Kate Middleton and Meg Bellamy.Photo:Jonathan Brady / POOL / AFP; Samir Hussein/WireImage

Kate Middleton and Meg Bellamy

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Kate Middletonis having a glamorous evening — and so is the actress who plays the royal inThe Crown!

While the Princess of Wales, 41,stepped out at Buckingham Palaceon Tuesday for the annual Diplomatic Reception,The Crown’s season 6 cast — including Meg Bellamy, who plays a young Kate — was alsoout in Londonfor a red carpet celebration ahead of the Netflix show’s final installment. While the first four episodes debuted last month, the second part of the show’s last season will debut on Dec. 14.

Bellamy portrays Kate as a college student at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where she and Prince William first crossed paths. At the event at the Royal Festival Hall, Bellamy posed with Ed McVey, who playsPrince Williamon the show.

Meg Bellamy and Ed McVey attend The Crown finale celebration in London on Dec. 5, 2023.Mike Marsland/WireImage

Meg Bellamy and Ed McVey attend The Crown Finale Celebration at The Royal Festival Hall on December 5, 2023 in London, England.

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At Buckingham Palace, Princess Kate joined Prince William,King CharlesandQueen Camillafor the Diplomatic Reception, an annual event that welcomes hundreds of members of the Diplomatic Corps to the royal residence’s State Rooms.

Kate Middleton attends Buckingham Palace reception on Dec. 5, 2023.Jonathan Brady / POOL / AFP

Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales meets with guests during a reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps at Buckingham Palace, in London, on December 6, 2023.

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Kate Middleton and Prince William at the Diplomatic Reception on Dec. 5, 2023.Jonathan Brady - Pool / Getty

Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales at an evening reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps at Buckingham Palace on December 5, 2023 in London, England.

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While Prince William and Princess Kate’s love story will hit Netflix soon, it’s unlikely that the real-life couple will be watching.Olivia Colman, who playedQueen Elizabethin seasons 3 and 4,asked Prince William about the showduring a Buckingham Palace reception in 2019 — and admitted that it “didn’t go very well.”

“He asked what I was doing at the moment before he quickly added, ‘Actually, I know what you’re doing,’ ” Colman revealed onThe Graham Norton Show.

“I was so excited and asked, ‘Have you watched it?’ ” she continued. “His answer was a firm, ‘No.’ But he was very charming and very lovely.”

Queen Camilla, King Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton at the Diplomatic Reception on Dec. 5, 2023.Chris Jackson/Getty

Queen Camilla, King Charles III, Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales pose for a photograph ahead of The Diplomatic Reception in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace on December 05, 2023 in London, England.

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