Meg Bellamy at The Crown Finale Celebration at The Royal Festival Hall on Dec. 5; Kate Middleton at Evelina London Children’s Hospital in London on Dec. 5.Photo:Karwai Tang/WireImage, Samir Hussein/WireImage
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Meg Bellamyhas a unique take onKate Middletonafter playing the future Princess of Wales inThe Crown.
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“It’s not necessarily surprising what I learned about Kate because she didn’t grow up in this royal household. Her roots are roots that people can really connect to because she went to school and had a very supportive family and went to university,” Bellamy tells PEOPLE of Kate’sbackground, referring to her youth with parents Carole and Michael Middleton and siblings Pippa and James in Bucklebury, Berkshire. “And I think that’s pretty traditional.”
“I think that’s what people really love about her — is her kind of approachability and the way she connects with people,” the actress continued. “I think that makes sense in the research that I found about her childhood.”
Kate Middleton chats with guests during a reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps at Buckingham Palace on Dec. 5.JONATHAN BRADY/POOL/AFP via Getty
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A palace insider previouslytold PEOPLEthat Prince William “loves” the “stabilizing normality” that Princess Kate brings to their family today. The Prince and Princess of Wales sharePrince George, 10,Princess Charlotte, 8, andPrince Louis, 5, who follow their father in the line of succession to the throne.
“Coming from a different background, she appreciates the importance of having family time,” said a source close to the royal household. “She wasn’t brought up in that aristocratic setting where you see the children for a short time each day.”
Though season 6 ofThe Crownis expected to conclude around 2005 — years before William and Kategot married— Bellamy says that it was extra special to film in Scotland, where they first met.
Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy film The Crown at St Andrews, Scotland in March.Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty
“I really liked filming in St. Andrew’s. There were a lot of special days there, and I particularly liked because I’ve never done anything like it before. I mean, I’ve never filmed before, but there was a fake rain scene and they had this rain machine, but to make it look like it’s really raining on camera, it has to be like torrential tropical rain,” she tells PEOPLE of a favorite memory from the set. “We were going again and again and again and resetting and there was a lot of crowds there that day, and it was just a lot, but a real laugh to just be just walking up and down the street soaked.”
“Everyone always said this is the best show you’ll ever work on. We’re like, ‘Great. Are we downhill from here?’ ” she says with a laugh.
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Part 1 of season 6 ofThe Crownis now streaming on Netflix, and the countdown continues to the part 2 debut on Thursday, Dec. 14.
source: people.com
