{"id":8838,"date":"2023-03-17T21:36:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T21:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/17\/the-crown-all-hail-first-look-of-prince-william-and-kate-middleton-in-season-6\/"},"modified":"2023-03-17T21:36:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T21:36:07","slug":"the-crown-all-hail-first-look-of-prince-william-and-kate-middleton-in-season-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/17\/the-crown-all-hail-first-look-of-prince-william-and-kate-middleton-in-season-6\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Crown\u2019: All Hail First Look of Prince William and Kate Middleton in Season 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">The sixth and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/12\/the-crown-princess-diana-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final season of\u00a0<em>The Crown<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is currently underway, and two of its most important subjects have finally been revealed. New photos of\u00a0<strong>Ed McVey<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Meg Bellamy<\/strong>, who play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/09\/the-crown-has-found-its-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">college-aged versions<\/a> of\u00a0<strong>Prince William<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong>, respectively, have surfaced as they film what appears to be the royal couple\u2019s first meeting.<\/p>\n<p>McVey and Bellamy, both relative newcomers, were spotted filming in St Andrews, Scotland, the spot where William and Kate met in 2001 while studying at the University of St Andrews, on March 17. In the photos, McVey\u2019s William inquisitively looks up at Kate as she passes by, hinting that this could be their first moment running into one another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iKrtVW eYPQkA asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fpksBS deXOlp asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kGOugJ dtBwjW responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-feWtx fnHGrH asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jJyKit mrcDn AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-feWtx fnHGrH asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-UrHlS BaseText-fFrHpW CaptionText-cOiTlR boMZdO cIKIQm gsdLeN caption__text\">ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND &#8211; MARCH 17: Actor Ed McVey, as Prince William and actress Meg Bellamy who plays Kate Middleton are seen during filming for the next season of The Crown on March 17, 2023 in St Andrews, Scotland. The sixth series of the drama, based on the real lives of the recent British monarchy, is set in St Andrews where the Prince and Princess of Wales met whilst studying at University. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell\/Getty Images)<\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-UrHlS BaseText-fFrHpW CaptionCredit-cRZQOh boMZdO kknWXb LGmsj caption__credit\">Jeff J Mitchell\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iKrtVW eYPQkA asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fpksBS deXOlp asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kGOugJ dtBwjW responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-feWtx fnHGrH asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jJyKit mrcDn AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-feWtx fnHGrH asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u2018The Crown First Look of Prince William and Kate Middleton in Season 6\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dmlCKO hWKgYV responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6414daec008404bed837bffb\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/1474159522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6414daec008404bed837bffb\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/1474159522 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6414daec008404bed837bffb\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/1474159522 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6414daec008404bed837bffb\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/1474159522 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6414daec008404bed837bffb\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/1474159522 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6414daec008404bed837bffb\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/1474159522 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6414daec008404bed837bffb\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/1474159522 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6414daec008404bed837bffb\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/1474159522 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-UrHlS BaseText-fFrHpW CaptionCredit-cRZQOh boMZdO kknWXb LGmsj caption__credit\">Jeff J Mitchell\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cWhen I first met Kate, I knew there was something very special about her, and then I knew there was possibly something I wanted to explore there, but we ended up being friends for a while,\u201d William said during the couple\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2hPi38x90ks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2010 engagement interview<\/a> with ITV News. \u201cThat was a good sort of foundation. I do genuinely believe now that being friends with [each other] is a massive advantage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Years before their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/photos\/2021\/04\/prince-william-kate-middleton-wedding-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2011 wedding<\/a> at London\u2019s Westminster Abbey, which was watched by some 72 million people, William and Kate \u201ctook a break\u201d following graduation. \u201cI at the time wasn\u2019t very happy about it, but actually it made me a stronger person\u201d Kate said during the same interview. \u201cYou find out things about yourself that maybe you hadn\u2019t realized\u2014I think you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you\u2019re younger\u2014and I really valued that time for me, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge\u2019s courtship is one of several subjects that will be explored in the final installment of\u00a0 Netflix\u2019s Emmy-winning series on the heels of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/11\/the-crown-season-5-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the splashy fifth season<\/a>. Most notably, new episodes will chronicle\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/10\/how-the-crown-will-handle-princess-diana-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana\u2019s tragic 1997 death<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>Rufus Kampa<\/strong>\u00a0has been cast as a slightly more junior version of William, who was just 15 years old when his mother died in a car accident. Other storylines may include\u00a09\/11; the queen\u2019s Golden Jubilee, celebrating her 50 years on the throne; and the deaths of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mum in 2002.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Returning royal family cast members include\u00a0<strong>Imelda Staunton<\/strong> as\u00a0<strong>Queen Elizabeth<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Jonathan Pryce<\/strong> as Prince Phillip,\u00a0<strong>Elizabeth Debicki<\/strong> as Princess Diana,\u00a0<strong>Dominic West<\/strong> as\u00a0<strong>Prince Charles<\/strong>, <strong>Olivia Williams<\/strong>\u00a0as Camilla Parker-Bowles, and\u00a0<strong>Lesley Manville<\/strong> as Princess Margaret.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>The Crown<\/em>\u2019s final season will be released amidst turmoil within the monarchy, including the release of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2023\/01\/spare-leaks-and-the-william-harry-narrative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prince Harry<\/strong>\u2019s bombshell memoir\u00a0<em>Spare<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth-ii-obituary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>. When the monarch died, the series\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/09\/the-crown-expected-to-pause-filming-out-of-respect-for-queen-elizabeth-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paused production<\/a> in honor of her. Series creator\u00a0<strong>Peter Morgan<\/strong> also issued this statement about his show\u2019s real-life inspiration: \u201c<em>The Crown<\/em> is a love letter to her and I\u2019ve nothing to add for now, just silence and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/03\/the-crown-first-look-of-prince-william-and-kate-middleton-in-season-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth and\u00a0final season of\u00a0The Crown\u00a0is currently underway, and two of its most important subjects have finally been revealed. New photos of\u00a0Ed McVey and\u00a0Meg Bellamy, who play college-aged versions of\u00a0Prince William\u00a0and\u00a0Kate Middleton, respectively, have surfaced as they film what appears to be the royal couple\u2019s first meeting. McVey and Bellamy, both relative newcomers, were spotted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[133,176,358,175,246,84,86,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-8838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-kate-middleton","9":"tag-meghan-markle","10":"tag-netflix","11":"tag-prince-harry","12":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-the-crown","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}