Netflix has closed the deal to start production on a prequel for hit series The Crown , according to the Daily Mail . The streaming company has reportedly been in talks with the show's producer, Left Bank Pictures, for prequels since 2022, even before The Crown's last season came out in late 2023. Now, deals have been struck, and Left Bank has received the green light to officially start working on the project.  The prequel will cover the British royal family's lives from the time Queen Victoria died in 1901 until  the beginning of the events in the original series, particularly when the then-Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten. If you'll recall, The Crown's first episode was literally a depiction of that royal wedding.…