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- Though The Crown is clearly based on real events involving the monarchy—especially the various scandals and rumors that have embroiled the royal family over the years, from Prince Charles and Princess Diana's contentious marriage to Prince Philip's alleged infidelity—the people behind the Emmy Award–winning show have made it clear that it's also a work of fiction.
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Dec 14, 2023 · Dec 14, 2023 8:13am PT. ‘The Crown’ Season 6: What’s Fact and What’s Fiction, From Kate Middleton’s See-Through Dress to Dodi Fayed’s Proposal to Princess Diana. By K.J. Yossman. Justin...
Dec 14, 2023 · The Answer Is Complicated. "There are two sorts of truth. There's historical truth and then there's the larger truth about the past," says the show's historical consultant, Robert Lacey. By...
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- Did the Queen and Margaret Thatcher really feud? Sort of. These two formidable women both took on traditionally male roles, but may have privately disagreed on policy issues (officially, the Queen stays out of politics), and may have had differences in personality as well.
- Was Diana really liked at first by the royal family? Yes. Diana did seem at first to be a good match for Charles: She was from an aristocratic family, she didn’t have a “past” (unlike Camilla Shand), and her demure nature fit the profile of a future queen of England.
- Did Princess Diana really have an eating disorder? Yes. Although many now see Diana through the lens of perfection, in reality she was a complex person fighting her own inner demons.
- Did Princess Elizabeth really find out she was queen while in Africa? Yes. When her father, King George VI, died February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth (Claire Foy) and her husband Prince Philip (Matt Smith) were on a Commonwealth tour of Kenya.
- Did Prince Charles and John Major Discuss Queen Elizabeth abdicating?
- Did Prince Philip Have A Friendship with Penny Knatchbull?
- Did Someone Really Suck Sarah Ferguson's toes?
- Did Mohamed Al-Fayed Hire The Duke of Windsor's Former Valet?
- Did Peter Townsend Reunite with Princess Margaret Before His Death?
- Did Prince Philip Help Identify The Romanovs?
- Did Martin Bashir Use Fake Bank Statements to Secure The Diana interview?
- Was Diana's Phone Bugged?
- Did Diana Warn Queen Elizabeth About The Panorama interview?
- Did Prince Charles' Tampon Phone Call Leak?
John Major has emphatically denied that any such discussion took place between himself and Prince Charles. In fact, in the United Kingdom, John Major is one of the loudest voices criticizing The Crown season 5. He has even described the show as a "barrel-load of nonsense". However, Princess Diana's former private secretary Patrick Jephson (played i...
Despite being 32 years older than her, the Duke of Edinburgh did, in fact, develop a close friendship with the wife of his godson, Penny Knatchbull. Before the release of The Crown season 5, there was an uproar in the British media for the show supposedly depicting an affair between Knatchbull and Prince Philip. However, the show never portrays the...
One of the most bizarre scandals to afflict the Royal Family in The Crown season 5 really did happen. The Daily Mirror, a British tabloid newspaper, published photographs of American businessman John Bryan sucking the Duchess of York's toes while she sunbathes topless, in August 1992. Ferguson, who had already separated from Prince Andrew at this p...
As depicted in The Crown season 5, episode 3 "Mou Mou", the Britain-obsessed businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed really did hire Sydney Johnson, the Duke of Windsor's former valet. Johnson began working for the Duke of Windsor at the age of 16 and served him for over 30 years. Johnson resigned from working for the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, in 19...
Princess Margaret did, in fact, get to reunite with her former lover Peter Townsend at an HMS Vanguard reunion. The Crown seasons 1 and 2 depict the doomed romance between Princess Margaret (Vanessa Kirby) and Queen Elizabeth's equerry Peter Townsend (Ben Miles). It is due to his role as equerry, aboard the HMS Vanguard, that Townsend and Princess ...
The Crown season 5, episode 6, "Ipatiev House" depicts Prince Philip providing DNA to help with the identification of the remains of the Romanovs. The Romanovs, the former Royal Family of Russia, were executed in the basement of Ipatiev House by Bolshevik revolutionaries on the orders of the Ural Regional Soviet in July 1918. Upon the announcement ...
The Panorama interview that The Crown depicts between journalist Martin Bashir and Princess Diana was a bombshell when it was broadcast in November 1995. Despite 23 million viewers, suspicions soon sprouted up about how Bashir was able to secure the interview. A 1996 internal investigation at the BBC concluded that Martin Bashir used fake documents...
The Crown season 5 depicts Princess Diana becoming ever more paranoid about people spying on her phone calls, especially after she hears unusual clicks on the line. Unfortunately, there is in fact evidence that Princess Diana's phone calls were being spied on, as transcripts of her calls were leaked to the press. One such conversation led to the sc...
In real life, Princess Diana did not directly warn Queen Elizabeth about the Panorama interview. The Queen was informed beforehand, but not by Princess Diana herself. Instead, the task was entrusted to Diana's private secretary, Patrick Jephson. Jephson called the Queen's office on a car telephone while en route to an official engagement with Princ...
The 1993 leaking of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles' intimate phone conversation from 1989 really did happen, despite how outrageous it sounds. A transcript of the full conversation was published by the British press and caused a massive scandal, especially as both Charles and Camilla were married to other people at the time. The publishin...
Nov 9, 2022 · Shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension of her son Charles to the throne, Netflix has been accused of unleashing unto the masses a show that's not only insensitive to...
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Nov 23, 2022 · The Crown: Every Season, Ranked By Historical Accuracy. By Andrea Ciriaco. Published Nov 23, 2022. The Crown takes some liberties, but is otherwise on par with history! The fifth season of...
Sep 17, 2022 · Despite consistent critical acclaim throughout its four seasons, The Crown has come under fire, especially in the United Kingdom for its perceived lack of historical accuracy. In response to the fourth season, the former Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, suggested that Netflix should have a warning at the front of each episode claiming that the ...
