The decision to use more commercial music this season is no accident, according to Bridge, who researched the real Diana’s musical tastes.
n an early episode of The Crown’s new season, the future Princess Diana dances jubilantly with her squealing roommates to Stevie Nicks’s “Edge of Seventeen”.
For the episode, Bridge was drawn to music that “invited the audience into Fagan’s world and reflected the tonal landscape at play” – songs by bands such as Joy Division, The Cure and The Specials.
The decision to play the song again a cappella “was a reflection of Diana’s sense of existence at the end of the episode”, explains series music supervisor Sarah Bridge.