EXCLUSIVE: The crown was criticized by the Queen’s former press secretary for a lack of sensitivity in its portrayal of the events surrounding Princess Diana’s death.
The defendant was Dickie Arbiter, who worked for Queen Elizabeth II during the period depicted in Season 6 The of the crown Creator Peter Morgan of Dramatic License Gone Mad.
Arbiter was particularly critical of the scenes in which Prince Charles (Dominic West) breaks the news of Diana’s death to his sons, Princes William and Harry. Diana is played by Elizabeth Debicki in the final season.
“The sequence in which Charles told his sons about their mother’s death was so insensitive, so unnecessary,” he told Deadline. “The death of their mother is still painful for them both.”
He added: “The scenes between Charles and his mother where he blurted out that she wanted Diana to come back from Harrods in a van was complete nonsense. “It just didn’t happen that way. Of course, a plane will be provided [to bring her body home from France]. The Queen was the first to agree.”
The referee also revealed scenes about preparations for Diana’s funeral. He recalled that it was Diana’s brother Charles Spencer, and not the Queen, who decided that she should hold a public ceremony under the supervision of Buckingham Palace.
“I was responsible for the media design this week,” he said. “Spencer felt that Diana was a public figure because she was very popular and people adored her, that it should be something that should be handled by the royal family to make it a public event rather than a public event a private one. make it a family event.”
The arbitrator said Prince William did not disappear from Balmoral Castle for 14 hours after learning of his mother’s death, although he admitted that William and Harry went for a walk while struggling with grief.
The former press secretary who was briefly featured in season 4 of The crown by David Phelan, added that the scenes with Diana’s so-called “ghost” were “despair”.
The crown Producers said earlier this year that they would approach the events surrounding Diana’s death with caution, but admitted that audiences will make up their own minds about how to deal with it.
Executive producer Suzanne Mackie said: “The show may be big and loud, but we’re not. We are considerate and sensitive people. There were very careful and long discussions about how we would do it.”
Morgan, who wrote every episode The crownHe never claimed that the Netflix series was an unflinchingly faithful representation of history. He admitted that his writings combine “acts of fantasy” with real events.
Referee who made critical comments The crown In the past, global audiences have said they will “believe every word of it” and that Netflix should apply a disclaimer to the series to make it clear that it is heavily embellished.
“I don’t think it has harmed the royal family,” he explained. “What it did is give people a kind of delicate picture of what the characters were really like.”
Netflix declined to comment.
Source: Deadline
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