The streaming service said in January that its hit series about Britain's royal family would run only five seasons.
would run only five seasons, announced Thursday that the story of Britain's royal family would include a season six as originally planned."As we started to discuss the story lines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons," writer-creator-executive producer Peter Morgan said in a statement.
The decision comes less than six months after the streamer swore that season five would mark the end of the series. At the time, the casting of Staunton as the final Queen Elizabeth II was made public. Lesley Manville's casting as Princess Margaret for season five was announced a week ago. In 2016, two weeks after the series' premiere, Netflix's chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, told thewas to "do this over six decades, in six seasons presumably, and make the whole show over eight to 10 years.
The streamer hasn't yet announced a drop date for season four, which, like season three, stars Colman as the Queen, Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip, Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, Erin Doherty as Princess Anne and Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles.
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