‘The Crown’ Season 6 Will Depict Princess Diana’s Final Days. Contrary to initial reports, Netflix is opening its palace doors one more time for The Crown season 6. In July 2020, show creator Peter Morgan reversed course on his decision to end the royal drama after its fifth season: “As we started to discuss the storylines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons,” Morgan said in a statement, via Variety. Netflix U.K. also tweeted Morgan’s remarks, announcing that the sixth season is coming after all. It’s likely that, in addition to Princess Diana’s car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997, season 6 will cover the 2002 deaths of Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. (Margaret died on February 9, 2002, while the Queen Mother passed less than two months later, on March 30, 2002.) The year also marked Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee. An official drop date for The Crown’s sixth season has yet to be confirmed, though the final chapter is currently in production. Filming began in September 2022, meaning a late 2023 premiere date is likely.
