Politicians, experts and friends of royals back calls for The Crown fiction disclaimer

A powerful coalition of politicians, Royal experts and a close friend of Prince Charles last night backed calls for Netflix to broadcast a disclaimer warning viewers of The Crown that many key scenes never happened or are distortions of the truth. The streaming giant is facing mounting criticism for fabricating a string of controversial incidents … Read more

Earl Spencer fears people will forget that The Crown is fiction

Princess Diana’s brother has revealed he refused permission for Netflix to film The Crown at their family’s stately home in order to protect her memory. Earl Spencer says he was approached by the programme’s makers to use the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire as a location but said no because the drama is so factually inaccurate and … Read more

Earl Spencer fears people will forget that The Crown is fiction

Princess Diana’s brother has revealed he refused permission for Netflix to film The Crown at their family’s stately home in order to protect her memory. Earl Spencer says he was approached by the programme’s makers to use the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire as a location but said no because the drama is so factually inaccurate and … Read more

The Queen was too busy being the Queen to be a decent mother to Charles and Anne

The creator of hit series The Crown believes the Queen was a better mother to two younger children as she was still ‘trying to find her feet’ when Prince Charles and Princess Anne were young. Peter Morgan said the Queen was probably ‘much more ready to be a mother’ to Prince Andrew, born in 1960, and Prince … Read more

The Queen was too busy being the Queen to be a decent mother to Charles and Anne

The creator of hit series The Crown believes the Queen was a better mother to two younger children as she was still ‘trying to find her feet’ when Prince Charles and Princess Anne were young. Peter Morgan said the Queen was probably ‘much more ready to be a mother’ to Prince Andrew, born in 1960, and Prince … Read more

Princess Diana’s pal Rosa Monckton rails at BBC for ‘coercing’ princess into Panorama interview 

One of Princess Diana’s closest friends last night accused the BBC of ‘making a lot of money’ from a ‘criminal offence’. Rosa Monckton praised Prince William for standing up for his mother – and welcomed the new inquiry into how Diana was ‘coerced’ into giving her famous Panorama interview. Miss Monckton said reporter Martin Bashir’s … Read more

Princess Diana’s pal Rosa Monckton rails at BBC for ‘coercing’ princess into Panorama interview 

One of Princess Diana’s closest friends last night accused the BBC of ‘making a lot of money’ from a ‘criminal offence’. Rosa Monckton praised Prince William for standing up for his mother – and welcomed the new inquiry into how Diana was ‘coerced’ into giving her famous Panorama interview. Miss Monckton said reporter Martin Bashir’s … Read more

Buckingham Palace intruder slams The Crown for ‘having a pop at the Queen’

The fifth episode of the new series, which launched on Sunday, opens with global news reports of a break-in at Buckingham Palace: an intruder had climbed over a fence and into the palace grounds, before scaling a drainpipe and entering the royal quarters.  During the episode, Tom Brooke’s Michael Fagan struggles to cope with the breakup … Read more

Buckingham Palace intruder slams The Crown for ‘having a pop at the Queen’

The fifth episode of the new series, which launched on Sunday, opens with global news reports of a break-in at Buckingham Palace: an intruder had climbed over a fence and into the palace grounds, before scaling a drainpipe and entering the royal quarters.  During the episode, Tom Brooke’s Michael Fagan struggles to cope with the breakup … Read more

Finding Freedom Omid Scobie compares The Crown’s depiction of Princess Diana to Meghan Markle

The author of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s biography Finding Freedom has said The Crown poses a ‘major risk’ to Prince Charles and Camilla’s popularity.  Omid Scobie, who co-wrote Finding Freedom with Carolyn Durand, took to Twitter to share a clip as he spoke about the launch of the latest series of the programme on … Read more