The Crown Walking Tour of London

Netflix’s The Crown is quickly becoming a firm favorite with commoners, peers and royalty alike. Explore the rich world of “The Crown” and learn how the hit series mixes royal reality and well researched fiction into an award-winning smash. This 2 – 2.5-hour walking tour, which starts at Temple Station and finishes at Buckingham Palace, will show you many of the Central London filming locations from the hit series including the fictionalized offices of the National and English Review, the location of the Ambassador’s Ball where Princess Margaret deputizes for her elder sister and the fictional and real Clarence house. On the tour you will learn about the scandals that have affected the Royal family such as Princess Margaret’s sensational love life, Prince Philip’s supposed indiscretions and the media frenzy around Lord Altrincham’s criticism of the Queen’s Court and her lack of authenticity. You will also learn that the hit TV series has suffered a scandal of its own in the way that it treated Claire Foy. Taking in some of London’s most famous landmarks such as Trafalgar Square, Admiralty Arch and Buckingham Palace this tour will not only tell you the secrets of the Netflix series and how the production team were able to transform modern day London into the city of the Queen’s early years, but also the real-life events that inspired the on-screen drama. You will also learn how, in some cases, The Crown production team must take an educated guess about what really happened behind the closed doors of the royal palaces, as only a limited number of people know what happens behind the locked doors of the Royal Palaces and for many of those trusted advisors discretion is the better part of valor.