The close circle of King Charles accuses The Crown of smearing the king.
King Charles’s inner circle has been rocked by the fifth season of The Crown. PDO
King Charles’ close circle harshly criticizes The Crown, which tells about the British royal family, reports Daily Mail.
Among the critics is, among others, the former prime minister John Majorwhich calls on viewers to boycott the show’s fifth season.
The new season deals with Charles’s attempts to oust Queen Elizabeth in the early 90s, which is called “offensive smear” and “pure fantasy”.
The series shows a scene where the then Prince Charles suggests to Prime Minister Major that the Queen be overthrown. Major denied to the Mail On Sunday that the meeting in question ever took place.
– All one-on-one conversations in the series are pure fiction, and some scenes have been created only for drama and advertising purposes without respecting the truth. People should boycott it, John commented to the newspaper through his representative.
John Major calls for a boycott of The Crown. PDO
According to those close to Charles, the way the current king is presented in the upcoming fifth season is “offensive” and “malicious”. The timing of the new season has also attracted criticism. Queen Elizabeth died on September 8.
Netflix, which publishes The Crown, has said that the series is loosely based on true events.
The fifth season of The Crown will be released on Netflix in November, but it has already caused a wide stir.
Criticism has been aroused, for example, by Netflix’s intention to show the last moments of Princess Diana’s life in the series. Diana died in a car accident in Paris in August 1997.
The fifth season also deals with Prince Philip and the Countess Penny Knatchbull the relationship between them and the twists and turns in Charles’ private life.