Producers admit that star Matt Smith was payed a kingly sum more than the actual Queen, Claire Foy, but vow to correct that in future seasons.
The Crown’s Prince Philip may struggle to live in Queen Elizabeth’s shadow, but you’d never know it by their paychecks.
The disparity is attributed to Smith’s international fame commanding the TARDIS from 2010 to 2013, but Mackie clarified of The Crown that “going forward, no one gets paid more than the Queen.”
Word of the salary divide will exacerbate an already-controversial second season that emphasized Philip more than its title monarch, but stay tuned to learn if either Crown star responds to the news.