The Crown's Meg Bellamy leaves glitzy event with beau Connor Dutton

Meg Bellamy looks glamorous in a Valentino dress as she leaves glitzy event celebrating The Crown with boyfriend Connor Dutton

Meg Bellamy looked glamorous as she left an event with boyfriend Connor Dutton which celebrated the finale of The Crown in London on Tuesday. 

The actress, 21, who will star as Kate Middleton in the upcoming episodes of the Netflix series, stunned as she stepped out at The Royal Festival Hall. 

Meg wowed a knitted cream Valentino dress, which she styled with an array of elegant silver jewellery.

The actress, 21, gave herself a few extra inches in a pair of white pointed heels as she stormed the red carpet for her second time.

Meanwhile, Connor cut a dapper figure in a black tuxedo with a crisp white shirt. 

Meg Bellamy looked glamorous as she left an event with boyfriend Connor Dutton which celebrated the finale of The Crown in London on Tuesday

The actress, 21, who will star as Kate Middleton in the upcoming episodes of the Netflix series, stunned as she stepped out at The Royal Festival Hall

The second part of series six will recreate Prince William’s early romance with Kate Middleton at St Andrews University (pictured: Meg and Ed as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) 

The first part of the sixth and final series of The Crown aired on November 16 and followed the eight weeks in the lead up to the tragic death of Princess Diana .

Viewers were reduced to tears watching the harrowing scenes, and the fourth episode ended with the public’s reaction to Princess Diana’s death and her funeral.

The third episode recreated the car crash that killed Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed in Paris in 1997, showing the moments until the car entered the Pont de l’Alma tunnel.

And viewers admitted they were reduced to tears watching the harrowing episodes, which follow the eight weeks leading up to Princess Diana’s tragic death.

They took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share their emotional reactions to the scenes as they were left devastated at the hard-hitting recreation.

Many viewers also praised Elizabeth Debicki’s ‘award-worthy’ performance as Diana and called for Dominic West to be nominated for awards for his portrayal of King Charles. 

One wrote: ‘Just finished the first part of the final season of #TheCrown and I am in tears. Give Elizabeth Debiki all the awards.’

Meg wowed a knitted cream Valentino dress, which she styled with an array of elegant silver jewellery

The actress, 21, gave herself a few extra inches in a pair of white pointed heels as she stormed the red carpet for her second time

Connor cut a dapper figure in a black tuxedo with a crisp white shirt

Speaking to Vogue of her red carpet attire, Meg said of her sudden rise to fame: ‘My relationship with fashion has developed quickly in the past 12 months, but more from an access point of view.’

Another gushed: ‘I’m actually crying. Elizabeth Debicki’s potrayal of Princess Diana is haunting. I’m moved. Well done to every single person that put this production together.’

A third said: ‘Episode 4 of the new season of #TheCrown is absolutely heartbreaking. Yes, it is THAT episode and omg, I was crying the entire time. If Dominic West wins an Emmy for his role of the now King Charles, it will be for this episode.’

A fourth tweeted: ‘The way u can feel the pain in this,’ and another said: ‘Just finished watching #TheCrown and my face is swollen after crying.’

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The opening moments of the series show the moments leading up to the car crash that killed Diana and Dodi (Khalid Abdalla), before flashing back to eight weeks earlier.

The third episode then arrives back at the tragic moment and sees Diana and Dodi get into a car outside the Ritz Hotel in Paris to return to the Egyptian film producer’s apartment.

The car then accelerates through the streets of the French capital before entering the tunnel at high speed, and viewers sobbed watching the harrowing scenes .

Netflix stressed throughout production of series six that viewers will not see the very moment of the crash which killed Diana and Dodi Fayed. But the episode does play an audio of the fatal incident.

The depiction of events leading up to the very moment the crash happened will likely cause fresh anguish for the royal family in covering such a sensitive subject.

Speaking in a corridor ahead of their ill-fated final journey, Dodi asks Henri Paul – the deputy head of security at the Ritz – if the pair are safe to travel.

Speaking in French, Henri explains that two staffers have taken a decoy vehicle, so the coast is clear for Diana and Dodi.

‘No one will see us leave, trust me,’ he tells Dodi.

But as the couple walk out to the Mercedes-Benz W140 they are flanked by paparazzi.

Ominous music then plays as the driver asks Diana if she’s okay, before Dodi tell Henri – driving the vehicle – ‘allez’.

Netflix stressed that viewers will not see the very moment of the crash which killed Diana and Dodi Fayed. But the episode does play an audio of the fatal incident 

The third episode then arrives back at the tragic moment and sees Diana and Dodi get into a car outside the Ritz Hotel in Paris to return to the Egyptian film producer’s apartment

After the pair get into the car, very few words are spoken, but Diana and Dodi hold and squeeze each other’s hands.

The car begins to speed through the streets and passes a pedestrian who is walking his dog – who looks a little taken aback by the speed of the vehicle.

Netflix has always insisted viewers would not see the crash in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel which killed Dodi and Henri Paul on impact and took Diana’s life a few hours later – however, the crash can be heard right at the end of episode three.

The series goes as far as to show the car entering the Pont de l’Alma tunnel as it speeds past the dog walker, in a clip that may shock some viewers.

The final series also depicts the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death as the royal family are told the news while at Balmoral.

In a moving scene, an aide breaks the news to the Queen (Imelda Staunton), Prince Philip (Jonathan Pryce) and Prince Charles (Dominic West) who are huddled around the television watching the coverage of the crash.

No words can be heard while the aide delivers the news – however Charles, visibly devastated, breaks down in tears on the sofa.

The Queen while stoic, can be seen holding back tears with a solemn look on her face.

William and Harry are pictured with Diana in the months before her death

Criticism: Former butler to Princess Diana (left), Paul Burrell (right) has slammed Netflix’s final series of The Crown. Above, the pair are pictured in London in 1994 

It comes after Princess Diana’s former butler claims series six of Netflix’s The Crown ‘has gone too far’ by recreating the final months of the late royal’s life.

Paul Burrell, 65, served as a footman for the late Queen before working for Diana as a butler for 10 years until her death in Paris in 1997.

Speaking to The Mirror, he said the current series is too close to recent history, thus opening old wounds for Diana’s close friends and family, including Prince William , 41, and Prince Harry , 39.

‘It still feels macabre to show the vehicle in which she died, it’s just gone too far,’ Paul said. ‘I find the whole scene of Diana’s death portrayed in a fictional TV show to be grotesque.’

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