Brand new images of Olivia Colman as The Crown's Queen Elizabeth II have emerged. The Oscar winner has been seen looking remarkably like the British monarch on the set of the popular Netflix show.
Click through the gallery above to see more photos of Colman on set as the Queen Elizabeth II.
Colman is set to play the Queen from her 40s to early 60s (the late 1960s until the mid-1980s), across seasons three and four of the Netflix series. And it seems that both the casting and costume departments on The Crown have earned their way, as the similarities between the two are clear to see:
Colman was seen leaving London’s Royal College of Physicians in the brand new photos. In a very similar combination of an embellished light blue dress, white gloves and a tiara, the Queen once wore while arriving at London's Royal Opera House in 1968. The Queen would have been aged 42 in the photo above, the beginning of the period Colman is set to portray her from.
Tobias Menzies has taken over from Matt Smith to play Prince Philip, while Helena Bonham Carter will play Princess Margaret and Ben Daniels will feature as Antony Armstrong-Jones, previous played by Vanessa Kirby and Matthew Goode respectively.
Click through the gallery below to see comparisons between the new and old cast of The Crown:
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Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Click for the earlier season comparison... Courtesy Netflix -
Claire Foy and Matt Smith as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in series one of 'The Crown'. Courtesy Netflix -
Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II in newly released promotional shots of series three of 'The Crown'. Click for the earlier season comparison... Courtesy Netflix -
Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II from series one of 'The Crown'. Courtesy Netflix -
Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip in newly released promotional shots of series three of 'The Crown'. Click for the earlier season comparison... Courtesy Netflix -
Matt Smith as Prince Philip from series one of 'The Crown'. Courtesy Netflix -
Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret in newly released promotional shots of series three of 'The Crown'. Click for the earlier season comparison... Courtesy Netflix -
Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret from series one of 'The Crown'. Courtesy Netflix -
Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Daniels as Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones in newly released promotional shots of series three of 'The Crown'. Click for the earlier season comparison... Courtesy Netflix -
Matthew Goode and Vanessa Kirby as Antony (or Tony) Armstrong-Jones and Princess Margaret from series two of 'The Crown'. Courtesy Netflix
Colman, who is fresh from her Academy Award win for her portrayal of another British queen, Queen Anne, in The Favourite, was delighted to be cast as the reigning British monarch.
"I'm so thrilled to be part of The Crown. I was utterly gripped watching it," Coleman told the BBC shortly after her role was announced in July last year. "I think Claire Foy is an absolute genius – she's an incredibly hard act to follow. I'm basically going to re-watch every episode and copy her."
Netflix is yet to reveal when The Crown season 3 will be aired
