This Thursday, the much-anticipated sixth and final season of Netflix’s The Crown premieres—part one, anyway, as the second half of the season will debut on December 14. The first part of the season will deal with a very difficult subject for Prince Harry (and, of course, Prince William, too)—the death of their mother, Princess Diana, in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997. The fifth season left off as the summer of 1997 began, when Diana began a romance with Dodi Fayed, happy again, and ended in tragedy.
Though the show has made it clear that it will not show the moment of the accident that ultimately took Diana’s life, her final days will play out onscreen, and that will no doubt be difficult for Harry to watch. (He has admitted in the past to watching the show.) The Mirror reports that Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, will support her husband through the coverage surrounding the show, where Diana’s death will once again be back in the forefront.
