Meg Bellamy reveals she spent ‘numerous time’ learning Kate

Meg Bellamy has revealed the difficulties of taking part in Kate Middleton in her college days within the closing sequence of The Crown, as a result of the royal was a little bit of a thriller till she bought engaged to Prince William.

The 21-year-old actress from Wokingham, who was working at Legoland Windsor when she submitted a tape of herself to the casting group on the Netflix sequence and was plucked from obscurity to be chosen for the position, mentioned she ‘spent numerous time considering’ about what the Princess of Wales was like in her youthful years.

Kate, 41, didn’t do her first press interview till she was 29 years outdated upon her engagement to Prince William – that means that, for younger actress Meg, she was a ‘clean canvas’.

Speaking to the New York Times, she mentioned she hoped she had performed the Princess justice in her portrayal in The Crown sequence six – the second a part of which is launched subsequent week.

She additionally joked she in all probability appeared ‘insane’ whereas reciting her strains as Kate at residence, as she took her onscreen outfits again from the set to get into character.

The Crown’s Meg Bellamy has revealed she hung out learning her onscreen character Kate Middleton, who didn’t do her first press interview till she was 29 years outdated

In an interview with the newspaper, Meg mentioned of the royal mother-of-three: ‘I spent numerous time fascinated by what she would have been like earlier than she knew the place life would take her and that William would develop into her husband. I hope that I’ve performed Kate justice.’

She added the Princess’s life throughout her college days at St Andrews was ‘one thing of a clean canvas’.

The Princess of Wales’s time with Prince William at St Andrews can be depicted in sequence 6 of The Crown

Elsewhere within the interview, budding vogue muse Meg mentioned life within the limelight as she performs one of the well-known ladies on this planet onscreen.

She mentioned that, whereas she has at occasions been intimidated by flashing cameras on crimson carpers as she’s thrust into the highlight, she reminds herself that this life is ‘one thing I’ve at all times dreamed about’.

Meg added she will now afford to buy in locations costlier than ‘excessive road manufacturers like Primark’.

And she is actually making waves within the vogue world, with designers throughout the globe itching to decorate the starlet.

The Daily Mail revealed final month that the 21-year-old star on the rise has lately signed a deal to develop into the brand new face of Dior – a place that was falsely linked earlier this yr to Meghan Markle.

The 21-year-old actress from Wokingham is scorching property amongst high-end designers since she was introduced for the position. Pictured on the BAFTAs 2023 in an Eudon Choi swimsuit

The younger actress who hails from Wokingham often provides a pop of color to her wardrobe (pictured at Goodwood Festival 2023)

As she attended the LA premiere of The Crown sequence 6 final month, Meg surprised in a Stella McCartney costume with a plunging neckline

That’s not all: Cartier, Valentino and Jaguar are all deeply enamoured with Meg Bellamy. In additional indicators that her way of life has develop into match for a princess, she’s been a visitor at a few of society’s most glittering occasions.

A Netflix insider instructed the paper: ‘They have been queuing up for Meg, she is taking part in essentially the most well-known lady on this planet in a globally well-known tv drama, so many labels and types need a few of that.

‘She is a complete unknown, however she is being handled like Kate, an A-list princess.’

This yr, Meg has been noticed at some very unique occasions sporting show-stopping outfits, as high vogue manufacturers scramble to hold their garments on Netflix’s new star.

She opted for a blinding Stella McCartney cocktail costume to attend the premiere of the sixth sequence of The Crown in LA this week, in a show-stopping look that firmly introduced her entrance onto the world stage.

The black robe featured a plunging neckline and a contact of sparkle from diamond-encrusted straps.

She additionally sported some beautiful seems to be at Paris Fashion Week in September, the place she was a visitor of French vogue home Dior.

Sitting within the entrance row of the reveals, she opted for all black outfits together with a tailor-made swimsuit with sharp strains and a full-skirted black costume.