The Crown Ending Explained: Here's Why Peter Morgan's Show Ended In 2005!

Season 6's poignant Episode 10 of the groundbreaking show 'The Crown Finale', which follows the lives of the royal family and the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (played by Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, and Imelda Staunton over the years, has finally come to an end. It has garnered mixed responses, where one side is quite taken by the profound ending, the other is underwhelmed by the abrupt ending.

In case, you are still a tad bit confused about the same, fret not because we have got you covered.

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The Crown Ending Explained

Spoilers Ahead!

The last scenes are set in 2005, shortly before and during Dominic West's Prince Charles' wedding to Olivia Williams' Camilla Parker Bowles. As her courtiers prepare for Elizabeth's funeral, she is visited by ghosts from her royal past. Olivia Colman and Claire Foy, who each played a younger Elizabeth in earlier seasons of "The Crown," depict these spirits. Elizabeth is contemplating her death. She discusses with herself the benefits of stepping down so Charles can ascend to the crown before he becomes old. As in real life, she decides to serve until she dies.

Elizabeth leaves a church to the sound of "Sleep Dearie Sleep," a bagpipe melody she chose for her funeral, following a talk with her husband Prince Philip (Jonathan Pryce).

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Why Does The Crown End In 2005?

The Crown ending in 2005 has left some people upset as they wanted it to continue till what happened in 2022 when the Queen actually died.

Explaining the same, Peter Morgan said in a featurette for Netflix via Hollywood Reporter, ¡°It was always my feeling that I didn¡¯t want to come right up to the present.¡±

He added, ¡°I always wanted to remain a careful distance from where we are now.¡±

To achieve that, Morgan notes, ¡°We had to construct, narratively, an episode in which you were genuinely satisfied that you had reached the end, even though you were almost 20 years from the end.¡±

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¡°I wrote the final episode being an internal conversation that the queen was having about whether she should carry on or hand over to Charles,¡± Morgan explains. ¡°I thought one could dramatize the internal dialogue with her in conversation with her younger self. That was a fun challenge, because I was completely committed to not coming up to the present day.¡±

Morgan, who expressed relief and happiness at the end of the show, is steadfast in his belief that The Crown should conclude now.

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¡°I¡¯m proud of having got to the end and doing what I said I would do,¡± he says, reaffirming his belief that she show is ¡°stopping at just the right time.¡±

¡°I loved it. I gave everything to it,¡± Morgan adds. ¡°I don¡¯t think I left anything on the table.¡±

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Did The Crown Deserve A Better Ending?

The show's creator, Peter Morgan, refrains from making any more contentious narrative decisions than he has in the six seasons of the show, which has received a lot of criticism. Although the conclusion may not have been what viewers had anticipated, it does appear to have been a prudent choice and a lovely farewell to the Queen, especially in light of how the Queen's death and circumstances surrounding it may have generated further controversy.

And just like that folks, The Crown comes to an end.