Princess Diana’s final scene
When “The Crown” returns for its sixth and final season this fall, the award-winning Netflix series will feature its take on the tragic 1997 death of Princess Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki. According to executive producers Andy Harries and Suzanne Mackie, the incident was covered “delicately” and with great care. “The show might be big and noisy, but we’re not. We’re thoughtful people, and we’re sensitive people. There were very careful, long conversations about how we were going to do it,” Suzanne said at the 2023 Edinburgh TV Festival, according to Deadline. “The audience will judge it in the end, but I think it’s been delicately, thoughtfully recreated.” She added that Elizabeth “was so thoughtful and considerate” in her portrayal of the late roya in her final days. “She loved Diana. There’s a huge amount of respect from us all, I hope that’s evident,” Suzanne said.
Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed, along with their driver, were killed in a car crash while being hounded by paparazzi in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997. Netflix previously told The Sun “the exact moment of the crash impact will not be shown” on “The Crown.” Earlier this year, however, some eyebrows were raised after DailyMail.com published photos of the replica of the accident’s wreckage that were reportedly used on the Netflix set. “The Crown” has also been criticized for its liberal combination of historical fact and fiction.
