Hollyoaks actor Lee Otway looks unrecognisable after landing HUGE role in latest series of Netflix’s The Crown – 17 years since leaving the soap

Hollyoaks‘ Lee Otway looks unrecognisable after swapping Hollyoaks’ village for Buckingham Palace in the latest series of Netflix‘s The Crown. 

The actor, now 41, played the loveable David ‘Bombhead’ Burke in the Channel 4 soap between 2001-2005 and is now back on TV as Diana‘s real life bodyguard Kes Wingfield.

Gone are his baby face instead boasting a buff physique as the man who protected the Princess (played by Elizabeth Debicki in the drama) and her partner Dodi Alfayed (Khalid Abdalla) before their fatal car crash in August 1997.

After his stint on the soap Lee went on to appear on 2006’s Celebrity Love Island as well as Celebrity Stars in their Eyes and Soapstar Superstar. 

In the 2008 inquest following the accident boydguard Kes said Dodi’s father and Harrod’s mogul Mohammad Alfayed continually interfered in security arrangements. 

Remember him? Hollyoaks’ Lee Otway looks unrecognisable after swapping Hollyoaks’ village for Buckingham Palace in the latest series of Netflix’s The Crown (pictured on the soap in 2001)

New role: The actor, now 41, played the loveable David ‘Bombhead’ Burke in the Channel 4 soap (R) and is now back on TV as Diana ‘s real life bodyguard Kes Wingfield (L)

Saying: ‘If we were allowed to have done our jobs properly by the organisation we wouldn’t be having this conversation now.’

It comes after a newly released clip from the final season of The Crown shows Prince William and Harry missing a phone call from their mother on the day before she died.

The final season of the Windsor biopic will show the lead up to and fall out from the late Princess of Wales‘ death.

A new clip shows, Diana calling to speak to her sons, only to be told by an aide ‘you missed them’.

The clip begins with Diana walking out of a car into the Ritz hotel with boyfriend Dodi  by her side. She is swarmed by paparazzi.

She then steps inside the hotel, where she calls Balmoral to speak to William and Harry.

‘Balmoral Castle,’ the operator says.

‘Oh, it’s Diana calling for the boys,’ the Princess replies. 

New man: Gone are his baby face instead boasting a buff physique as the man who protected the Princess (played by Elizabeth Debicki in the drama) and her partner Dodi Alfayed (Khalid Abdalla) before their fatal car crash in August 1997

Actor: After his stint on the soap (pictured) Lee went on to appear on in Celebrity Stars in their Eyes and Soapstar Superstar

Throwback: He also tried to find love in 2006’s Celebrity Love Island  (pictured)

‘You’ve just missed them,’ the aide adds. ‘The princes waited for your call but have gone back out again. Maybe try again at dinner time’.

Diana then looks extremely anguished, silently mouths ‘f**k’ and scrunches up her face in anger.

Other newly released clips include Charles’ despair over telling William and Harry their mother has died and Diana telling Dodi she’s a ‘persona non-grata’ at Balmoral.

The show will also depict the last time Prince William and Prince Harry spoke to their mother – but it will not be a true reflection of the conversation.

In episode four, Diana is depicted as frustrated while in Paris with Dodi, and desperate to return to the UK to see her sons. 

After missing one opportunity to speak with them on the phone, Diana finally manages to have a call with Prince William and Prince Harry, where they ask her if she’s going to marry the son of the billionaire.

Real life: In the inquest following the accident Kes  (right, in 2008)  said Dodi’s father and Harrod’s mogul Mohammad Alfayed continually interfered in security arrangements (Left, Lee pictured in The Crown)

CCTV: Diana pictured with Kes (R) on the evening before her death

Dramatic:  Actress Elizabeth as the Princess in the series 

However, according to Prince Harry and Prince William’s accounts of the last phone call he ever had with his mother, this version of events does not quite ring true.

‘I am emphatically not going to marry Dodi. To be honest, I can’t wait to come home.’

William then asks his mother if she is ok. She nods and says: ‘I’m ok. It’s just a bit mad here. I don’t really understand how I ended up here. Mummy just needs to make some changes to her life, that’s all. But that’s not your problem – that’s mine.’

In a tender moment, she tells her sons she loves them and they reply to say they love her too. She promises to return home the following evening to see them.

Later in the episode, Diana comes to her untimely death in the car accident.

Although it is true that Prince William and Prince Harry shared a phone call with their mother on the last day she was alive, their recollections of the call do not reflect the Netflix series’ depiction.