The struggles of the House of Windsor are still to continue on Netflix.
The Crown will return for a fourth season following the finale of season 3 which saw the Queen celebrate her Silver Jubilee in 1977.
However, there is much more drama to come as The Queen is set to welcome a new prime minister that she will work alongside for the next decade: Margaret Thatcher.
Meanwhile, the personal lives of her children will begin to take a major focus as Prince Charles weds Princess Diana - but how long can he resist his feelings for Camilla Parker Bowles ?
Here is when to expect The Crown season 4 on Netflix.
The Crown season 4 release date
The Crown season 4 will be released on Netflix worldwide in late 2020.
It is expected to comprise of 10 episodes which will all be released simultaneously.
It will the penultimate season of the royal drama.
The Crown to end with Season 5
It has now been with its fifth run after the decision was made to end the show by creator Peter Morgan.
Imelda Staunton will portray the Queen in the final run.
Morgan said: "Imelda is an astonishing talent and will be a fantastic successor to Claire Foy and Olivia Colman.
"At the outset I had imagined The Crown running for six seasons but now that we have begun work on the stories for season five it has become clear to me that this is the perfect time and place to stop."
The Crown season 4 cast
Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II
The Oscar-winner will reprise her role as the British monarch for her second and final season in the role.
Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
The Outlander star will return as the Queen's consort who will be dealt a blow in his family
Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
The Harry Potter star will reprise her role as the Queen's troubled sister, who will face life as a divorced woman in the fourth season.
Ben Daniels as Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon
The House of Cards actor is expected to be back in some capacity as Margaret's former husband.
Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
The BAFTA-nominee will play a major role in the fourth season which will focus on his marriage to Lady Diana Spencer.
Charles Dance as Lord Louis Mountbatten
The Game of Thrones star will be back as Charles' supportive but ambitious great-uncle who will be assassinated by the IRA in the upcoming episodes.
Marion Bailey as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
The stage actress will return as the Queen's and Margaret's opinionated mother.
Erin Doherty as Princess Anne, Princess Royal
The newcomer will reprise her role as the Queen's daughter, who will be married in the new episodes.
Emerald Fennell as Camilla Parker Bowles
The Call the Midwife actress will return as Charles' now-married lover and soulmate, Camilla.
Andrew Buchan as Andrew Parker Bowles
The Broadchurch star will be back as the polo-loving husband of Camilla.
Gillian Anderson as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
The iconic star of The X-Files joins the cast as the highly controversial but long-running PM Margaret Thatcher, who shares a frosty relationship with the Queen.
Emma Corrin as Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales
Newcomer Emma Corrin joins the cast as the young aristocratic beauty who becomes the wife of Prince Charles, but is destined for unhappiness.
Geoffrey Breton as Captain Mark Phillips
Breton joins the cast as the equestrian military man who marries Princess Anne and refuses a royal title.
The Crown viewing figures
Netflix has also revealed just how popular the series has been.
The show has been viewed by 73 million accounts since it launched in 2016, with viewership going up each season.
The third season was watched by 21 million accounts in its first four weeks of release.
Claire Foy returns
Original star of The Crown and award-winning actress Claire Foy will as a young Queen Elizabeth II.
The actress will appear in a flashback scene in the fourth season.
The Crown season 4 plot
Much of the new season will centred around the marriage of Prince Charles to the young aristocratic beauty Lady Diana Spencer, which is complicated by his continuing love of Camilla Parker Bowles.
Meanwhile, the Queen will grapple with a new prime minister in the form of the Iron Lady herself, Margaret Thatcher, whose actions bring wealth to some and destruction to others.
Other events will include the marriage of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, the death of Lord Mountbatten, the Falklands War, the end of the Cold War, economic troubles, and the Queen facing multiple instances of extreme danger.
The season is expected to end with the fall of Margaret Thatcher in 1990.
The Crown season 4 trailer
There is no trailer for the new season yet.
We will post the first footage we have as soon as we are able.
The Crown seasons 1-3 are currently available on Netflix.
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