Meg Bellamy as Kate Middleton and Ed McVey as Prince William.Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty
The Crownhas headed back to wherePrince WilliamandKate Middleton’s love story began.
Netflix is filming scenes for the royal drama’s sixth and final season at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where the future Prince and Princess of Wales met as college students. Actor Ed McVey, who playsPrince William, and actress Meg Bellamy, who has been cast as Kate, were spotted in character as they film on the campus — with Bellamy wearing a pair of boots thatclosely resemble one of the royal’s favorite shoes.
Current students are getting a sneak peek at the behind-the-scenes action. TikTok usershark_batemanshared a video on the social media platform that appears to show Kate’s character holding hands with a man — before walking pastPrince William’s character, who runs after them.
The video creator shared a caption saying that “students are having so much fun” watching the film crews on campus. They also added in a comment that “the actors are actually so sweet to us.”
Among the current students at the University of St. Andrews is none other than a member of the British royal family:Lady Louise,Prince William’s younger cousin,started her university experience at the schoolin September.
Buckingham Place announced in August that the daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie, who recently became thenew Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, planned to study English.
The Crown filming in Scotland.Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty
“I think you said I actually went bright red when I met you and sort of scuttled off,” she told William. “[I was] feeling very shy about meeting you.”
“We were friends for over a year first,“Prince Williamsaid in the same conversation. “It just sort of blossomed from then on.”
The royal couple, who married in 2011 and have three children, “definitely had chemistry” during their time at university, Laura Warshauer, a New Jersey native and St. Andrews student who lived in the same dorm as the pair,previously told PEOPLE.
“Whenever Kate was in the room, Will was obviously paying attention to her,” Warshauer added. “When we’d be sitting at lunch in the dining hall and the two of them would be talking, it was amazing to see how natural it was, how they had so much to say to each other. Looking back, there were all these small moments — certainly moments where I was like, ‘Wow, this could really be something.'”
Other scenes that have been filmed in Scotland includedPrince William’s character sitting on a curb and watching Kate’s character as she walks with a backpack and notebook in hand, while another setup showed Bellamy filming inside a pizza restaurant sporting a name tag.
Deadlineannounced the latest casting news forThe Crownin September 2022, reporting that Bellamy auditioned to casting directors after submitting a self-taped video following a casting call on social media.
Meanwhile, McVey graduated from Drama Centre London in 2021 and has understudied theater roles. He’ll split the role of William with 16-year-old Rufus Kampa, who is poised to play a younger William in some of the season.
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Season six ofThe Crownis expected to follow the late 1990s and early 2000s for the royal family, including the death of Princess Diana from a Paris car crash in 1997.
source: people.com
