A future king and queen have been cast. Deadline reports that after an extensive search, The Crown has cast its Prince William and Kate Middleton. Two actors, Rufus Kampa and Ed McVey, will play William at different stages in his life, while newcomer Meg Bellamy will portray Kate in season six of the Emmy-winning Netflix series. 

Kampa will play teenage William in episodes that follow how the royals coped with the tragic death of William’s mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. Kampa made his professional debut on London's West End, starring in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 & 3/4s: The Musical and has appeared in off-West End productions as well.

McVey will play college aged-William at University of St Andrews in the early 2000s, in episodes that will detail how he fell for his fellow Art History major, Kate Middleton. McVey graduated from Drama Centre London in 2021 and was an understudy in the play Camp Siegfried at the Old Vic in London. Bellamy, who will portray the future Ducchess of Cambridge, is the most unknown of the three, having no major credits to her name. Deadline reports that Bellamy and Kampa were cast after submitting self-tapes following an open casting call on social media. All three actors will make their professional screen debuts on the series.

Their appearances will follow the show’s forthcoming season, which sees a new cast portray the Windsors: Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Phillip, and Imelda Staunton crowned as the new Queen Elizabeth.  Season five will continue to follow the very public dissolution of Charles and Diana's relationship in the 90s, leading to Diana's tragic car accident in August of 1997.

Season five of The Crown is slated to return to Netflix in November 22.