The Crown: Netflix to release first part of the final season

The final part of The Crown’s last season will be released on Thursday, with the first half of the season already available on Netflix.

Season six details the events of the late 1990s, including Princess Diana’s relationship with Dodi. 

The final part of the last season will cover the events leading up to Princess Diana’s death in 1997 and the aftermath. 

Both Diana and Dodi, along with their driver died in a car accident in Paris in 1997 -they were being chased by paparazzi. 

The final six episodes of the season will show the immediate events following the accident and Prince William trying to integrate back into life at Eton following his mother’s death.

Producers for the show say Diana’s death has been treated “sensitively.” 

The episodes will also cover events including the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, Prince Charles and Camilla’s wedding and the courtship of William and Kate – now the Prince and Princess of Wales – at the University of St Andrews.