{"id":25127,"date":"2022-11-03T18:10:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=681464"},"modified":"2022-11-03T18:50:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:50:15","slug":"where-is-the-crown-filmed-all-the-locations-you-see-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/where-is-the-crown-filmed-all-the-locations-you-see-on-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is The Crown filmed? All the locations you see on screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Eleanor Bley Griffiths\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 03 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Netflix\u2019s royal drama The Crown<\/a> is back for its fifth season, with its second full cast switch-up after Olivia Colman took over from Claire Foy in season 3.<\/p>\n

This new season stars Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki<\/a>, and while the cast have all changed, one aspect of the show certainly hasn\u2019t \u2013 its stunning locations.<\/p>\n

From Buckingham Palace to Balmoral Castle, the past four seasons have featured plenty of real-life royal locations, all recreated with a combination of sets and like-for-like locations made to look identical to the real deal.<\/p>\n

Season 5 also saw some new filming locations, as the cast and crew jetted off to Mallorca for a holiday sequence. This follows season 4, which previously introduced new royal backdrops such as including Prince Charles and Princess Diana\u2019s country and London residences, Highgrove and Clarence House.<\/p>\n

But where else is the series filmed currently, and which locations have been used in the past? Here\u2019s where the drama was filmed, including all the big locations from seasons 1 to 5.<\/p>\n

Where do they film Windsor Castle?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Imelda Staunton and Jonathan Pryce in The Crown<\/span><\/figcaption> Keith Bernstein \/ Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Windsor castle has played a large part in all four seasons of The Crown to date, just as it played a large part in the Queen\u2019s life and continues to be an important location for the Royal Family.<\/p>\n

In season 5 the castle will take on an extra level of narrative importance, as scenes are set to depict the real-life 1992 fire which took place there, causing extensive damage to the 11th century building.<\/p>\n

For The Crown seasons 1-3 Belvoir Castle<\/strong> in Leicestershire was used to represent Windsor Castle, but since season 4 the show has opted to film such scenes at Burghley House<\/strong> in Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n

Where do they film Downing Street?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Jonny Lee Miller as John Major in The Crown<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The Crown has always used the backdrop of the Royal Family to explore all aspects of life during the periods it is dramatising, meaning political figures have taken a central role in the drama since its very first season.<\/p>\n

Season 5 sees Jonny Lee Miller play 90s Conservative Prime Minister John Major, who took over from Margaret Thatcher, played by Gillian Anderson in season 4 of the show.<\/p>\n

As it did in season 4, Hedsor House<\/strong> in Buckinghamshire will be standing in for the Downing Street interiors, after previous seasons have also seen sets built to show the famous Prime Ministerial residence\u2019s exteriors.<\/p>\n

Where was Diana and Charles\u2019 season 5 holiday filmed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Crown season 5<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

At the start of season 5, Charles and Diana<\/a> go off on a \u2018second honeymoon\u2019 along with their sons William and Harry, in an attempt to convince the public that their marriage is now back on track.<\/p>\n

Scenes on speedboat during their holiday were filmed in Sant Elmo, Mallorca<\/strong>, with Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki having been spotted shooting at the beachside town of Andratx.<\/p>\n

Where do they film Highgrove?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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A key location introduced during The Crown season 4 was Prince Charles and Princess Diana\u2019s country estate Highgrove, which Charles still inhabits today with his second wife, the Duchess of Cornwall.<\/p>\n

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The estate is located in the county of Gloucestershire and is well known for its gardens, which viewers see a preview of when Charles gives his mother the Queen a tour during the season 4 episode \u2018Favourites\u2019.<\/p>\n

In both seasons 4 and 5 of the Netflix series, Somerley House<\/strong> stands in for Highgrove. Somerley is a large country house situated in Hampshire; it was previously used as\u00a0a filming location for a\u00a0TV adaptation of Jane Austen\u2019s Mansfield Park.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Where do they film Clarence House?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The London residence of The Prince of Wales (Prince Charles), Clarence House is positioned next to St James Palace. Previous royal occupants have included The Queen Mother, and The Queen and Prince Philip.<\/p>\n

In season 4 we saw both Charles and Diana living inside the house; it sets the backdrop for the unravelling marriage, with Charles often retreating to Highgrove to be with Camilla Parker-Bowles. Clarence House is also where Diana conducts her affair with cavalry officer James Hewitt.<\/p>\n

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High Canons Borehamwood\u00a0<\/strong>stood in for Clarence House in season 4; it\u2019s a country manor house about a 40 minute drive from London.<\/p>\n

Where do they film Gatcombe Park?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Princess Anne\u2019s country residence Gatcombe Park was also introduced in The Crown season 4; in the episode \u2018Favourites\u2019, in which the Queen visits each of her four children, we see she and Anne enjoy a horse ride and then picnic in the grounds.<\/p>\n

The real-life house was purchased by the Queen as a gift for Anne and her first husband, Mark Philips. It\u2019s located within the country of Gloucestershire, and is only six miles away from\u00a0Prince Charles\u2019 residence Highgrove.<\/p>\n

In The Crown, Hertfordshire country house\u00a0Wrotham Park\u00a0<\/strong>is used for the scenes featuring Gatcombe Park. Wrotham has been used for multiple filming projects, including the likes of Bridget Jones\u2019s Diary and Kingsman: The Secret Service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Where do they film Buckingham Palace?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Crown\u2019s producers have stitched together a patchwork of locations to make a convincing on-screen Buckingham Palace, seeing as they couldn\u2019t actually get the real-life Queen to let them take over her house for filming.<\/p>\n

Over the years many interiors have been filmed at Lancaster House<\/strong>, which is owned by the Foreign Office and stands very close to Buckingham Palace itself. In particular, The Crown has made use of its ornate central entranceway and staircases \u2013 as seen in season 3 when the Apollo 11 astronauts visit the Palace.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wilton House<\/strong> in Wiltshire is another stand-in for parts of Buckingham Palace, as is the Old Royal Naval College<\/strong>. Other interiors have been filmed at Waddeston Manor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In season 3, we see Lord Mountbatten (Charles Dance) breaking some bad news to Prince Charles (Josh O\u2019Connor) in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace. The scene was filmed at the University of Greenwich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Queen\u2019s audiences with her Prime Ministers are shot at Wrotham Park<\/strong> in Barnet, Hertfordshire. In real life they take place in a private Audience Room in her apartment at Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n

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Where was Winston Churchill\u2019s funeral filmed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In season 3, Winston Churchill\u2019s funeral took place at St Paul\u2019s Cathedral in London on 30th January 1965, when the wartime Prime Minister was given a State Funeral \u2013 an honour usually reserved for royals.<\/p>\n

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But what we see on screen in The Crown season 3 was actually filmed at Winchester Cathedral<\/strong> in Hampshire.<\/p>\n

Winchester is one of the largest cathedrals in Europe but is located in a city of only 45,000 or so people. It\u2019s built in the Gothic style and is exceptionally long, with a vaulted stone ceiling; it doesn\u2019t look much like St Paul\u2019s on the inside or <\/em>on the outside, but it is<\/em> very grand.<\/p>\n

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Where was the White House filmed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones may have travelled to Washington DC to meet with President Lyndon B Johnson, but actors Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Daniels didn\u2019t get to make the trip for season 3.<\/p>\n

Instead, they filmed scenes as The Hylands House in Essex<\/strong>, which looks strikingly similar to the northern facade of the US President\u2019s HQ. This Grade II-listed neo-classical villa is owned and operated by Chelmsford City Council; it used to host the annual music festival, V Festival, and is often hired out for weddings and private events.<\/p>\n

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