How The Stars of The Crown Compare to Their Real-Life Royal Counterparts

The show's final Queen Elizabeth will be portrayed by Imelda Staunton, who will play the Queen in seasons five and six. "As an actor it was a joy to see how both Claire Foy and Olivia Colman brought something special and unique to Peter Morgan’s scripts. I am genuinely honoured to be joining such an exceptional creative team and to be taking The Crown to its conclusion," she said.

Jonathan Pryce follows Tobias Menzies and Matt Smith as The Crown's final Prince Philip.

The show's final Princess Diana will be portrayed by Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki. "She is uniquely magnificent," creator Peter Morgan said of casting Debicki as the late Princess of Wales. "It was a list of one. Had she said no, I might have had to reconceive the entire show."

In seasons five and six of The Crown, Dominic West will portray Prince Charles, the heir to the throne. "I think people understand, because the cast has changed every two seasons, that this is not an imitation,” he said. “This is an evoking of a character."

Claudia Harrison takes over from Erin Doherty as Princess Anne for the home stretch of the royal drama. "Anne’s an extraordinary character," Harrison said. "She's not there to make people feel better about themselves, but she is superb at her job and is a proper feminist. She's someone we can really look up to and I think she has no sense of entitlement."

Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret, will be portrayed by actress Lesley Manville. In real life, Manville and Staunton are close friends—just like the royal sisters.

Season six, part one of The Crown features 12-year-old Prince Harry, who is played by Fflyn Edwards.

Part one of the final season also features 15-year-old William, played by Rufus Kampa.

In part two of the final season, Ed McVey takes over the role of Prince William, showing his time in college and the start of his relationship with Kate Middleton.

Meg plays a young Kate Middleton, who meets Prince William while studying at St Andrews University. She only appears in the second half of season six.

Bertie Carvel takes on the role of Prime Minister Tony Blair in the final season of the Crown.

Egyptian British actor Khalid Abdalla will play Diana's boyfriend Dodi Fayed, who fatefully died in the car crash alongside the Princess of Wales in August 1997.

Warren takes on the role of the Queen Mother in the final seasons of the Crown.

Season five of The Crown will focus on the 1990s, when John Major was Prime Minister. Miller will portray the Tory prime minister, who served from 1990 to 1997.

Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, developed a close friendship (and maybe more) with Prince Philip in the 90s over the sport of carriage driving. Actress Natascha McElhone will portray Penelope in season five of The Crown.

Dodi's father, Mohammed Al-Fayed, will be played by Palestinian actor Salim Daw (alternatively spelled Salim Dau). "It’s huge, it’s the most wonderful gift an actor can dream of—it’s the biggest role of my career," Dau said after he was cast.

Olivia Williams takes over the role of Camilla Parker Bowles, future Queen Consort, for the final seasons of the Crown.

Dominic West's real son, Senan, portrays his fictional son in season five of The Crown.

Child actor Will Powell portrays a young Prince Harry, who is barely in season five of The Crown.

Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed takes on the role of Princess Diana's ex-boyfriend, Hasnat Khan. "Dr. Hasnat Khan and Princess Diana were total opposites. He was a very ordinary man in every way and I feel this is what attracted Princess Diana towards him. His nature and simplicity made him special to Princess Diana," Saeed told Variety.