--- description: The second season, out Dec. 8, finds the Queen struggling to keep the monarchy together as she faces hurdles in her personal life. title: Queen Elizabeth’s Marriage Is Under Fire in 'The Crown' Season 2 Teaser image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb0caf6e35d1b4fb/6988d93722fb85671be2258d/the-crown-season-2-still.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Queen Elizabeth’s Marriage Is Under Fire in _The Crown_ Season 2 Teaser by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 10, 2017 2:57 PM CUT  Courtesy of Netflix by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 10, 2017 2:57 PM CUT Netflix has unveiled a look at season 2 of [_The Crown_](http://time.com/4542526/the-crown-netflix-queen-elizabeth-history/ "undefined"), the hit series that chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth from before she takes the throne through her ascent. The success of _The Crown_‘s first season helped earn star [Claire Foy](http://time.com/4547337/the-crown-claire-foy-netflix/ "undefined") a Golden Globe and the series a handful of [Emmy nominations](http://time.com/4854403/emmy-nominations-2017/ "undefined"). The second season finds the Queen struggling to keep the British monarchy together as she faces tremendous hurdles in her personal life. Her “wild spirit” husband Prince Philip has gone overseas, and appears to have a wandering eye. Her sister Princess Margaret finds a [new love interest](http://time.com/4554693/princess-margaret-peter-townsend-affair/ "undefined") in Lord Snowdon, played by Matthew Goode. Meanwhile, the Queen can’t seem to keep a consistent Prime Minister to run the country as Britain enters the turbulent 1960s. “The world’s changing faster than anyone can catch up with. There is no letup,” [Foy tells _Entertainment Weekly_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/08/10/the-crown-season-2-first-look-premiere-date/ "undefined"). “She just keeps having to go from one crisis to another to another, and at some point, it’s about five crises at the same time and you have no idea how she manages to get up in the morning.” Season 2 hits Netflix on Dec. 8\. Check out the teaser trailer above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4895275/the-crown-season-2-teaser-netflix/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4895275/the-crown-season-2-teaser-netflix/"},"headline":"Queen Elizabeth’s Marriage Is Under Fire in The Crown Season 2 Teaser","datePublished":"2017-08-10T14:57:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:56:33.725Z","description":"The second season debuts Dec. 8 on Netflix","url":"https://time.com/4895275/the-crown-season-2-teaser-netflix/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb0caf6e35d1b4fb/6988d93722fb85671be2258d/the-crown-season-2-still.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb0caf6e35d1b4fb/6988d93722fb85671be2258d/the-crown-season-2-still.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Crown Season 2 still","caption":"","creditText":"Courtesy of Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4895275/the-crown-season-2-teaser-netflix/","name":"Queen Elizabeth’s Marriage Is Under Fire in The Crown Season 2 Teaser"}}]}] ```