Welcome back to the Crown, the official podcast. Now whilst we patiently await a new season of the Crown,

we wanted to share some bonus episodes this summer. Today we have an intimate one-on-one chat with the Royal Sisters, Olivia Coleman and Helena Bonham

Carter.

Please be aware this chat was recorded remotely during COVID-19, so please forgive the imperfect audio quality.

Enjoy and we'll be back soon with more of the crown.

Hi I'm Olivia Coleman and I pay Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, and this is my sister.

I am Helen of Bonham Carter and I play Princess Margaret in the crown.

Hello Olivia, how are you?

Hello, Helena.

Very well, thank you.

People want to know things like when, why did you want to act?

When did you, what was the age that you saw, suddenly thought suddenly thought oh my God I've got to be an actor?

Because you apparently were relatively but it wasn't late it was in your 20s wasn't

it? You'd started teaching or you were on your way to do something else?

Was it? I was 16 when I took my first play and that's when I knew I wanted to do that.

Okay, so it wasn't, okay. Not late unless...

Well, that's not late at all.

They do.

You me? Yes, sort of for a while.

Because the only course I could get on I did and I didn't do very well and I left after a back term I

sorry well it wasn't very long and and I just did plays solidly.

He went to John the summer.

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