Royal Family's Health Battles Shouldn't Be on 'The Crown' Says Gillian Anderson

For anyone thinking The Crown should start up production again following the royal family conspiracy theories and recent health revelations, Gillian Anderson (who played British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in season 4), thinks we should respect Kate Middleton and King Charles's privacy amid their cancer diagnoses.

“It probably ended at the right spot," Anderson said of the Netflix show, per The Sun. "It was getting too close to present day.”

Anderson added that the Princess of Wales and King Charles's cancer battles make it even more evident that the show should not pick back up as some fans have suggested. “Right now, it’s a moment where we understand that they have asked for a bit of peace and quiet around what they’re experiencing — and it feels like that’s the least that we can do," she said. “I think in this instance with this latest double whammy of news, the least that people can do, is to give them a bit of a break and for them to process this as the human beings that they actually are.”

The hit show's final season aired in two parts last year and depicted the tragic death of Princess Diana, as well as the beginning stages of Middleton and Prince William's relationship during their time at St. Andrews. After the premiere, the show's creator, Peter Morgan, explained that he had always wanted there to be a generational "buffer" between when they ended the show and the present day, per Town and Country.

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“I knew that I wanted to end with enough distance from where we are today that it should still feel like history, even if, for some people, it feels like very recent history," he said. "Twenty years is a generation, and I always wanted to have that kind of buffer between where we are now and where the drama ends.”

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