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Casting news for Netflix’s The Crown feels as though it should be heralded by a ceremonial trumpet flourish, or at the very least handwritten in expensive ink on thick card sitting on a silver tray borne aloft by a white gloved hand. Instead they just do it on Twitter: Lesley Manville will play Princess Margaret in the fifth season of The Crown. pic.twitter.com/R5aZEBOW0t— The Crown (@TheCrownNetflix) July 2, 2020 More efficient, yes, but it does lack pomp. However delivered, the news is good. The so-far impeccable casting of the Princess Margaret role in The Crown, previously played by Vanessa Kirby…