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Netflix forced to add disclaimer to The Crown trailer following backlash

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Published 16:09 21 Oct 2022 GMT+1

Netflix forced to add disclaimer to The Crown trailer following backlash

The Crown has been given a disclaimer by Netflix after complaints were made about the hit show

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

Netflix has been forced into putting a disclaimer onto marketing for The Crown after it received complaints from people such as Dame Judi Dench and former Prime Minister John Major.

As you’ll no doubt be aware, The Crown tells the story of the British royal family and has traced Lizzie and her many relatives through the decades to date.

Right about now, they’re dealing with the breakdown of now-King Charles’ relationship with his deceased ex-wife Princess Diana, as well as his extra-marital affair with the now-Queen Consort Camilla.

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Here’s the trailer for the latest series so you can get a flavour of what they’ll be covering.

Obviously, it’s a bit of a black eye for the royal family at large, because they’re trying to maintain their reputation against the retelling of stuff that they actually did years ago.

Well – as Netflix is now pointing out – it is a ‘fictional dramatisation’ of what actually happened.

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Of course, Charles did break up with Diana and was having a relationship with Camilla, and that’s not up for debate.

However, it’s the way that Netflix is telling the tale that has struck a bum note with some royalists.

The show, which is ‘inspired by real-life events’, has been criticised recently, with Dench among those to call for a disclaimer on the series.

She said it poses a risk because ‘a significant number of viewers’ might believe it to be historically accurate, as well as accusing the show of ‘crude sensationalism’.

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To be fair, they wouldn’t have a show if they didn’t try to make it more interesting, would they?

Trainspotting star Jonny Lee Miller plays John Major on the show.
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As we’ve established, the main components of the story are largely historically true – despite being inconvenient – but some artistic licence has also necessarily been taken.

Former Tory leader and Prime Minister John Major called scenes in which Charles appears to attempt to oust Queen Elizabeth II as ‘a barrel load of nonsense’.

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Anyway, now Netflix has moved to clarify its position on it, adding a disclaimer to YouTube, online, and Twitter descriptions of the show that reads: "Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatisation tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign."

One such event that has drawn controversy is the decision to include a Panorama interview that Diana gave to Martin Bashir.

In the 1995 interview, she was quizzed by the journalist on her relationship with Charles, as well as the reasons for their split.

Dame Judi Dench, who played The Queen in a film, isn't too impressed with The Crown.
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While Netflix has placed some disclaimers around, it isn't going to be branding up individual episodes of the show with such a warning, and states that it won't be changing anything based upon public outcry.

A spokesperson told The Sun: “The episodes that dramatise events surrounding the Panorama interview remain unchanged.”

UNILAD has contacted Netflix for a comment on the matter.

Featured Image Credit: Dom Slike / Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: UK News, Royal Family, Netflix, Film and TV

Tom Wood
Tom Wood

Tom Wood is a LADbible journalist and Twin Peaks enthusiast. Despite having a career in football cut short by a chronic lack of talent, he managed to obtain degrees from both the University of London and Salford. According to his French teacher, at the weekend he mostly likes to play football and go to the park with his brother. Contact Tom on [email protected]

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