👑💰 Even royals, it seems, may suffer from the gender pay gap…
The Crown's producers have revealed Claire Foy, who plays young Queen Elizabeth II, was paid less than her co-star Matt Smith.
The pay difference, which has not been detailed, was due to Smith coming into the show after a six-year stint as Doctor Who on television, the producers said.
Foy, 33, won a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for her nuanced portrayal of Britain's monarch in the 1950s and 1960s. Smith, 35, did not.
The producers have promised this won't happen in the future, saying "no-one gets paid more than the queen".
It's too late for Foy, who will not be reprising her role as Queen Elizabeth II.