-1202354968/|archive-date=March 29, 2018|url-status=live}} In early May 2018, Bonham Carter was confirmed to have been cast, alongside Jason Watkins as Prime Minister Harold Wilson.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-crown-season-3-helena-bonham-carter-jason-watkins-1202796598/|title='The Crown' Officially Casts Helena Bonham Carter, Adds Jason Watkins for Season 3|last=Otterson|first=Joe|website=Variety|date=May 3, 2018|access-date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503183250/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-crown-season-3-helena-bonham-carter-jason-watkins-1202796598/|archive-date=May 3, 2018|url-status=live}} The next month, Ben Daniels was cast as Tony Armstrong-Jones for the third season,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/the-exorcist-star-ben-daniels-to-play-antony-armstrong-jones-in-season-three-of-the-crown-1202414111/|title='The Crown': 'The Exorcist' Star Ben Daniels To Play Antony Armstrong-Jones In Season 3 Of Netflix's Royal Drama|last=White|first=Peter|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 20, 2018|access-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620231914/https://deadline.com/2018/06/the-exorcist-star-ben-daniels-to-play-antony-armstrong-jones-in-season-three-of-the-crown-1202414111/|archive-date=June 20, 2018|url-status=live}} along with Erin Doherty as Princess Anne.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/crowns-princess-anne-be-played-by-erin-doherty-1122586|title='The Crown' Casts Its Princess Anne (Exclusive)|last=Sandberg|first=Bryn Elise|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 22, 2018|access-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622223544/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/crowns-princess-anne-be-played-by-erin-doherty-1122586|archive-date=June 22, 2018|url-status=live}} A month later, Josh O'Connor and Marion Bailey were cast as respectively Prince Charles and the Queen Mother.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-crown-josh-oconnor-prince-charles-marion-bailey-queen-mother-1202886865/|title='The Crown': Josh O'Connor to Play Prince Charles, Marion Bailey the Queen Mother|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|website=Variety|date=July 26, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727111524/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-crown-josh-oconnor-prince-charles-marion-bailey-queen-mother-1202886865/|archive-date=July 27, 2018|url-status=live}} In October 2018, Emerald Fennell was cast as Camilla Shand.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/10/23/the-crown-casts-call-the-midwife-actress-emerald-fennell-as-camilla-parker-bowles/|title=The Crown casts Call the Midwife actress Emerald Fennell as Camilla Parker Bowles|last=Kinane|first=Ruth|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 23, 2018|access-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023220350/https://ew.com/tv/2018/10/23/the-crown-casts-call-the-midwife-actress-emerald-fennell-as-camilla-parker-bowles/|archive-date=October 23, 2018|url-status=live}} In December 2018, Charles Dance was cast as Louis Mountbatten.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a25605617/the-crown-season-3-charles-dance/|title=The Crown season 3 adds Charles Dance to cast – and here's who he's playing|last=Edwards|first=Chris|work=Digital Spy|date=December 17, 2018|access-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023110714/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a25605617/the-crown-season-3-charles-dance/|archive-date=October 23, 2019|url-status=live}}

= Filming =

The third season began filming in July 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/958541-new-the-crown-season-3-photos-featuring-helena-bonham-carter|title=New The Crown Season 3 Photos Featuring Helena Bonham Carter|last=Frederick|first=Clint|website=ComingSoon.net|date=July 18, 2018|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718232331/http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/958541-new-the-crown-season-3-photos-featuring-helena-bonham-carter|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=live}}

= Music =

{{Infobox album

| italic_title = no

| name = The Crown: Season Three

| type = soundtrack

| image = The Crown s3 soundtrack.jpg

| artist = Martin Phipps

| released = {{Start date|2019|11|22|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Soundtrack

| length = {{Duration|m=48|s=08}}

| label = Sony Music

| chronology = The Crown music

| prev_title = The Crown: Season Two

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title = The Crown: Season Four

