Popsugar Entertainment Netflix The Crown Season 3 Royals in Real Life How the New Cast of The Crown Stack Up to the Real-Life Royal Family 17 November 2019 by Quinn Keaney Image Source: Netflix Just as in the previous two seasons of The Crown, season three dives into a number of important high-profile ceremonies, events, and scandals that affected the British royal family in real life. But just how accurate is the Netflix drama? If we're judging by costumes alone, very, as you'll see in the photos ahead. Keep reading to see how the new cast physically embody the royals during key moments of their lives — coronations, balls, funerals, etc. — then take a peek at the show's spectacular re-creation of Prince Charles's investiture in Wales compared to real photos and video footage of the day. Related: The Crown Has Officially Cast Prince Philip, and It's Not Who You Think It Is Queen Elizabeth II and Olivia Colman Image Sources: Getty / Anwar Hussein and Netflix 1 / 17 Prince Philip and Tobias Menzies Image Source: Netflix 2 / 17 Princess Margaret and Helena Bonham Carter Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 3 / 17 Antony Armstrong-Jones and Ben Daniels Image Source: Netflix 4 / 17 Prince Charles and Josh O'Connor Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 5 / 17 Camilla Parker Bowles and Emerald Fennell Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 6 / 17 Princess Anne and Erin Doherty Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 7 / 17 Prince Charles and Josh O'Connor Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 8 / 17 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Marion Bailey Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 9 / 17 Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, and Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Daniels Image Source: Netflix 10 / 17 Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, and Geraldine Chaplin and Derek Jacobi Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 11 / 17 Wallis Simpson and Geraldine Chaplin Image Source: Netflix 12 / 17 Princess Anne and Erin Doherty Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 13 / 17 Queen Elizabeth II and Olivia Colman Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 14 / 17 Prince Charles and Josh O'Connor Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 15 / 17 The Royal Family and the Cast of The Crown Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 16 / 17 Queen Elizabeth II and Olivia Colman Image Sources: Getty and Netflix 17 / 17 NetflixThe CrownTV