The Crown
It's from 2016, when you were 10.
- Network
- Netflix
- Genre
- Historical drama
- Premiered
- 2016
- Subject
- Queen Elizabeth II's reign
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About
As of 2026, it's 10 years old.
The Crown is the lavish, decades-spanning drama about the British royal family, recasting its leads every couple of seasons as it ages — a regal version of the same trick that keeps Doctor Who alive. Sumptuous and restrained, it found genuine human drama inside a famously buttoned-up institution.
It made palace protocol and quiet glances feel as tense as any thriller, and sparked real debate about where dramatized history ends and invention begins.
Opulent, measured, and impeccably acted, The Crown is the show that turned the inner life of a monarchy into prestige television fit for, well, a queen.
The Crown season by season
The Crown ran for 6 seasons (2016–2023) across 60 episodes. You're older than the seasons in green.