| next_year = 2020

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Martin Phipps soundtrack

| type = Soundtrack

| prev_title = The Aftermath

| prev_year = 2019

| title = The Crown: Season Three

| year = 2019

| next_title = The Crown: Season Four

| next_year = 2020

}}

}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| title1 = New Queen

| length1 = 3:56

| title2 = Black Widow

| length2 = 2:01

| title3 = The Establishment

| length3 = 2:58

| title4 = Charles

| length4 = 2:23

| title5 = Aberfan

| length5 = 6:14

| title6 = Sisters

| length6 = 3:00

| title7 = Philip

| length7 = 3:03

| title8 = Simple Harp

| length8 = 2:29

| title9 = Stretched Choir

| length9 = 2:13

| title10 = Bodies

| length10 = 3:41

| title11 = Roddy

| length11 = 3:05

| title12 = Princess

| length12 = 1:53

| title13 = Mountbatten

| length13 = 1:40

| title14 = Alice

| length14 = 2:40

| title15 = Man on the Moon

| length15 = 4:09

| title16 = Better for Everyone

| length16 = 2:37

| total_length = {{Duration|m=48|s=08}}

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Release

The third season was released on Netflix worldwide in its entirety on 17 November 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-07-25/the-crown-season-3-netflix-release-date-cast-characters-plot-news-trailer-olivia-colman/|title=When is The Crown season 3 on Netflix? Who is in the cast, and what is going to happen?|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2019-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726001845/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-07-25/the-crown-season-3-netflix-release-date-cast-characters-plot-news-trailer-olivia-colman/|archive-date=2019-07-26|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title='The Crown' Season 3 Set To Launch On Netflix In Second Half Of 2019; 'The Witcher' Set For Q4|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/the-crown-season-three-second-half-2019-1202597043/|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 16, 2019|access-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727215814/https://deadline.com/2019/04/the-crown-season-three-second-half-2019-1202597043/|archive-date=July 27, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=The Crown Season 3 (Finally!) Gets November Premiere Date at Netflix|url=https://tvline.com/2019/08/12/the-crown-season-3-premiere-date-netflix/|work=TVLine|date=August 12, 2019|access-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031050545/https://tvline.com/2019/08/12/the-crown-season-3-premiere-date-netflix/|archive-date=October 31, 2019|url-status=live}} and consists of ten episodes.

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes reported a 90% approval rating for the third season based on 102 reviews, with an average rating of 8.50/10. Its critical consensus reads: "Olivia Colman shines, but as The Crown marches on in reliably luxurious fashion through time it finds space for the characters around her, providing ample opportunity for the appealing ensemble to gleam, too."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_crown/s03|title=The Crown: Season 3|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105190952/https://rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_crown/s03|archive-date=November 5, 2019|url-status=live}} On Metacritic, the season holds a score of 84 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-crown/season-3|title=The Crown – Season 3 reviews|website=Metacritic|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108210235/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-crown/season-3|archive-date=November 8, 2019|url-status=live}}

Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Anita Singh called the series "by far, the best soap opera on television".{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/crown-season-3-netflix-review-tvs-best-soap-opera-back-time/|title=The Crown, season 3 Netflix review: TV's best soap opera is back and this time it's Prince Charles we feel sorry for|last=Singh|first=Anita|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105092505/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/crown-season-3-netflix-review-tvs-best-soap-opera-back-time/|archive-date=November 5, 2019|url-status=live}} The Los Angeles Times{{'}}s Lorraine Ali praised the attention to historical detail and the performances, particularly from Colman and Bonham Carter.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-11-04/la-et-st-netflix-the-crown-season-3-review-olivia-colman|title=Review: 'The Crown' shines brighter than ever in Season 3|last=Ali|first=Lorraine|author-link=Lorraine Ali|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105010437/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-11-04/la-et-st-netflix-the-crown-season-3-review-olivia-colman|archive-date=November 5, 2019|url-status=live}} The Guardian{{'}}s Lucy Mangan praised the "top-notch performances", adding that the season is "so confident and so precision-engineered that you don't notice the defects".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/04/the-crown-season-three-review-olivia-colman-spreads-regal-rage-on-toast|title=The Crown season three review – Olivia Colman spreads regal rage on toast|last=Mangan|first=Lucy|author-link=Lucy Mangan|newspaper=The Guardian|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105022455/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/04/the-crown-season-three-review-olivia-colman-spreads-regal-rage-on-toast|archive-date=November 5, 2019|url-status=live}} Daniel Fienberg for The Hollywood Reporter judged the cast transition to be a success, adding the series "remains a model for carefully crafted episodic storytelling".{{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=November 4, 2019|access-date=November 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105130150/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/crown-review-1251712|archive-date=November 5, 2019|url-status=live}}

