Actress Meg Bellamy will play a young Kate Middleton in The Crown, and is reportedly set to tackle the role just months after leaving secondary school.
The 19-year-old will portray the Duchess of Cambridge in the sixth series of the royal drama, part of which will dramatise the period Prince William went to St Andrews University in Edinburgh.
Series six will see the show start to catch up to the present day, chronicling the Queen’s reign into the early 2000s, as well as covering the aftermath of Diana, Princess of Wales’ death.
Playing Kate will mark Meg’s first major acting role after studying drama at St Crispin’s School and scoring an A*.
According to the Telegraph, Meg, who was head girl at the Wokingham comprehensive, said studying drama gave her the ‘opportunity to learn about a wide range of plays, styles and practitioners’.
Meg Bellamy (pictured) has been cast in Netflix royal drama The Crown, and will portray Kate Middleton during her university days
The actress reportedly studied drama at St Crispin’s School in Wokingham, receiving an impressive A* grade
Kate Middleton (pictured in 2008) will be introduced to the drama in series six, which will reportedly portray the relationship between the young couple
As well as taking part in school productions and singing in the choir, the outlet reports that the 19-year-old had a performing job at Legoland, noting that the theme park ’employs people to wear costumes of Lego characters and entertain guests’.
Two actors have been cast as Prince William, 40, in the series.
Rufus Kampa, 16, will depict the prince’s teenage years showing how he and the royal family coped with the death of Princess Diana.
Meanwhile Ed McVey will take on the role of the royal during his university years, alongside Meg as Kate.
The pair will play the couple during the period in which their romance blossomed while studying for their degrees.
Before landing the role of William, Ed graduated Drama Centre London in 2021. He was an understudy in the play Camp Siegfried, which was show at London’s Old Vic.
Actor Ed McVey (pictured) is one of two actors cast to play Prince William. Ed will portray the royal during the period in which their his romance with Kate blossomed at university
Meg will portray Kate Middleton during her university days, when she and Prince William became a couple (Kate pictured with William in 2005)
Sharing his elation at landing the huge role, Ed penned on Instagram on Friday: ‘Ahhhhh the big news is now out!!! I’m absolutely buzzing to be given the opportunity to play Prince William in #TheCrown in Series 6!!! Along side the amazing @megkbellamy. Gunna be an amazing shoot can’t wait to learn all I can! Full press release in bio.’
Meg also took to Instagram after the news was revealed, to share her excitement over landing the part.
She wrote: ‘Pinch me please… So excited to announce that I will be playing Kate Middleton in Series 6 of Netflix’s ‘The Crown’.
‘It is such an honour to be joining the most incredible cast and crew, and I will strive to do Kate justice.’
‘It’s such an honour’: Taking to Instagram after the news was revealed, an excited Meg penned: ‘Pinch me please… So excited to announce that I will be playing Kate Middleton in Series 6 of Netflix’s ‘The Crown’
Can’t wait: Sharing his elation at landing the huge role, Ed penned on Instagram on Friday: ‘Ahhhhh the big news is now out!!! I’m absolutely buzzing to be given the opportunity to play Prince William in #TheCrown in Series 6!!!’
Meg was cast after the Netflix show put out a casting call in April to find a ‘stunning actress’ to portray the role of a young Kate.
According to a source at the time, as the character was not crucial to the plot, they would only cast an actor who was a perfect fit.
The source said: ‘Having the Duchess of Cambridge is an easy win for The Crown, as it will get more people watching.
‘Particularly as it will show her relationship with William as their romance starts to blossom when they were both students.
‘But since she’s not a crucial part of the storyline, Kate’s presence is a bonus. They’ll only cast her if they can find the right candidate.’
The Crown season 5 launches on Netflix in November. Series 1-4 are currently available to stream on the platform.
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