Valuable props used in the filming of the Netflix series The Crown have been stolen, the company has confirmed.

The items, worth up to £150,000, were taken during an overnight raid on the TV company’s production site near Doncaster last Wednesday.

The Sun newspaper reported that among the props taken was a replica of a rare Fabergé egg, acquired by the Queen’s grandfather George V in 1933.

The multi-award winning show is currently shooting its fifth series and is due to air at the end of the year.

The latest instalments cover event in the 1990s.

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The series will reportedly include a dramatisation her headline-making 1995 Panorama interview with Martin Bashir as well as other key events in her later life.

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