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A sprawling drama about Elizabeth II aims to be Netflix’s new Crown jewel

Foy plays Queen Elizabeth II in the first decade of her rule

IT’S NOT EASY BEING A QUEEN. NOR is it easy to play one. To re-create the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II for Netflix’s new series The Crown, premiering on Nov. 4, actor Claire Foy had to don a corset, five underskirts, a 5-lb. crown and a replica of the real dress the Queen wore on that historic day. The show borrowed the garment from an exhibition. “There was a lot to carry, costume-wise and crown-wise and scepter-wise,” Foy tells TIME. “The dress was too long. We couldn’t take

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