‘The Crown’ Season 6 Trailer Will Give You Full-Body Chills As It Documents Princess Diana’s Tragic Final Days

The wait for The Crown Season 6 is almost over. In a chilling new trailer released by Netflix earlier today, fans get a glimpse at the show’s portrayal of the media frenzy surrounding Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) in the days leading up to her tragic death.

The two-minute teaser opens with images of Diana playing the piano and evading paparazzi, while the harrowing sound of clicking cameras can be heard in the background.

“I don’t really understand how I ended up here,” Debicki (as Diana) says in a voiceover. “Dashing around and losing sight of myself in the process. I think that’s been the story of my whole life.”

While the media attention amps up around the princess following her divorce from Prince Charles (Dominic West), Queen Elizabeth II (Imelda Staunton) is informed that interest in Diana’s “private life is unlikely to die down.”  

“All one wants is for that girl to find peace,” Her Majesty says. But peace is anything her ex-daughter-in-law is given as photographers bang on her car window and stalk her to her outings, leaving even Diana to admit that it’s “all been a bit mad recently.”

In a tense exchange between the two women, Queen Elizabeth II says, “You’ve finally succeeded in turning this house upside down. It’s nothing less than revolution,” to which Diana innocently replies, “That was never my intention.”

Immediately following their conversation, Diana’s death is implied as headlines of the royal family’s silence echo and the Queen asks what the people want from her.

“You’ve seen the images on the television,” a voiceover says. “Diana gave people what they needed. All over the world, in their thousands. And they adored her for it.”

As the family grapples with the fallout, flashback images of paparazzi on motorcycles chase down a car, while a concerned Diana — who earlier receives an invitation to Paris — squeezes a fellow passenger’s hand, presumably her then-boyfriend Dodi Fayed (Khalid Abdalla), who died alongside her in the 1997 car crash.

“This is gonna be the biggest thing that any of us has ever seen,” West (as Charles) says, before a scene recreating the iconic photo of Diana lounging on a mega-yacht appears on the screen.

In a recent interview with Variety, show creator Peter Morgan revealed that he “never” planned to show the actual car crash that took the life of the “People’s Princess.” He also addressed rumors that her “ghost” would make an appearance throughout the remainder of the series.

“I never imagined it as Diana’s ‘ghost’ in the traditional sense,” Morgan said. “It was her continuing to live vividly in the minds of those she has left behind. Diana was unique, and I suppose that’s what inspired me to find a unique way of representing her. She deserved special treatment narratively.”

The Crown Season 6, Part 1 releases on Nov. 16 on Netflix, while Part 2 will drop on Dec. 14.