The Crown is facing accusations of attempting a smear campaign against King Charles III.
26.09.2022 - 20:59 / etcanada.com
Buckingham Palace is reportedly making the move to protect King Charles ahead of the latest season of “The Crown”.
The upcoming fifth season, which will launch on Netflix on November 9, is set to focus on Charles and Princess Diana’s divorce in the ’90s, as well as the royal’s affair with his now-wife Camilla.
Diana is being played by Elizabeth Debicki, while Dominic West takes on the role of the then-Prince of Wales.
A friend of the King allegedly spoke to The Telegraph, accusing Netflix of having “no qualms about mangling people’s reputations,” calling the show “exploitative.”
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They told the paper, “What people forget is that there are real human beings and real lives at the heart of this,” insisting the show was a “drama not a documentary,” the Daily Mail reported.
The comments come after a trailer for the eagerly anticipated fifth season was released, showing Debicki and West preparing to give television interviews about their relationship.
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Season 5 will introduce an entirely new cast, with Imelda Staunton taking over as the Queen following Olivia Colman and Claire Foy’s award-winning turns as the matriarch during the first four seasons.
ET Canada has contacted the Palace for comment.
The Crown is facing accusations of attempting a smear campaign against King Charles III.
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With the release of Netflix’s fifth season of The Crown in a matter of weeks, sources close to the new King suggest the palace is moving to protect the monarchy from the dramatisation. Over the weekend, streaming giant Netflix released a trailer for the upcoming fifth season of The Crown, which showed Princess Diana and Prince Charles preparing for TV interviews about their relationship.
The Crown is coming back to Netflix for its fifth season in November, and fans are ecstatic after Netflix shared a teaser of the new series. The sneak peek of The Crown's fifth series showed the breakdown of Princess Diana and now King Charles' marriage being revealed to the public.
The fifth season of The Crown will premiere on Netflix beginning November 9, the streamer said Saturday. The drama was always scheduled to launch on the streamer that month, but following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 there has been acute sensitivity at Netflix about how to proceed.
The royal family came together to honor the passing of their matriarch Queen Elizabeth on Monday (September 19).
The King and Queen Consort hosted world leaders and official overseas guests at Buckingham Palace on Sunday 18 September. His Majesty, 73, and Camilla, 75, were also joined at the event by Kate Middleton and Prince William in what the King’s spokesman described as an “official state event”.