The success of Netflix's The Crown lies, in part, in its ornate costumes and elaborate (and accurate!) set design—the palaces, castles, and rolling European landscapes are stunning. We'd expect nothing less
from a series that reportedly took a record-breaking $130 million to produce. But equally important, the casting is brilliant. If you've watched, then you've probably Googled one or two of the lesser-known characters already (because you need to know what Antony Armstrong-Jones looked like in real life). Now, season 4 sees the arrival of two household names: Emma Corrin as Princess Diana and Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher.
Here, we've got all the main players in The Crown and their real-life counterparts.