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Kate Middleton (Meg Bellamy) and Prince William (Ed McVey) in \u2018The Crown\u2019 season six. Image via Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The past five seasons of Netflix\u2019s cult-favorite history drama<\/span> The Crown<\/span><\/i> have offered a contemporary retelling of some of the most captivating moments in the royal family\u2019s history.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, for modern royalists \u2014 including those who devoured every tabloid update detailing the minutiae of the future King and Queen\u2019s burgeoning relationship \u2014 <\/span>The Crown\u2019s <\/span><\/i>chronicling of Prince William and Kate Middleton\u2019s<\/a> time at St. Andrews College is the moment they\u2019ve been holding out for. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, Netlix have shared their first official images<\/a> of Prince William, played by the uncannily identical Ed McVey, and Kate Middleton, portrayed by this season\u2019s soon-to-be breakout star Meg Bellamy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon first glance of the pair, complete in their thick, scratchy sweaters, pseudo-salt-of-the-earth denim and the quintessential Hugh Grant hair flick, you\u2019re immediately transported back to 2003. <\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019re taken to a time before they were the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and even before Kate was labeled “Waity Katie”<\/a> by the British press.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prince William (Ed McVey) in The Crown<\/em> season six. Image via Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Their relationship was a cataclysmic force within both “The Firm” and the circus that is tabloid media. <\/span><\/p>\n

We mustn\u2019t forget that before the treatment Meghan Markle and Prince Harry<\/a> were subject to by the media, Middleton was once the target of their unscrupulous barrage. <\/span><\/p>\n

Seeing these images \u2014 of Kate looking up in a classroom from underneath her iconic side bangs and William perched on a seemingly jacquard couch <\/span>\u2014 we\u2019re reminded of how relentlessly persistent the media ridiculed Middleton. <\/span><\/p>\n

Given that the upcoming sixth season of The Crown<\/em> will follow the early stages of their relationship, their portrayal could be the saving grace the franchise needs after a lackluster fifth season. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Playing on the elements of nostalgia, it\u2019s a pertinent time for the images to be released as the Royal family currently gears up for their biggest event since the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III\u2019s coronation.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

If anything, The Crown<\/em>\u2019s sixth season will be an apt reminder of the chokehold the Prince and Princess of Wales had on the British public.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because isn\u2019t a quasi-accurate television retelling of Middleton\u2019s iconic runway walk \u2014 which was reportedly the first time Prince William saw her in a romantic light \u2014 what we\u2019ve all been holding out for? <\/span><\/p>\n

The Crown<\/em> hasn\u2019t confirmed the release date of the sixth season, but with reports that this will be the final season of the franchise, we\u2019re anticipating the nostalgic undertones to be exponentially relied on. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42674,"featured_media":75886,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"\nImages of Prince William & Kate Middleton in 'The Crown' Are Here<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"'The Crown' has shared its first look images of young Kate Middleton & Prince William ahead of the season six release. 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