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Netflix has not yet confirmed a release date for The Crown season three. However, it is likely the show will air in early 2019. The Crown is a historical drama series about the reign of
Queen Elizabeth II. This season will focus on the years 1964 to 1976 and feature Prince Charles following his coronation as the Prince of Wales in 1969. Viewers will also meet a young
Camilla Parker Bowles (played by Emerald Fennel). Here’s everything you need to know about actor Josh O’Connor who plays Prince Charles. WHO IS ACTOR JOSH O’CONNOR? In July 2018, Netflix
announced that Josh O’Connor will be playing Prince Charles in seasons three and four of The Crown. Prince Charles is the oldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and the current heir to the
throne. In a statement, O'Connor said: “I am thrilled to be joining The Firm for the next instalment of The Crown. “Seasons three and four will follow some of the most turbulent events
in the Prince of Wales’s life and our national story and I’m excited to be bringing to life the man in the midst of it all. “I’m very aware its a formidably talented family to be joining,
but reliably informed I have the ears for the part and will fit right in.” WHAT DOES MATT SMITH THINK ABOUT THE NEW PRINCE PHILLIP? Josh O’Connor is a British actor from Cheltenham, United
Kingdom. The 28-year-old is best known for playing Johnny Saxby in the film God’s Own Country, for which he won a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor. O’Connor is also well
recognised for portraying Lawrence Currell in the ITV series, The Durrells. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and his first major role was as Donaghy in Florence Foster
Jenkins starring alongside Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. WHAT IS THE ABERFAN DISASTER? O’Connor has also had a successful stage career, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company in The
Shoemaker’s Holiday and Oppenheimer. Other notable television series O’Connor has starred in include Doctor Who, Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street and Father Brown. In the BBC adaption of Les
Miserables airing later this year, he stars as Marius Pontmercy. WHERE IS THE CROWN FILMED? WHERE IS IT SET? WHO ELSE STARS IN THE CROWN SEASON 3? Olivia Colman will take over from Claire
Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown season three. Joining Colman will be Tobias Menzies as the middle-aged Prince Phillip. Call the Midwife actress Emerald Fennel was most recently cast
to play Camilla Shand, who later became Camilla Parker Bowels and then the Duchess of Cornwall after she married Prince Charles in 2005. Other cast members include Helena Bonham Carter as
Princess Margaret, Ben Daniels as Lord Snowden and Marion Bailey as The Queen Mother. _THE CROWN SEASONS 1 & 2 ARE STREAMING ON NETFLIX NOW_