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The latest season of the crown ‘would have destroyed the Queen’ because of how ‘vicious’ the dramatised plotlines are, one of her close friends has revealed.
Among the most controversial scenes are reenactments of Princess Diana’s funeral and the fire which tore through Windsor Castle in 1992.
The fifth series of Netflix’s hit drama will also include scenes of then-Prince Charles lobbying prime minister John Major in 1991 to force his mother to abdicate.
Major’s spokesman has described the script as ‘damaging and malicious fiction’ and ‘a barrel-load of nonsense peddled for no other reason than to provide maximum, and entirely false, dramatic impact’.
Now, an unnamed close friend of the late Queen has told The Sunday Times she’s ‘horrified’ by the vicious untruths set to be presented as fact when the season airs on November 9.
The latest season of the crown ‘would have destroyed the Queen’ because of how ‘vicious’ the dramatised plotlines are, one of her close friends has revealed
‘I’m horrified by what is going on with Netflix and how they are vilifying the royal family. It is vicious. It’s as if they’re trying to destroy the royal family,’ the source said.
‘It would have destroyed her.’
The close friend has joined calls for Netflix to include a disclaimer stating the show is fiction ahead of every episode.
This season will cover events from 1990 to 1997 – a famously tumultuous period of royal history.
A spokesman for Netflix said the show has always been a fictional dramatisation of the royal family’s inner workings.
‘Series five is… imagining what could have happened behind closed doors during a significant decade for the royal family – one that has already been scrutinised and well-documented by journalists, biographers and historians.’
Among the most controversial scenes are reenactments of Princess Diana’s funeral and the fire which tore through Windsor Castle in 1992
The family pictured at Diana’s 1997 funeral. Netflix’s scene depicting a grief-stricken William and Prince Harry – then aged 15 and 12 – was filmed in secrecy at a disused RAF base and is due to be broadcast in season six next year
A teaser trailer from the new season revealed the show will chronicle the early days of King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla’s relationship.
The series will showcase the couple – played by Dominic West and Olivia Williams – sharing intimate moments while they were married to other people.
One impending storyline which has the potential to cause the most angst for the royal family is the dramatisation of Princess Diana’s death and funeral.
Amid mounting outrage over the show’s disregard for historical truth, the macabre scenes depict a grief-stricken William and Prince Harry – then aged 15 and 12.
To the further horror of Diana’s family and friends, The Crown’s production team will be in Paris next week to recreate her final hours, The Mail on Sunday revealed.
They will shoot scenes of Diana’s final days, spent in the French capital with her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed. While it is understood that the crash in which they died won’t be recreated, scenes of them leaving the Ritz hotel together will be.
Imelda Staunton and Jonathon Pryce, who play the Queen and Prince Philip in the new series of The Crown, received honours from Prince William and the Queen
Last night those close to the Royal Family lambasted the Netflix series as ‘crude, cruel and totally insensitive, particularly in light of the Queen’s recent death’.
William Shawcross, the Queen Mother’s official biographer, said: ‘Nothing is sacred to [the writer of The Crown] Peter Morgan. He has made his republican sentiments and his contempt for our late Queen very clear.
‘This is a vile series which lies to the public and has been incredibly hurtful to the Royal Family from the Queen and our new King down. Unlike any other family, they cannot sue.’
An unnamed close friend of the late Queen has told The Sunday Times she’s ‘horrified’ by the vicious untruths set to be presented as fact when the season airs on November 9
It is most unlikely that Morgan and his colleagues on The Crown will have failed to understand the sensitivities around recreating the day William and Harry had to say goodbye to their beloved mother, who died aged 36.
Both Princes have spoken publicly of their anguish at having to follow the coffin for its final mile along the Mall, through Horse Guards Parade, along Whitehall to Parliament Square and on to Westminster Abbey.
The Duke of Sussex has been notably outspoken, telling biographer Angela Levin: ‘My mother had just died and I had to walk a long way behind her coffin, surrounded by thousands of people watching me while millions more did on television.
‘I don’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances. I don’t think it would happen today. No child should lose their mother at such a young age and then have his grief observed by thousands of people.’
Another storyline with show King Charles’ relationship with the Queen Consort (played by Olivia Williams)
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