Netflix show The Crown will pause filming for the upcoming new series
(Picture: Netflix)The Crown will pause filming following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, according to its screenwriter.
Writer Peter Morgan said he expects production to pause “out of respect” for Her Majesty and described the Netflix drama as a “a love letter to her”.
According to Deadline, Morgan, who also wrote 2006 film The Queen, wrote in an email: “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, who directed some of the early episodes of the first series, previously discussed the show’s continency plans should the Queen die while The Crown was being made.
At the time, Daldry said it would stop production as “a mark of respect” to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
He previously said: “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.
“She’s an extraordinary woman and people will be upset.”
Claire Foy and Olivia Coleman have previously portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series while Imelda Staunton was due to play the late monarch from November.
The Evening Standard has contacted Netflix for comment.
Britain’s beloved longest-reigning monarch sadly passed away on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish home in Balmoral, aged 96.
The Queen had reigned for 70 years since acceding to the throne following the death of her father George VI in 1952, celebrating her Platinum Jubilee earlier in 2022.
She has been succeeded by her eldest son Charles, formerly the Prince of Wales.
The Queen’s passing led to an outpouring of grief across the world, with tributes paid to an iconic figure who had been a mainstay of British life for decades.