There was some criticism of the lack of nuance within the writing. The BBC's Hugh Montgomery found it "increasingly on the nose", with the season "the best yet".{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191104-netflix-the-crown-third-series-is-best-yet|title=The Crown series 3 is the best yet|last=Montgomery|first=Hugh|website=BBC|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019}} Alison Rowat from The Herald opined some scenes were "over-engineered" and dialogue "too on the nose", but nevertheless that it excels as a political drama.{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18013728.crown-series-three-episodes-one-ten/|title=The Crown, series three, episodes one to ten|last=Rowat|first=Alison|newspaper=The Herald|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105040214/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18013728.crown-series-three-episodes-one-ten/|archive-date=November 5, 2019|url-status=live}} Vulture{{'}}s Jen Chaney found the writing "a bit heavy-handed" in nevertheless "an absorbing, thoroughly enriching experience".{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-crown-season-3-netflix-review.html|title=The Crown Carries on Splendidly in Season 3|last=Chaney|first=Jen|website=Vulture|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=November 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105134836/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-crown-season-3-netflix-review.html|archive-date=November 5, 2019|url-status=live}} Reviewing for Variety, Caroline Framke thought the series does not always succeed in humanising the royal family, but when it does, it is "as compelling a portrait of how power warps individuals, and the world along with them, as exists on TV".{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/reviews/the-crown-season-3-review-olivia-colman-bonham-carter-1203390989/|title=TV Review: 'The Crown' Season 3 Starring Olivia Colman|last=Framke|first=Caroline|author-link=Caroline Framke|magazine=Variety|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=November 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105133734/https://variety.com/2019/tv/reviews/the-crown-season-3-review-olivia-colman-bonham-carter-1203390989/|archive-date=November 5, 2019|url-status=live}}

Ed Power from The Independent was less complimentary, praising Colman's performance but finding the series somewhat "colourless".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-crown-season-3-review-olivia-colman-queen-netflix-a9184006.html|title=The Crown season 3 review: Olivia Colman dazzles, but the jewel in Netflix's tiara has lost its shine|last=Power|first=Ed|newspaper=The Independent|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105115641/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-crown-season-3-review-olivia-colman-queen-netflix-a9184006.html|archive-date=November 5, 2019|url-status=live}}

Historical accuracy

The Queen did not visit Churchill following his final stroke. Writer Hugo Vickers claims that by then he was senile and incapable of holding a conversation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1207400/The-Crown-season-3-fact-checked-errors-historical-inaccuracies-Princess-Alice|title=The Crown season 3 fact-checked: What are the biggest errors and historical inaccuracies?|last=Debnath|first=Neela|date=November 21, 2019|work=Daily Express|access-date=November 26, 2019|archive-date=November 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124194639/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1207400/The-Crown-season-3-fact-checked-errors-historical-inaccuracies-Princess-Alice|url-status=live}} Anthony Blunt's exposure as a Soviet spy also drew criticism. Vickers noted that the episode did not mention that he was publicly exposed in 1979 and stripped of his knighthood, while also noting that he never resided at Buckingham Palace and ridiculing a scene in which he discusses his exposure with Prince Philip in an attempt to blackmail the royal family.{{Cite magazine|first=Eleanor Bley|last=Griffiths|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-11-17/the-crown-anthony-blunt-season-three/|title=Was the Queen's art adviser Anthony Blunt really a Soviet spy? Truth behind The Crown|date=November 17, 2019|magazine=Radio Times|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127195938/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-11-17/the-crown-anthony-blunt-season-three/|url-status=live}}

The depiction of the relationship with President Johnson has been criticised. It has been suggested that he did not refuse to attend Churchill's funeral, in response to Wilson's refusal to support the Vietnam War, but that he was genuinely unable due to poor health. His disappointment with Wilson's views on Vietnam had developed much later.{{Cite magazine|first=Ciara|last=Nugent|url=https://time.com/5333083/queen-elizabeth-trump-visit-presidents/|title=Here's How Every Meeting Between the Queen and a U.S. President Went|access-date=December 10, 2019|magazine=Time|date=June 3, 2019|archive-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027012533/https://time.com/5333083/queen-elizabeth-trump-visit-presidents/|url-status=live}} Historians also denied the episode's implication that no US president had ever been to Balmoral; Eisenhower had visited Balmoral while president in 1959.{{Cite magazine|first=Chloe|last=Foussaines|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29311370/duke-of-windsor-death-true-story/|title=Here's How Every Meeting Between the Queen and a U.S. President Went|date=July 12, 2018|magazine=Time|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206174537/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29311370/duke-of-windsor-death-true-story/|url-status=live}} Critics noted that the episode did not mention that Johnson had been the only president since Truman never to have met the Queen.{{Cite news|first=Marie|last=Claire|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a29776788/lyndon-b-johnson-the-queen-reject-balmoral-the-crown/|title=Did LBJ Reject The Queen's Invitation to Visit the U.K.?|date=November 17, 2019|work=Marie Claire|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206174530/https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a29776788/lyndon-b-johnson-the-queen-reject-balmoral-the-crown/|url-status=live}} The implication that Johnson did not know who Princess Margaret was before her visit to America was also criticised. The Princess did attend a White House dinner, but the details are mostly fictional (such as her carousing with Johnson and kissing him, dirty limericks, and helping secure a US bailout, which in fact had already been negotiated).{{Cite news|first=Madison|last=Feller|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a29775483/the-crown-princess-margaret-america-white-house-lyndon-johnson/|title=The Crown: The True Story Of Princess Margaret's 1965 Trip To America|date=November 16, 2019|work=Elle|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222021756/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a29775483/the-crown-princess-margaret-america-white-house-lyndon-johnson/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|first=Suyin|last=Haynes|url=https://time.com/5722112/the-crown-princess-margaret/|title=The True Story Behind Princess Margaret's Storyline on The Crown Season 3|date=November 15, 2019|magazine=Time|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119021658/https://time.com/5722112/the-crown-princess-margaret/|url-status=live}} The depiction of Princess Margaret and President Johnson publicly insulting the late President Kennedy during the same White House dinner was seen as highly unlikely since members of the Kennedy family, as well as John Connally, who was riding with Kennedy during the assassination, were reportedly among those who attended the dinner.{{cite news |last1=Arkin |first1=Daniel |title='The Crown' season three: Did Princess Margaret really party with LBJ? |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/crown-season-three-did-princess-margaret-really-party-lbj-n1082281 |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=NBC News |date=17 November 2019}}

