Will you be watching season 5 of The Crown?
The Crown, one of the most controversial series on Netflix is about to launch its 5th season.
Imelda Staunton leads the new cast as Queen Elizabeth II as we head into the fifth instalment of Peter Morgan’s royal biopic.
Ahead of the series release, former prime ministers Sir John Major and Sir Tony Blair have hit out at their depiction while Dame Judi Dench called for a disclaimer to be added to each episode, saying it has begun to verge on “crude sensationalism”
Sir John recently wrote a letter to The Telegraph responding to the upcoming fifth series which is expected to show Charles, played by Dominic West, cutting short a holiday with Diana to host a secret meeting with Sir John at Highgrove in 1991, at which they discuss potentially ousting the Queen.
The former prime minister wrote that it “will be profoundly hurtful to a family who are still grieving for the very person on whose life the entire drama was founded”.
Charles is reportedly shown trying to recruit Sir Tony as an ally to protect his future and pave the way for him to marry Camilla, shortly after the 1997 general election which saw Sir Tony become the Labour prime minister.
Sir Tony’s spokesman told the publication: “It should come as no surprise that this is complete and utter rubbish.”
Last month, stage and screen veteran Dame Judi called for a disclaimer to be added to each episode of The Crown as she felt there was a risk that “a significant number of viewers” will take its events as historical truth.
Netflix added a disclaimer to the description of the latest trailer but stopped short of adding the message to the trailer itself.
The Crown season 5 will be released on Netflix on Wednesday 9th November 2022
Do you have a Netflix account? Have you found the last 4 series of The Crown entertaining and are you looking forward to watching the 5th? Will you be binge-watching the new season this week? Or do you agree with Dame Judi Dench and think it is now verging on ‘crude sensationalism’ and should have stopped at season 4?
