United Kingdom, Feb. 16 -- Erin Doherty took a break after 'The Crown' so people could "forget" her.

The 32-year-old actress became a household name playing Princess Anne in the third and fourth season of Netflix's regal drama, and although it was "lovely" to be inundated with offers of work afterwards, Erin was still sent many scripts in which she'd play another royal.

She told Harper's Bazaar magazine: "There was a year, following 'The Crown', when I got sent all the [scripts with] princesses under the sun.

"It was lovely, but sometimes you need to step away to make audiences forget you.

"Then you come back and take them by surprise."

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