The relationship with Princess Alice has also drawn criticism for Prince Philip's depiction as being estranged from his mother and objecting to her visiting London. In reality, he visited her regularly and often transported her by plane, and her depicted interview with a journalist from The Guardian never happened. Vickers also stated that the same episode ignored that Prince Philip encouraged her to move to London permanently.

Prince Charles did visit the Duke of Windsor in Paris in 1972,{{Cite news|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29322538/prince-charles-duke-of-windsor-edward-viii-relationship-the-crown-true-story/|title=Inside Prince Charles's Relationship with the Duke of Windsor|last=FOUSSIANES|first=CHLOE|date=November 23, 2019|work=Town and Country|access-date=November 26, 2019|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127221703/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29322538/prince-charles-duke-of-windsor-edward-viii-relationship-the-crown-true-story/|url-status=live}} although the depiction of the letters concerning his affections for Camilla was criticised: the Prince and Camilla had met, but were not intimately close during the Duke's lifetime.{{Cite news|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a29873503/the-crown-netflix-tv-show-accuracy/|title=Is The Crown Accurate? The Answer Is Complicated|last=HALLEMANN|first=CAROLINE|date=November 23, 2019|work=Town and Country|access-date=November 26, 2019|archive-date=November 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128010033/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a29873503/the-crown-netflix-tv-show-accuracy/|url-status=live}} The Queen did visit the Duke ten days before his death, but this had been long-planned and not requested at short notice. Simpson was not with the Duke when he died.{{Cite news|first=Chloe|last=Foussaines|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29311370/duke-of-windsor-death-true-story/|title=The Duke of Windsor Did Die in Exile—Not Unlike The Crown's Version of Events|date=November 29, 2019|work=Town and Country|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206174537/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29311370/duke-of-windsor-death-true-story/|url-status=live}}

The timeframe of Woods's posting as Dean of Windsor around the time of the Apollo 11 spaceflight and lunar landing in July 1969 is inaccurate, as he had taken the role in 1962.{{Cite news|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29642775/robin-woods-dean-of-windsor-the-crown/|title=Who Was Prince Philip's Friend Robin Woods, the Dean of Windsor?|last=Hubbard|first=Lauren|date=November 30, 2019|work=Town and Country|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205152657/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29642775/robin-woods-dean-of-windsor-the-crown/|url-status=live}} Prince William of Gloucester had also died five years before the Queen's Silver Jubilee.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/how-accurate-is-the-crown-we-sort-fact-from-fiction-in-the-royal-drama-8g708rz2c|title=How accurate is The Crown? We sort fact from fiction in the royal drama|first=Hugo|last=Vickers|date=November 17, 2019|work=The Times|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204151714/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-accurate-is-the-crown-we-sort-fact-from-fiction-in-the-royal-drama-8g708rz2c|url-status=live}}

It has been suggested that there was no plot by the palace to prevent Prince Charles and Camilla's marriage, with Camilla's love for Andrew Parker Bowles being genuine, and Prince Charles unable to decide.{{Cite magazine|first=Julie|last=Miller|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/11/prince-charles-camilla-parker-bowles-anne-andrew-the-crown|title=The Crown: The Truth About the Romances of Charles, Camilla, Anne, and Andrew|date=November 18, 2019|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=November 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120174236/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/11/prince-charles-camilla-parker-bowles-anne-andrew-the-crown|url-status=live}} It has also been suggested that Princess Anne's relations with Andrew Parker Bowles did not overlap with Prince Charles and Camilla's introduction. Reviews of the episode noted that it ignored more significant events, citing Princess Anne's 1973 wedding to Captain Mark Phillips and her attempted kidnapping in 1974.

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