Earlier than it’s throughout, The Crown will cowl no less than the start of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s relationship. New pictures from set reveal that manufacturing is at the moment underway in Scotland, filming on the College of St. Andrews, the place the now-Prince and Princess of Wales initially met. Ed McVey will tackle the position of college-aged William, who headed to St. Andrews for college in 2001. McVey might be joined by one other newcomer, Meg Bellamy, who’s enjoying Kate.

Pictures from set present our fictional William watching Kate as she strolls round campus. The 2 met and have become shut associates once they had been each residents on the college’s St. Salvator’s Corridor, however didn’t begin relationship for about two years. In one other shot, the Prince is strolling with Kate, who’s holding arms with one other man. This might be Rupert Finch, a fourth-year legislation scholar Kate was rumored to be relationship when she first met William.

There are additionally footage of Kate working as a waitress at a restaurant, and William going for a jog by the water on a cloudy day.

McVey has additionally filmed scenes with Dominic West, who’s returning to the present as Prince Charles. Elizabeth Debicki may even be again to painting Princess Diana as season six will probably cowl her tragic demise in 1997.

There’s no phrase on whether or not or not The Crown plans on recreating the second when William started eager about Kate as greater than only a good friend. The story goes that, in March 2002, after the pair had already recognized one another for a number of months, Kate walked in a charity trend present. The soon-to-be Princess was given a totally sheer costume to mannequin, and William, who was sitting entrance row, reportedly turned to his good friend, Fergus Boyd and whispered, “Wow, Fergus, Kate’s scorching!” Kate was nonetheless relationship Finch on the time, however in line with E! Information, that didn’t cease William from making a transfer on the present’s after get together. “He truly informed her she was a knockout that night time, which brought on her to blush,” a partygoer informed Katie Nicholl for her e book, William and Harry. “There was positively chemistry between them and Kate had actually made an impression on William.” The subsequent yr, although, Kate and William would transfer into an house collectively together with another associates, and from there, the connection would bloom.