- When Netflix's The Crown returns for Season 3, Olivia Colman will take on the part of Queen Elizabeth, while Helena Bonham Carter will portray Princess Margaret.
- Both actresses opened up about meeting the royals they're playing in the show.
- While Colman met the queen by accident, Carter had an unexpected family connection to Princess Margaret.
While fans eagerly await the release of The Crown Season 3, members of the cast have been opening up about their own royal memories.
In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Helena Bonham Carter revealed, "My uncle was actually very close to [Princess Margaret]." Describing her connection to the princess, the actress continued, "She was pretty scary. At one point, she met me at Windsor Castle and she said, 'You are getting better, aren't you?'" Thinking Margaret was referring to her acting abilities, Bonham Carter said, "I presume that's what she meant."
Meanwhile, Olivia Colman had the chance to meet the queen prior taking on her role in The Crown. For Entertainment Weekly's cover story, Colman revealed, "I have accidentally met the queen," describing the meeting as "sticky-handed and bit sort of stumbly."
As for how the chance encounter happened, the Peep Show actress explained:
"It was at a British Film Institute gathering to raise the profile of British film, independent film. We suddenly found ourselves, two hundred people, in a big queue. I thought maybe we were going in to have some food. I hadn’t read the order of the day. [I] looked around the corner, and there was the Queen and Prince Philip, and went, ‘Oh! Oh no! I don’t know what to do!’ And a gentleman with epaulettes said, ‘Don’t overdo it, little bow, and you say, Your Majesty, and your Royal Highness, and go. Make it as swift as possible and go.’"
And judging by Entertainment Weekly's photo shoot, fans are truly in for a treat when the series finally returns.
Amy Mackelden is a freelance writer, editor, and disability activist. Her bylines include Harper's BAZAAR, Nicki Swift, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, ELLE, The Independent, Bustle, Healthline, and HelloGiggles. She co-edited The Emma Press Anthology of Illness, and previously spent all of her money on Kylie Cosmetics.
