Imelda Staunton thinks 'it was time' to say goodbye to The Crown

Imelda Staunton speaks to Yahoo UK about The Crown's finale and how the show pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

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ROXY SIMONS: How did you find saying goodbye to the character? But also, what did you make of the way the show honors her, in particular with that finale?

IMELDA STAUNTON: Well, I think they have honored her in the last episode. And actually, the last-- actually the last shot of the last episode was the last shot of the whole series. And that doesn't often happen. You're usually doing it all over the place.

So that was very special, I think, for everyone involved, and particularly people who've been working on it for 10 years. So that was very special.

And I think-- I think for Peter Morgan, who's lived with this family for-- I don't-- it must be over 20 years. From Helen Mirren to the audience to the crown, I think that was a very fitting end. I hope people agree.

ROXY SIMONS: And what was it like for you to say goodbye to that character?

IMELDA STAUNTON: I'd lived with her for about 2 and 1/2 years. It was a really wonderful feeling. I loved my favorite time of day, between action and cut-- favorite time. So to be her for a moment, even for a moment, was--

And to say goodbye-- as an actor, you say goodbye to parts all the time. But when something has been going on for as long as that, it was time. And I'm not sentimental about that.