Emma Corrin says Princess Diana was 'queer' in many ways - Insider

• Emma Corrin said Princess Diana was "so queer" successful galore ways during an interrogation with The Sunday Times.
• The British actor, who identifies arsenic non-binary, played the precocious royal successful play 4 of "The Crown."
• They besides touched connected the upcoming 5th season, which volition spot Elizabeth Debicki instrumentality implicit arsenic Diana.

Emma Corrin, who played Princess Diana successful "The Crown," said the royal was queer successful "so galore ways" successful a caller interrogation with The Sunday Times. 

The British actor, who identifies arsenic non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, is acceptable to prima alongside Harry Styles successful the upcoming Amazon Prime movie "My Policeman." The histrion became a household sanction erstwhile they starred arsenic the precocious Princess of Wales successful season 4 of "The Crown."

During their clip connected the Netflix show, Corrin, 26, dramatized Diana's early, yet turbulent, years wrong the royal household aft marrying Prince Charles successful 1981. 

The play delved into the breakdown of Diana's narration with Charles and the start of her eating disorder. 

But with the upcoming 5th play connected the skyline – acceptable to aerial connected Netflix connected November 9 – Corrin touched connected however they viewed Diana during a speech with Lotte Jeffs for The Sunday Times. 

In the interview, Corrin shared that "in galore ways Diana was truthful queer" due to the fact that she was an "other" wrong the royal household and embraced "outsiders" passim her life. 

The comments were made aft Jeffs noted that Corrin and Kristen Stewart are 2 queer actors who person taken connected the task of playing Diana. Stewart depicted Diana successful the 2021 biopic "Spencer," directed by Pablo Larraín, which received planetary acclaim. 

In play 5 of "The Crown," Diana volition again beryllium portrayed by different Australian actor, Elizabeth Debicki.

Netflix tweeted a connection from Debicki, 32, successful August 2020 erstwhile the casting quality was released astir however she felt it was a "privilege" to person the accidental to play the precocious princess. 

"Princess Diana's spirit, her words and her actions unrecorded successful the hearts of truthful many," she said. "It is my existent privilege and honour to beryllium joining this masterful series, which has had maine perfectly hooked from occurrence one."

Debicki costars successful the upcoming play alongside Dominic West, who is taking implicit the relation of Prince Charles from Josh O'Connor.

During the interrogation with The Sunday Times, Corrin was asked what they made of Debicki portraying Diana. 

"She's lovely, but we haven't really talked that overmuch astir Diana," Corrin said. "I deliberation she's alert that I'm present if she ever wanted to inquire a question, though."

Representatives for Corrin and Debicki did not instantly respond to Insider's petition for comment.