Matt Smith has bolstered his co-star and "closest companion" Claire Foy by saying they ought to have been paid similarly for their parts in The Crown.

The on-screen character, who played the Duke of Edinburgh in the Netflix show inverse Foy's Queen Elizabeth II, said all the more should be done to make a level playing field.

He disclosed to The Hollywood Reporter: "Claire is one of my closest companions, and I trust that we ought to be paid similarly and reasonably and there ought to be correspondence for all.

"I bolster her totally, and I'm satisfied that it was settled and they offered some kind of reparation for it since that what's expected to happen.

"Going ahead, I figure we should all remember that we have to endeavor to improve this and an all the more notwithstanding playing field for everybody included - yet not simply in our industry, in all businesses."

The team played the regal couple for the initial two arrangement of the show however will be supplanted by Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies for the third arrangement.

A month ago makers uncovered that Doctor Who star Smith earned more than Foy for his work on the show.

Foy said it felt, "exceptionally odd" to be at the focal point of a worldwide anecdote about pay uniformity.

Her remarks came after Left Bank Pictures stated: "We need to apologize to both Claire Foy and to Matt Smith, splendid performing artists and companions, who have ended up at the focal point of a media storm this week through no blame of their own.

"Claire and Matt are extraordinarily talented on-screen characters who, alongside the more extensive cast on The Crown, have worked resolutely to breath life into our characters with empathy and uprightness.

"As the makers of The Crown, we at Left Bank Pictures are in charge of spending plans and pay rates; the on-screen characters don't know about who gets what, and can't be considered actually in charge of the compensation of their associates.