To help provide some of that authenticity, our bespoke tailors were consulted by the production team’s costume department before shooting began in 2015. Our expertise were called upon to help create the looks for the principal male leads. The filming for seasons 1 & 2 were scheduled to shoot back to back with the same cast playing their roles from the reign of George VI (played by Jared Harris), through the Queen’s wedding in 1947 to Prince Phillip (here portrayed by Claire Foy and Matt Smith), her coronation in 1953 and ending with the birth of Prince Edward in 1964.