The British actor, who performed a younger model of the Duke of Edinburgh within the widespread royal-drama, mentioned he wished to return to the UK to expertise the “ceremony” of the monarch’s state funeral – as a result of be held on Monday.
Smith starred reverse Claire Foy for the primary two seasons of the present, which additionally featured John Lithgow as Winston Churchill.
It has lengthy been speculated as as to whether any members of the royal household watched the hit collection, or what their opinions of it have been.
Talking to NBC’s In the present day Present, Smith mentioned: “I heard the Queen had watched it, and she or he used to look at it on a projector on a Sunday evening apparently.
“I do know that Philip undoubtedly didn’t.
“A good friend of mine sat subsequent to him at a dinner as soon as and he requested him… apparently he turned ’spherical to him and mentioned ‘don’t be ridiculous’.”
Smith revealed his want to return to the UK for the funeral on Monday, saying: “I feel it’s a chunk of historical past.
“I feel I simply need to be in London. I need to expertise it, I need to share within the ceremony of it actually.”
He added that whereas his mom wished to go to witness the procession, he would most certainly watch the service “in an area pub with a bunch of buddies”.
It comes after Foy spoke of the honour of enjoying the Queen on display screen, describing the late monarch as a “huge image of continuity and dignity and beauty”.
Talking to the BBC on the Toronto Movie Competition, she mentioned: “I feel that she was an unbelievable monarch.
“She united folks and she or he was an enormous image of continuity and dignity and beauty.”
Netflix additionally lately revealed that the primary collection has entered the streamer’s international high 10 for the week of September 5-11 following the Queen’s demise.
The collection landed in seventh place for TV reveals within the English language, with almost 17.6 million hours considered globally.
The weekly publish said: “HRH Queen Elizabeth II was within the hearts and minds of viewers.”
“Followers revisited Season 1 of The Crown, which entered the checklist for the primary time within the seventh spot with 17.57 million hours considered.”
Filming on the most recent collection of The Crown was halted following the demise of the Queen final Thursday and filming may even be suspended on Monday for the Queen’s funeral.
The upcoming fifth collection of the lavish royal drama, at the moment as a result of air in November, will see Dominic West star as Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales.
The Crown was as a result of finish after its fifth collection, however the present’s creator and author Peter Morgan later mentioned it is going to be prolonged to incorporate a sixth.
