Following the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday at age 96. Peter Morgan, writer of the 2006 film The Queen starring Helen Mirren and Netflix’s Emmy-winning drama The Crown, said that the series

“is a love letter to her.”

Morgan also revealed today in an email message that he expects that production on Season 6 of The Crown “will stop filming out of respect” for a period of time.

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He wrote that

“The Crown is a love letter to her and I’ve nothing to add for now, just silence and respect. I expect we will stop filming out of respect too.”

Netflix have long had plans in place should Queen Elizabeth die during its run.

When the show first went into production, Stephen Daldry, one of the architects of The Crown’s success and director of some of the initial episodes of the first season (it starred Claire Foy as the Queen when she was Princess Elizabeth before ascending to the throne), vowed that if the show was in production it would stop for a respectable period of time.

“None of us know when that time will come but it would be right and proper to show respect to the Queen. It would be a simple tribute and a mark of respect. She’s a global figure and it’s what we should do,”

he told this writer back in 2016 when The Crown made its debut on Netflix.

”She’s an extraordinary woman and people will be upset,”

Daldry said at the time.

The Crown has had three actresses who have portrayed the Queen: Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton, whose reign is due to start on Netflix in November. Morgan said he won’t be making a statement or further comment about the Queen’s death.

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Season 5 of The Crown was due premiere on Netflix in November, with Imelda Staunton taking over the role of Queen Elizabeth II from Olivia Colman. The cast also includes Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Dominic West as the Prince of Wales, Jonathan Pryce as the Duke of Edinburgh, and Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret.

‘The Crown’ has been renewed for a sixth and final

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Casting news for The Crown season 6

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