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'The Crown' to end after its fifth season

Its been several years of family drama and monarchy mayhem. Now, the Netflix series “The Crown” is set to come to a close after five seasons. The news was confirmed in a tweet on Friday. The announcement stating that Imelda Staunton will play Queen Elizabeth II for the fifth and final season. Staunton said in a statement: “I have loved watching ‘The Crown&#8217…
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Who stars on The Crown this series?

Royalists are anxiously awaiting the newest series of Netflix’s The Crown. Season three is not too far away with a premiere date of 17th November. The third and fourth series is set to focus on 1964 – 1976. While it is unclear when we will see series four, we will see a whole new cast come November. Olivia Coleman as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Fresh off the Academy-Award…
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The Crown, Season 3: love, romance - and Europe

You can’t escape from Brexit anywhere these days. Fans of The Crown might have thought that season 3 of the story of the House of Windsor under Elizabeth II would be a safe haven from Euro talk, but they’re in for a shock. The third instalment will include the moment that The Queen watched the UK enter the Common Market. That political milestone is just one of the major historical events which…
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Queen Elizabeth's Wikipedia page was the third most visited entry in 2017

The Queen has beaten out the likes of Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and TV series such a Game of Thrones to become the third most visited Wikipedia page in 2017. Her Wikipedia entry had 19.2 million views, coming behind Donald trump with 29.6 million and a list of Deaths in 2017 which had 37.3 million views. A Wikipedia editor said The Queen’s ranking struck him most. He said that the ranking was…
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