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Sweden’s Royal family is reportedly the focus of a new series just like Netflix’s The Crown.

The Scandinavian country’s TV4 and streaming service C More are currently developing a series based on King Carl XVI Gustaf‘s life and rise to the throne.

He was just 27 when he became sovereign in 1973.

“I’ve personally never been a fan of monarchy, but I remember reading the treatment of six or seven pages while I was on a flight. As I was reading those pages, I started crying because it was so strong,” Josefine Tengblad, the head of drama at TV4 and C More shared about the series in development to Variety. “It’s a little bit like The King’s Speech in the way that it portrays someone who is being groomed to become someone he’s not, and is having people trying to change him.”

Åsa Lantz will co-write the show and has been researching the King for several years to prepare for it.

“Other kings and queens are said to have had an impact on world events. The history of our King is something different. Not as highlighted internationally but at least as dramatic and fascinating,” she says. “And for many of us, completely unknown.”

According to reports, the royal family have been informed about the project.

“As we understand it, it is planned as a drama documentary,” The Royal Court told newspaper Dagens Nyheter. “When it comes to documentaries, it is important that they are as close to the truth as possible, and that the facts are presented correctly. As for the dramatized part of the series, it is of course based on artistic freedom, something we have no control over.”

King Carl XVI Gustaf is married to Queen Silvia, and they have three children: Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine.

Victoria will reign after the King, and she’ll be followed by her own daughter, Princess Estelle, who is eight.

The Swedish Royal Family is expanding, too. See which member is expecting another child here…

This is sure to make you feel “Good as Hell”!

During an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday (January 27), Gillian Anderson revealed that Olivia Colman convinced the The Crown cast members to perform a dance performance to Lizzo‘s “Good as Hell” while in their royal costumes.

“Olivia apparently does a dance class — in the area that she lives with a bunch of friends — on a regular basis. And the last time she did the class, they had danced to that song,” Gillian, who played Margaret Thatcher on season four, shared. “She asked if we would happen to be interested in maybe doing it.”

After some convincing, Olivia was able to get her cast members to do the dance with her.

“[Olivia said] she would video it, and then she would just share it only with her friends, the other dancers,” Gillian recalled. “It was never meant to see the light of day.”

Seth then shared the clip, Gillian said that still finds the whole situation “so humiliating.”

“I mean, that look on my face,” Gillian said with a laugh. “I don’t even know. There’s such delight and shame all at once.”

If you missed it, these two The Crown co-stars randomly bumped into each other while out in London!

Sarah Ferguson has revealed that she has watched The Crown!

While promoting her new book, Her Heart for a Compass, with Us Weekly, the 61-year-old Duchess of York admitted that she has seen the show about the Royal Family.

“I thought it was filmed beautifully. The cinematography was excellent,” Sarah said in reference to season four of The Crown featuring her wedding to Prince Andrew.

If you don’t know, Sarah was married to the 60-year-old Duke of York, from 1986 to 1996. They share two daughters – Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.

In the show, Jessica Aquilina played Sarah, while Tom Byrne portrayed Prince Andrew.

Sarah isn’t the first member of the Royal Family to publicly talk about The Crown. This other family member also admitted they watch the show.

Find out which of Sarah Ferguson‘s daughters is expecting her first child!

Imelda Staunton is about to step into some big shoes on The Crown.

The 64-year-old actress will star as Queen Elizabeth in seasons five and six of the popular Netflix series, taking over from Olivia Colman, who previously took over for Claire Foy.

During an appearance on BBC radio’s “Woman’s Hour”, Imelda opened up about the unique challenge that faces her about playing Elizabeth in more modern times, versus the past like Olivia and Claire had done.

“I think my sort of extra challenge, as if I needed it, is that I’m now doing the Queen that we’re a little more familiar with,” she shared. “With Claire Foy, it was almost history and now I’m playing one that people could say ‘she doesn’t do that,’ ‘she’s not like that,’ and that’s my personal bête noire.”

