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Netflix Japan has pulled The Crown season 3 trailer from online after accidentally posting it to their YouTube channel.

The haunting set-up for the upcoming season was uploaded to the Japanese Netflix channel at around 10pm their time (2pm Sunday in the UK), with fans quickly picking up on it.

However it’s now been pushed back to private, with those who missed out having to wait a little longer to see Olivia Colman’s stunning first turn as Queen Elizabeth II.

With just under a month to go until the anticipated series returns to TV, the new trailer reveals a solemn premise with the Queen questioning her time on the throne.

As a melodic version of Bob Dylan’s These Times Are A-Changin’ plays in the background, a series of flash cuts reveal the Queen preparing with her Silver Jubilee in 1977– marking 25 years on the throne.

But she seems anything but happy as the country divides over the coal miners’ strikes, bankruptcy and the Three-Day Week initiative of 1974 (where electricity was rationed to three days a week).

Margaret’s marriage is in trouble (Picture: Netflix)

Queen Elizabeth has a brand new look (Picture: Netflix)

‘This country was still great when I came to the throne,’ the Queen is heard saying. ‘All that’s happened on my watch is that the place has fallen apart.’

Meanwhile, Princess Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter) is whispering in her ear, seemingly tempted by control as she talks to husband Lord Snowdon, Anthony Armstrong-Jones.

But things soon turn sour and relationships get violent, with history buffs knowing it ends in a scandalous divorce by the end of 1978.

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Then there’s Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) finding himself torn between falling in love with Camilla Parker-Bowles (Emerald Fennell) and his commitments as a member of the monarchy.

Arguing with his mother about it ahead of his presentation as the Prince of Wales, she hints that he’s not the only one making sacrifices against what they want.

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The Crown season 3 launched 17 November on Netflix.

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