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According to newly released files, the longtime FBI director was on the receiving end of a rumor that Queen Elizabeth’s husband was connected to Christine Keeler, the woman at the center of the 1963 scandal.

The Emmy nominees revisit The Night Manager as they return to the awards conversation with The Crown and Loki.

After popping up on Prince William’s dorm room wall in an episode of The Crown, the supermodel shared a photo she took with his late mother.

As The Crown comes to an end, executive producer Suzanne Mackie drops by Still Watching to discuss the series’ legacy and that final scene that united Imelda Staunton, Olivia Colman, and Claire Foy for the first time.

Julie Miller returns to Still Watching to chat about the infamous charity event, and whether Carole Middleton was as manipulative in real life as she is on the show.

The celebrated actress drops by Still Watching to chat about portraying Princess Margaret as her health deteriorated, as well as her long friendship with costar Imelda Staunton. 

Looking back at the royals series to end all royals series, now that it’s reached its end.

Meg Bellamy, Ed McVey, and Luther Ford test their knowledge of one another on Vanity Fair’s Game Show series.

Prince Harry is a peripheral player in The Crown’s sixth season until the finale, which revisits one of his most humiliating events.

The pre-Kate girlfriend The Crown pairs William with is fictional—but he and his future wife really did date at St. Andrews before they coupled up.

The Crown heads to St. Andrews for season six, episode seven, “Alma Mater,” which introduces a young Kate Middleton—and details how her mother’s machinations may have put her directly in the path of Prince William.

Queen Elizabeth faces an existential crisis as the modern energy of a beloved new prime minister named Tony Blair challenges her popularity.

Prince William takes center stage in episode five of The Crown season six, as Richard, Chris, and Hillary dissect the future king’s days as a teenage heartthrob. Plus, Jonathan Pryce stops by Still Watching to talk about playing Prince Philip and the royal’s special relationship with his grandson.

The Crown’s head of research, Annie Sulzberger, tells VF about the show’s depiction of Kate and Carole Middleton, who meet Prince William in the show’s final episodes.

Ed McVey and Luther Ford, who play princes William and Harry in The Crown’s final episodes, explain how they depict the brothers’ complicated relationship. 

The Crown newcomer Meg Bellamy tells VF about playing Kate Middleton, recreating that iconic sheer fashion-show moment, and leaving her old day job behind.

The Crown didn’t rely on Prince Harry’s controversial Spare much—“to me, it’s an emotional history book,” says researcher Annie Sulzberger—except for these bits. 

In a special bonus episode of Still Watching, Richard Lawson, Chris Murphy, Hillary Busis, and VF fashion expert Kia D. Goosby take a break from The Crown to talk Diana’s enduring appeal, her style, and two very different recent projects about the People’s Princess: Spencer and Diana: The Musical.

The last batch of episodes from The Crown’s final season shifts its focus from Princess Diana to Prince William, and arrives on Netflix December 14.

The Crown episode four director Christian Schwochow explains how the series approached Diana’s tragic car accident and making Diana’s spectral presence as “un-ghostly as possible.”