The Crown star Olivia Colman has explained why she wont be reaching out to her successor Imelda Staunton to offer any tips on playing the Queen .

After two seasons at the helm of the royal Netflix drama, Oscar winner Olivia is now set to hand over the throne to Imelda, who will play Queen Elizabeth II for the last two series of The Crown.

In a new interview with Radio Times , Olivia insisted she wont be offering any advice on the role to Imelda, claiming her replacement will do it all much better than me on her own.