Where’s St James’s Park? Behind-the-scenes pictures from The Crown set show Buckingham Palace and Downing Street just yards apart with season four set to air this month
- Aerial images show the tricks used on the hit Netflix show to film exterior scenes
- In real life Buckingham Palace and Downing Street separated by St James’s Park
- The series, which returns with season 4 on November 15, uses building mock ups
Buckingham Palace is just metres from Downing Street on the set of The Crown at Elstree.
Aerial images taken yesterday at the studios in Hertfordshire show the tricks used on the hit Netflix show to film exterior scenes at the two iconic London landmarks.
While in real life, Buckingham Palace and Downing Street are separated by 23-hectare St James’s Park, the stars of The Crown could quickly hop from one to the other.
Buckingham Palace is just metres from Downing Street – on the set of The Crown at Elstree
These aerial images show the tricks used on the hit Netflix show to film exterior scenes at the two iconic London landmarks
The hit Netflix series, which returns with season four on November 15, uses mock ups of Buckingham Palace and Downing Street to film the exterior scenes.
Set designers re-created the Palace gates, main entrance and inner courtyard on the Elstree lot, which are held up by scaffolding and surrounded by green screens.
A car was also seen covered up underneath the entrance arch.
The hit Netflix series, which returns with season four on November 15, uses mock ups of Buckingham Palace and Downing Street to film the exterior scenes
Downing Street and Buckingham Palace are separated by St James’s Park and to walk between the two would take 15 minutes
There is also a fake Downing Street, which would have been used by Gillian Anderson in her new role as Margaret Thatcher
Set designers re-created the Palace gates, main entrance and inner courtyard on the Elstree lot, which are held up by scaffolding and surrounded by green screens
The set is currently quiet ahead of series five, which is expected to film in 2021
The set of The Crown is based in Elstree in Hertfordshire and is currently quiet as season 4 filming had finished and season 5 filming has yet to begin
There is also a fake Downing Street, which would have been used by Gillian Anderson in her new role as Margaret Thatcher.
The door of 10 Downing Street was currently mysteriously boarded up.
The new series of The Crown covers the period 1977 to 1990.
Actress Emma Corrin is set to make her debut as the late Diana in the upcoming fourth series of The Crown, which will depict her tumultuous marriage to Prince Charles in the 1980s (pictured is Emma as Diana on her wedding day)
Season four of The Crown will be available to stream on Netflix from November 15th
The set is currently quiet ahead of series five, which is expected to film in 2021.
Actress Emma Corrin is set to make her debut as the late Diana in the upcoming fourth series of The Crown, which will depict her tumultuous marriage to Prince Charles in the 1980s.
The series will begin as the 1970s are drawing to a close, with the Royal Family preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles who is still unmarried at 30.
Season four of The Crown will be available to stream on Netflix from November 15th