Victoria Hamilton - who plays the steely Queen Mother in Netflix hit The Crown - has assured viewers that the hugely-anticipated second season will be just as "wonderful" as the first.

The Doctor Foster actress was attending the 2017 TV BAFTA Awards in London's Southbank as she unveiled what little she could about Peter Morgan's follow-up drama, and whether she has heard what the Royal family might make of it.

"It's all very hush hush [with the Royal family] - the way the palace operates is 'no comment'. I would love to know what they think," she told Harper's Bazaar UK. "I think it's very clever that it's not fawning - it's not quite the royalist show where we love our royal family.

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"Peter [Morgan] has written them so humanely that you can't help but get emotionally involved in it. I think that has surprised me, how emotionally involved you get with the characters."

Hamilton went on: "I'm not allowed to [say very much about season 2] or I will get shot! But it will be as wonderful as the first, if not more wonderful."

The current cast will be replaced by older actors in the third installment as it continues to move forward in time, with Hamilton revealing which actress she has in mind for an older Queen Mother.

"I'd love Abigail McKern, but I don't know who it will be. I will be fascinated to find out who it will be," she added.

McKern most recently starred in The Night Manager and Midsomer Murders, and is arguably best known for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

Despite being nominated for five TV BAFTA Awards last night, the cast and crew went home empty handed.

Happy Valley's Sarah Lancashire honoured The Crown's Claire Foy as she picked up Best Actress, describing Foy's turn as the Queen as "subtle" yet "sensational".

The Crown season 2 returns to Netflix later this year.

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