A brand new trailer for season five of Netflix’s The Crown has revealed that the royal family is in crisis during the new episodes, detailing the events leading up to Princess Diana’s death in 1997.
The sneak peek shows Elizabeth Debicki, who plays the late Princess of Wales, whizzing away from paparazzi as she drives at full speed in a tense chase scene.
Another scene from the new season, which will be released on November 9, shows the character floating in a pool in a skimpy swimsuit – battling the crisis of royal protocol and the family scandal for the nation.
The Crown TRAILER: Shocking new teaser shows Diana coming to a screeching halt in the chase scene and in a skimpy swimsuit floating in a pool as the royal family is ‘plagued by scandal’ in the most controversial series yet
‘I never had a chance’: The new trailer shows Diana in a bare simwsuit floating in the water while not looking
During the first three series of The Crown, the Netflix hit has become known for bending facts to fit the story, and while some artistic license is inevitable, some critics are outraged at the rewrite of history and relationships.
But in the most controversial series to date, the brand new trailer declares that the “royal family is in a real crisis” as it chronicles the then-divorce of Prince Charles and Diana.
Actress Elizabeth’s voice can be heard explaining that Diana “never had a chance” in the trailer, while shots show the royal lord whizzing down a street while driving a black car at high speed to dodge paparazzi.
The dramatic scene shows an overwhelmed Diana at the wheel, wearing a red puffer jacket as she struggles to maintain control of the wheel.
Revenge Dress: It also documents the iconic moment Diana stepped out in her famous ‘revenge dress’ at dinner in 1994 at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens.
Nailed: Originally designed by Christina Stambolian, the dress was off-shoulder and had a royal line that broke the hem – with Elizabeth looking like the spitting image of the late royal in the new scenes
The upcoming season five will document the events leading up to Diana’s death, but won’t reveal the tragic incident until season six – recently revealing that the 1997 car accident that led to her death will not be featured in the season.
The trailer highlights the pressures the royal family faced in the 1990s when the marriage between Prince Charles and Princess Diana broke down.
Calling the fifth season “the beginning of the end,” the new trailer shows Diana in a bare-bones swimsuit floating in the water looking lost.
It also documents the iconic moment when Diana stepped out in her famous ‘revenge dress’ at dinner in 1994 at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens.
Identical: Olivia Williams (left) portrays Camilla Parker Bowles (right), with the trailer showing Camilla and Charles together in an intimate moment
Misunderstood: An upset Diana is seen poolside, with a voiceover sharing that ‘people will never understand what it’s really been like for me’
Originally designed by Christina Stambolian, the dress was off-shoulder and featured a royal line that broke the hem — with Elizabeth looking like the spitting image of the late royal in the new scenes.
Imelda Staunton portrayed the late Monarch as she reacted to the 1992 Windsor Castle Fire
The dramatized trailer shows the royal family declaring Diana ‘wants to tear down the temple’, before showing her famous interview with BBC journalist Martin Bashir, played by Prasanna Puwanarajah.
Netflix used a dramatized reproduction of Princess Diana’s amazing Panorama interview with disgraced BBC journalist Bashir to advertise their new series The Crown today, despite Prince William’s demands to take the interview off the air.
The fifth season of the streaming giant’s hit series The Crown will feature an entire episode focusing on the Royal’s controversial 1995 sit-down with Bashir, in which she sensationally said, ‘There were three of us in the marriage’ – a reference to Charles and Camilla.
The interview, originally broadcast by Panorama, has since been debunked after it was revealed that interviewer Bashir gained access and trust from Diana using false information.
Famous interview: The trailer shows her famous interview with BBC journalist Martin Bashir (right) played by Prasanna Puwanarajah (left)
Breaking: It also shows journalism Martin declaring that Diana is ‘at breaking point’
Timothee Sambo (pictured left) portrays an awkward-looking Prince William as he stands before the world’s media in the Netflix trailer for series five of The Crown. He sticks a smile before being overwhelmed by the opportunity
It was viewed by 23 million people. It is said to have contributed to her divorce from Prince Charles in 1996 – a year prior to her fatal car accident in the Tunnel de l’Alma in Paris.
Bashir showed Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, fake bank statements suggesting that his former head of security had received money from tabloids and the security services to spy on his sister.
However, the decision to recreate the Panorama interview puts Netflix at odds with William, who called for the groundbreaking scenes never to be broadcast again.
In the trailer, Diana can be seen sitting with Bashir, while a voiceover says, “I won’t go quietly.”
Charles, played by Dominic West, can also be seen with Olivia Williams’ Camilla Parker Bowles, with the trailer showing an intimate moment between the pair.
In one shot, the family is depicted smiling outside a house as camera crews from outside the property scream and cameras flash in their faces, with a young Prince William, played by 12-year-old actor Timothee Sambor, grimacing as he smiles.
Johnny Lee Miller, who plays former British Prime Minister John Major, says in the trailer: “It feels like it’s all about to explode.”
Johnny Lee Miller, who plays former British Prime Minister John Major, says in the trailer: “It feels like it’s all about to erupt.”
Last year it was announced that Elizabeth would take over from Emma Corrin and play Diana for the fifth and sixth series, which will cover Diana’s death in 1997.
The actress said of her casting last year: “The spirit of Princess Diana, her words and her actions live in the hearts of so many. It’s a privilege and honor for me to be a part of this masterful series, which I was absolutely hooked on from episode one.”
Meanwhile, Dodi Fayed is expected to star in the next series of The Crown, with British actor Khalid Abdalla, 39, who starred in the 2007 film The Kite Runner, in the role.
The last two series of The Crown deal with the history of the royal family in the 1990s and up to 2003, but it is not yet known which moments will be shown.