AS EMMA CORRIN STEPS INTO DIANA’S SHOES THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE NOT AMUSED AT HOW ‘THE CROWN’ HAS DRAMATISED THEIR LIVES
Nov 23, 2020
4 minutes
REPORT: EMILY NASH
‘The Queen will be angry. It’s very difficult to see your family being put across in a negative and inaccurate way’
Millions are tuning in to watch the long-awaited fourth season of The Crown and the dazzling production and talented cast are earning plaudits.
But doubts have been cast about the show’s portrayal of those at the heart of the drama.
Set between 1977 and 1990, the latest series focuses particularly on the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales and has drawn criticism for portraying the royal family as distant, self-serving and lacking in empathy.
In fact, HELLO! has learnt that sources close to the Queen’s family are dismayed over the way in which they have been depicted on screen.
“ uses Britain’s royal family as its subject – the source of
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