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The Crown ‘casts James Murray as Prince Andrew’ for final two seasons
The role of Prince Andrew in The Crown has reportedly been cast (Picture: Getty Images)
The Crown is claimed to have cast James Murray to play Prince Andrew in the final two seasons of the Netflix show.
According to reports from The Sun, Cutting It star James will play Prince Andrew, replacing Tom Byrne who took on the role in earlier series.
It comes after the first pictures of Imelda Staunton playing Queen Elizabeth II were revealed this week, after she took over the role from Olivia Colman.
The upcoming fifth series of The Crown will also see Lesley Manville take over from Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret.
Jonathan Pryce will star as Prince Phillip and Tenet actress Elizabeth Debicki will play Princess Diana.
James is currently working on Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks’ Apple TV series Master of Air, as well as co-starring with Robson Green in ITV series Robson And Jim’s Icelandic Fly-Fishing Adventure.
James Murray is reportedly taking on the role (Picture: Instagram)
The series will chart the pair’s shared love of fishing and the positive impact it has had on their mental health.
The Crown bosses previously rubbished rumours that they were ‘struggling’ to get an actor to play the controversial Prince Andrew in upcoming episodes after an advert for the job was seen on Spotlight.
They said in a statement in April: ‘There is absolutely no struggle to cast any role for season 5 of The Crown and it is normal practice for productions to advertise in Spotlight.’
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Prince Andrew will be portrayed between the ages of 30 and 40 in the following two seasons of the hit show.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Netflix for comment.
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