Over $200,000 well worth of props from the set of Netflix sequence The Crown has been stolen by way of thieves while the production was filming nearby. Netflix has issued a plea to assist get better the items, even though the incident will now not have an effect on production.
According to Variety, more than 350 gadgets had been stolen in the heist, together with a replica Faberge egg, a grandfather clock, a dressing table, crystal glassware and silver and gold candelabras. The theft, which took location in a lorry park in Mexborough in Yorkshire whilst a unit was once shooting nearby, is being investigated by way of the South Yorkshire police.
“We can verify the antiques have been stolen and we hope that they are observed and back safely. Replacements will be sourced, there is no expectation that filming will be held up,” a spokesperson for Netflix advised Variety.
In a bid to get better the gadgets should the thieves strive to promote them, the studio gave a description of some of them to a weekly publication.
The items encompass a reproduction of an 1897 Imperial Coronation Faberge coach egg, 12 units of silver candelabra, seven gold candelabra, a clock face from a William IV grandfather clock (but now not the long case in which it was enclosed), some Russian spiritual icons, a 10 piece silver dressing desk and St Louis gilt Crystal glassware and decanters.
As per Variety, Alison Harvey, set director on The Crown, told the outlet, “The objects stolen are not always in the satisfactory condition and consequently of constrained price for resale. However, they are valuable as pieces to the UK movie industry.”
The Emmy-winning drama, which changes its cast each two seasons to replicate the exchange in timeline, will see Imelda Staunton step into Olivia Colman’s footwear as Queen Elizabeth II. Jonathan Pryce has been cast as Charles’ father, Prince Philip; Lesley Manville will play Charles’s aunt Princess Margaret, and Jonny Lee Miller is set to make an look as Prime Minister John Major. Elizabeth Debicki will play Princess Diana in the next season. The fourth season, which got here out in November 2020, ended in the late 1980s. Season 5 will comply with the royal household via the 1990s.
