The Crown season 3: Helena Bonham Carter steps off jet as Princess Margaret wearing a fur and shades

Filming for season 3 of The Crown is well underway, with Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Colman shooting a scene on Sunday at an airfield in London.

Olivia – who plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix drama series – appeared to be boarding a plane in the scene, as Helena – as Princess Margaret – looked to be disembarking it.

Behind Helena was actor Harry Treadaway in the role of Margaret’s ‘toyboy’ Roddy Llewellyn.

New scenes: Filming for season 3 of The Crown is well underway, with Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Colman shooting a scene on Sunday at an airfield in London

Both swept off the jet wearing heavy coats and shades looking unprepared to chat to any of the crowd waiting down on the tarmac. 

Brunette locks swept above her head in an apt bouffant, Helena, 52, looked sternly forward, shades covering her eyes, a thick brown fur coat over her shoulders.

She kept things autumnal in brown leather gloves and a matching dress with cream detailing. 

Harry, 34, wore a camel trench over a red shirt and khaki slacks, seen hurrying down the plane steps after Helena, also wearing sunglasses despite the overcast weather.

Exit strategy: Helena – as Princess Margaret – looked to be disembarking the plane in the scene

Just a little crush? Behind Helena was actor Harry Treadaway in the role of Margaret’s ‘toyboy’ Roddy Llewellyn

Touchdown: Both swept off the jet wearing heavy coats and shades looking unprepared to chat to any of the crowd waiting down on the tarmac

Meet and greet: In contrast, Olivia, 44, was seen pleasantly meeting the well-wishers at the foot of the plane’s steps, smiling happily

In contrast, Olivia, 44, was seen pleasantly meeting the well-wishers at the foot of the plane’s steps, smiling happily.

She wore a grey/blue skirt and matching jacket with navy trim, a navy hat and a black and white purse over her arm.

She wore white gloves, pearls around her neck, matching earrings and a brooch on her lapel.

The men waiting on the tarmac for the monarch waved Union Jack flags – as well as French ones – in the air, beaming as they welcomed the Queen.

A pleasure to meet you: The men waiting on the tarmac for the monarch waved Union Jack, as well as French, flags in the air, beaming as they welcomed the Queen

Enchanté: Olivia was seen shaking hands with the crowd of sharply-dressed gentleman

Taking off: The actress then stepped on to the aircraft, presumably off on an engagement abroad, likely to France

Deplaning: Brunette locks swept above her head in an apt bouffant, Helena, 52, looked sternly forward, shades covering her eyes, a thick brown fur coat over her shoulders

After shaking hands with the sharply-dressed gentleman, Olivia was seen stepping on to the aircraft, presumably off on an engagement abroad, likely to France.

The plane was a British Air Force vessel, with a Union Jack flag emblazoned on the door. The pair were seen being ushered into a waiting chauffeur-driven car

It’s thought that the scene depicts the moment Margaret and Roddy arrived home from the Caribbean island of Mustique in 1976.

With whisperings surrounding their romantic jaunt, the pair came home to face the media and the public.

Wrapped up: She kept things autumnal in brown leather gloves and a matching dress with cream detailing

Welcome home: It’s thought that the scene depicts the moment Margaret and Roddy arrived home from the Caribbean island of Mustique in 1976

Scandal: The real-life pair were famously pictured canoodling on a beach that year – the first of a series of marriage drama that would dog the Royal Family for two decades

The real-life pair were famously pictured canoodling on a beach that year – the first of a series of marriage scandals that would dog the Royal Family for two decades. 

Helena and Harry have already been spotted shooting the famous beach scenes, back in October.

The Queen’s younger sister – then 45 and married to Lord Snowdon – was famously snapped with landscape gardener Llewellyn, 28, in swimsuits. By then the couple were nearly three years into what would be an eight-year affair.

Within weeks of the photographs being published, Margaret and Snowdon announced their separation. They divorced in 1978, with season 3 set to cover this. 

British soil: Harry, 34, wore a camel trench over a red shirt and khaki slacks, seen hurrying down the plane steps after Helena, also wearing sunglasses despite the overcast weather

Facing the music: With whisperings surrounding their romantic jaunt, the pair came home to face the media and the public

Stern: . Helena takes Vanessa Kirby’s role of Margaret for The Crown’s third and fourth run of episodes, which will cover the royals from the year 1964 towards the 1990s

Getaway: The pair were seen being ushered into a waiting chauffeur-driven car

Helena takes Vanessa Kirby’s role of Margaret for The Crown’s third and fourth run of episodes, which will cover the royals from the year 1964 towards the 1990s. 

Olivia replaces Claire Foy, Tobias Menzies plays what was formally Matt Smith’s role as Prince Philip, while Jason Watkins will play the new character of Prime Minister Harold Wilson.

It was reported on Sunday in The Times that season 4 – which is being shot back-to-back with season 3 and is expected to hit Netflix in 2020 – that Gillian Anderson will join the cast as Margaret Thatcher when her time in office is featured [1979-1990].

The actress, 50, will portray the former-Prime Minister during her 11-year tenure, which saw her in office from 1979 to 1990, reports The Sunday Times.

First lady: Gillian Anderson has been tipped to play Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama The Crown

Latest role: She is currently featuring in Sex Education – another Netflix series – as therapist Jean Milburn

Diverse: Gillian – who grew up in both the UK and the US – is known for her wide career, notably for playing [L-R] therapist Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier in Hannibal and Special Agent Dana Scully in The X Files

Gillian – who is said to be romantically involved with The Crown’s writer Peter Morgan – grew up in both the UK and the US and is known for her diverse career, notably for playing Special Agent Dana Scully in The X Files, therapist Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier in Hannibal, DSU Stella Gibson in The Fall and Anna Pavlovna Scherer in War & Peace.

She is currently featuring in Sex Education – another Netflix series – as therapist Jean Milburn.

Thatcher’s relationship with Queen Elizabeth II was known to be sometimes frayed.

Season 4 is likely to feature political matters such South Africa’s Apartheid legislation, the Falklands War and 1984/5 miners’ strike. 

Another PM: The Crown’s third season features Jason Watkins portraying ex-Prime Minister, Harold Wilson