the crown season 4

Season 4 spans the transformative years 1979–1990, as Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman) navigates domestic duty and shifting public sentiment. The royal family is thrown into turmoil when Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) becomes Britain’s first female PM and the Falklands War tests loyalties. Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) courts and marries Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin), offering a fairy-tale distraction while undercurrents of personal strife brew. The series explores themes of duty, rebellion, scandal (like Diana’s loneliness and Charles’s infidelity), and political conflict—culminating in Thatcher’s departure and the unraveling of a royal marriage. Season 4 received widespread acclaim, becoming the first to sweep all major Emmy categories.