The Crown Season 6 Part 1 Review: A Sensitive, Mostly Successful Take On A Royal Tragedy

Ever since Netflix’s award-winning period drama The Crown announced it would be introducing Princess Diana — and perhaps since even before then — there has been plenty of speculation over how the series would depict the tragic circumstances of her death. From the moment she first appeared onscreen in season 4, then played by Emma Corrin, Diana’s fate has loomed large over The Crown, and with season 6, it finally comes to pass. Coming off the weaker season 5, the show has a lot of expectations to live up to, and based purely on its first four episodes, it mostly meets them. With what will no doubt be its most scrutinized episodes yet, The Crown season 6 gets off to a devastating start with only minor stumbles.