The Crown: Does Netflix series cost more than the actual Queen?

By Rebecca Seales
BBC News
Netflix recently launched the second series of The Crown, its lavishly shot (and priced) period drama about the British Royal Family.

Reports have claimed the show's first series cost a record $130m (£97.4m) - though its creator Peter Morgan thinks that's nearer the total for both.

Either way, it's a lot: Between $6.5m and $13m per hour-long instalment.

Could dramatising Queen Elizabeth II's reign have cost more than the actual Queen costs the UK?

Let's look at that - and some other things that are pricier on screen than in real life...