You've never seen Charles and Anne like this. Thank these 'Crown' scene stealers
If you're wondering how much Josh O'Connor and Erin Doherty knew about Prince Charles and Princess Anne before signing on to play them in "The Crown," the answers, respectively, are "not much" and "virtually nothing."
"I got off the phone with my agent and I was like, 'I know "The Crown," but who is this woman?'" said Doherty, joined by O'Connor for lunch in Manhattan. He's not exactly a monarchist, either.
"If pressed, I would probably say I was a republican," he says. "I'm just not that bothered, basically."
Despite their ambivalence about the institution, Doherty and O'Connor have embraced their roles as the young royals, whose personal lives are a focal point of the third season of the Netflix drama. During a period of declining international influence and economic hardship for the U.K., Princess Anne and especially Prince Charles face rocky transitions to adulthood and life in the public eye.
Charles begins to prepare for his future role as king, including a lonely stint studying the Welsh language. But the heir to the throne resents the way he has to suppress his feelings because of a job he won't inherit for decades - especially when it comes to his love interest,
