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Elizabeth Debicki and the cast of 'The Crown' are opening up about the pressure cooker that was filming Princess Diana's final moments. The sixth and final season, split into two parts, will showcase the royals as they cope with the death of Princess Diana, the Queen's Golden Jubilee and the future of the monarchy with Prince William and Kate Middleton.

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00:00Elizabeth Debicki and the cast of The Crown are opening up about the pressure cooker that was filming Princess Diana's final moments.

00:08The sixth and final season split into two parts, follows the royals as they cope with the death of Diana,

00:14the Queen's Golden Jubilee, and the future of the monarchy with Prince William and Kate Middleton.

00:19Part 1, which premieres on November 16th, will focus on Diana's final days and her blossoming romance with Dodi Fayyad,

00:26son of billionaire businessman Mohammed Al-Fayed.

00:30Princess Diana tragically passed away on August 31st, 1997,

00:34alongside her partner Dodi in a car crash in Paris after their car was chased down by paparazzi.

00:40Debicki and Khaled Abdullah, who plays Dodi, chatted with The Hollywood Reporter on the pressure of filming Diana's final days,

00:46particularly shooting episode three.

00:48Making that episode was just like an accumulative sense of like being in a kind of pressure cooker.

00:55It was really difficult, really harrowing.

00:59And sort of, in a way, the chasing the paparazzi's presence through the day and into the evening,

01:06because obviously that episode is centered on one day.

01:09Khaled and I, Khaled who plays Dodi,

01:12we just kind of had to stay in that space for quite a while, if you know what I mean.

01:18And like, of course, we would sort of go out of it and, you know, be like a normal person and try and like eat and sleep and whatever.

01:24But I sort of feel like it was, um, it just feels like one long period of time when I look back, when I think back to shooting that.

01:32The series will also depict the aftermath of the tragedy and the differences between how the two families coped with the loss.

01:38For Abdullah, he says he hopes people will see Dodi in a different light.

01:43What do you hope viewers take away from watching these first few episodes,

01:47specifically how they view Dodi both during his courtship with Diana as well as after his death?

01:53They don't know much about his life.

01:56Maybe they knew his father.

01:57And, you know, I'm immensely proud that finally, after 26 years, he's known a little, hopefully loved a little, and then finally mourned.

02:12Debicki also reflected on the last two seasons she spent playing Diana and revealed the only time she felt truly happy in the role.

02:20The love for her children was just so profound.

02:24And when I played that character, the only time I'm really happy is when I'm with my boys, the kids that play my kids.

02:32And, you know, so I kind of experienced a version of how much she needed them and they needed her.

02:40Season six of The Crown premieres on Netflix November 16th.

02:44For more on this story, head to THR.com.

02:47And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

02:54We'll see you next time.

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