Imelda was also asked about the fictionalization controversy that has surrounded the series, since Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden called out the program for presenting the show as fact.

“I think that is up to producers and directors,” she shared. “This isn’t verbatim; this isn’t taken from diaries. You’ve got to use your imagination, and I’d like to allow the audience a bit of intelligence. You can’t know that’s what Margaret and Elizabeth were talking about.”

Many other stars, including Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor, have weighed in on the controversy as well. Here’s what they said…

There was a random The Crown reunion in London last week!

Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Corrin bumped into each other while they were both out and about on Saturday evening (December 26) in London, England.

The 54-year-old actress and boyfriend Rye Dag Holmboe were walking their dog while they crossed paths with the 25-year-old actress, who was out walking her dog Spencer with a friend.

The group stopped and chatted for a while before continuing on with their night.

If you didn’t know, Helena and Emma both appeared in the season four of Netflix’s The Crown portraying Princess Margaret and Princess Diana, respectively.

During a new interview, Emma revealed that she actually had this job on the show before she was cast as Diana.

Princess Diana will next be played by this actress in seasons five and six.

25+ pictures inside of Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Corrin chatting in London…More Here! »

Emma Corrin was a breakout star in the new season of The Crown.

Casting director Robert Sterne opened up about the casting process for the hit Netflix series, and how he and his co-workers cast the show over multiple decades and seasons.

“It’s not only that you’ve got to find actors who can successfully embody real-life, well-known people, but you’ve got to make sure there’s a continuity as it’s passed from the younger to the older version of the actor,” he shared with Elle magazine. “Who’s done it before, who’s doing it after, and who are the real people?”

He continued, “It’s nerve-wracking because people invest in the original people. You do X hours of screen time with them and fall in love with their interpretation, and then you go again [and re-cast] every two years.”

One of the biggest casting deals was Diana, which ultimately went to Emma.

However, Robert explained that Emma was brought in a season earlier to be a reader, opposite the actresses who were auditioning for Camilla.

The tense lunch between Camilla Parker-Bowles (who is played by Emerald Fennell) and Diana in the third episode of season 4 was used as the audition scene.

“I usually read in all these meetings, but we decided because it was this major scene that we would get somebody to come in [for Diana],” he says. “We asked Emma to come in, not thinking about casting Diana at this point. But as she was reading with these Camillas, all the directors and the showrunner were looking more at her and not at the people playing Camilla—who will remain nameless, of course. When we got to thinking about Diana a year later, there she was in my notes.”

Emma stars opposite Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles in the current season.

Princess Diana will next be played by this actress in seasons five and six.

Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin are backing Netflix in their decision to not put a fictional disclaimer ahead of The Crown for viewers.

The proposition first started with the UK’s Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, who suggested the program put a disclaimer ahead of each episode to alert viewers that the drama was in fact a fictionalization of the British Royal Family.

Helena Bonham-Carter, who played Princess Margaret in seasons three and four, backed his suggestion.

Now, the actors who play Prince Charles and Princess Diana, are speaking out on the controversy.

“We were slightly let down by our culture secretary, whose job it is to encourage culture,” Josh shared with the LA Times. “In my opinion, it’s pretty outrageous that he came out and said what he said. Particularly in this time when he knows that the arts are struggling and they’re on their knees, I think it’s a bit of a low blow.”

Josh added that viewers are aware The Crown is a work of fiction.

“My personal view is that audiences understand,” he shared. “You have to show them the respect and understand that they’re intelligent enough to see it for what it is, which is pure fiction.”

Emma also weighed in, telling Variety that “it is very clearly a dramatized version of events.”

“This is fictitious in the same way people don’t mistake Succession for what actually happened with the Murdochs,” she added. “I also understand [the request] comes from a place of sensitivity and protectiveness of the royal family and Diana.”

Recently, Emma opened up about what she’d do if she ever met Princes William and Harry.