The Crown season 4 scenes vs the real life royal photos
Let's take a trip back in time...
The Crown season 4 is based upon the real life events of the royal family between the years of 1979 and 1990. With the new series launching on Netflix, we've become obsessed with it all over again (and with Emma Corrin playing Princess Diana, who features in the drama for the first time). So we thought we'd take a trip down memory lane and dig out real life photographs from the archives that correspond with the storylines - and as you'll see, the producers have done a very good job matching it all up.
From Prince Charles and Princess Diana's engagement and wedding to their first tour, Margaret Thatcher's appointment as Prime Minister and more, here's the royal photo album you never knew you needed. Plus, keep scrolling for all the real life pictures to accompany The Crown series 3 plots, too. You'll feel like a royal historian before you know it...
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Queen Elizabeth saluting from a horse at the 1979 Trooping The Colour.
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Queen Elizabeth saluting from a horse at the 1979 Trooping The Colour.
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Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh waving from balcony at Buckingham Palace during the 1979 Trooping The Colour.
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Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh waving from balcony at Buckingham Palace during the 1979 Trooping The Colour.
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Charles and Diana at the Balmoral Estate in Scotland.
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Charles and Diana at the Balmoral Estate in Scotland.
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Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis entering No. 10, following her election win in 1979.
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Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis entering No. 10, following her election win in 1979.
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Queen Elizabeth at Lord Mountbatten's funeral in September 1979.
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Prince Charles and Diana Spencer announcing their engagement in February 1981.
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Prince Charles and Diana Spencer announcing their engagement in February 1981.
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Princess Diana on her wedding day in July 1981.
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Princess Diana on her wedding day in July 1981.
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Michael Fagan, the man who broke into Buckingham Palace and intruded in the Queen's bedroom in 1982.
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Michael Fagan, the man who broke into Buckingham Palace and intruded in the Queen's bedroom in 1982.
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana posing in front of Uluru (Ayers Rock) during a royal tour of Australia in 1983.
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana posing in front of Uluru (Ayers Rock) during a royal tour of Australia in 1983.
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles attending a gala night at the Royal Opera House in celebration of Prince Charles' 37th birthday, in November 1985.
Cat is Cosmopolitan UK's features editor covering women's issues, health and current affairs. news, features and health. The route to her heart is a simple combination of pasta and cheese (somewhat ironic considering the whole health writing thing), and she finds it difficult to commit to TV series so currently has about 14 different ones on the go.
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