Popular Netflix series The Crown has paused filming after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral on Thursday. The series is currently filming its fifth chapter, and had already been extended to include a sixth.
It tells the story of the Royal Family, starting just before the moment a young princess became Queen Elizabeth after the death of her father, King George VI. Peter Morgan, writer of The Crown, said the series is “a love letter to her.” He told Deadline: “The Crown is a love letter to her and I’ve nothing to add for now, just silence and respect. I expect we will stop filming out of respect too.”
Stephen Daldry, director of some of the episodes of the first season of The Crown, said during production that there would be a pause if The Queen died while filming was ongoing. He told Deadline in 2016: “None of us know when that time will come but it would be right and proper to show respect to the Queen. It would be a simple tribute and a mark of respect. She’s a global figure and it’s what we should do.
