What is the title of the final episode of The Crown?

The final episode of The Crown is titled “Sleep, Dearie, Sleep.” It is the tenth episode of season 6 and the series’ 60th and concluding episode, released by Netflix on 14 December 2023.

The title comes from a traditional Scottish lament associated with bagpipe playing and military funeral ceremonies. It became especially familiar after being performed at Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral in September 2022, an event that The Crown’s final season revisits through its fictionalized depiction of the Queen’s final years.

The episode focuses on the Queen preparing for her death and imagining her own funeral, while also depicting the 2005 wedding of Charles and Camilla. Its title therefore works both as a direct reference to the lament and as a symbolic farewell to Elizabeth II’s reign and to the television series itself.

A common mix-up is “The Last Episode,” which is only a descriptive phrase, not the official title. “Ritz” refers to a season 6 episode centered on events surrounding Diana and Dodi Fayed.