Netflix provides disclaimer to ‘The Crown’ after anger over story traces
By AFP
LONDON: Netflix has added a disclaimer to its hit sequence “The Crown” after a former British prime minister and appearing royalty accused the streaming large of complicated fact with fiction in its story traces.
The transfer got here after one episode within the newest sequence confirmed the then Prince Charles plotting to oust his mom as monarch.
The 4 at present obtainable seasons of the present now seem on Netflix’s web site with the phrases: “Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign.”
Netflix had constantly resisted requires it so as to add a disclaimer. The fifth sequence which focuses on the Nineteen Nineties is because of be launched on November 9.
One episode depicts inheritor to the throne Charles trying to attract then prime minister John Major right into a conspiracy towards his mom, which Major slammed as “damaging and malicious” fiction.
“There was never any discussion between Sir John and the then Prince of Wales about any possible abdication of the late Queen Elizabeth II — nor was such an improbable and improper subject ever raised by the then Prince of Wales (or Sir John),” a press release issued by his workplace mentioned.
Veteran actress Judi Dench — who has performed the function of Queen Victoria — added her voice to the critics on Wednesday, describing the sequence as “cruelly unjust” to the royal household.
The Oscar-winning thespian, additionally the intelligence chief “M” in current James Bond films, berated Netflix in a letter to The Times newspaper and demanded the addition of a disclaimer.
Previous storylines which have prompted criticism embrace one during which the late Prince Philip, the queen’s husband, is blamed by his father for inflicting his sister’s loss of life.
Royal biographer William Shawcross final week informed AFP the sequence was stuffed with “lies and half-truths”, and that Philip had been “incredibly upset” by the unfactual storyline.
A spokeswoman final week defended the present as a “fictional dramatisation, imagining what could have happened behind closed doors”. Netflix was not instantly obtainable for remark Friday.
LONDON: Netflix has added a disclaimer to its hit sequence “The Crown” after a former British prime minister and appearing royalty accused the streaming large of complicated fact with fiction in its story traces.
The transfer got here after one episode within the newest sequence confirmed the then Prince Charles plotting to oust his mom as monarch.
The 4 at present obtainable seasons of the present now seem on Netflix’s web site with the phrases: “Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign.”
Netflix had constantly resisted requires it so as to add a disclaimer. The fifth sequence which focuses on the Nineteen Nineties is because of be launched on November 9.
One episode depicts inheritor to the throne Charles trying to attract then prime minister John Major right into a conspiracy towards his mom, which Major slammed as “damaging and malicious” fiction.
“There was never any discussion between Sir John and the then Prince of Wales about any possible abdication of the late Queen Elizabeth II — nor was such an improbable and improper subject ever raised by the then Prince of Wales (or Sir John),” a press release issued by his workplace mentioned.
Veteran actress Judi Dench — who has performed the function of Queen Victoria — added her voice to the critics on Wednesday, describing the sequence as “cruelly unjust” to the royal household.
The Oscar-winning thespian, additionally the intelligence chief “M” in current James Bond films, berated Netflix in a letter to The Times newspaper and demanded the addition of a disclaimer.
Previous storylines which have prompted criticism embrace one during which the late Prince Philip, the queen’s husband, is blamed by his father for inflicting his sister’s loss of life.
Royal biographer William Shawcross final week informed AFP the sequence was stuffed with “lies and half-truths”, and that Philip had been “incredibly upset” by the unfactual storyline.
A spokeswoman final week defended the present as a “fictional dramatisation, imagining what could have happened behind closed doors”. Netflix was not instantly obtainable for remark Friday.
