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    The Crown: What is fact and what is fiction on season 6?

    by Isobel Lewis Nov 17, 2023 6 minutes
    Source: Daniel Escale/Netflix

    As Netflix’s acclaimed royal drama moves closer to the present day, the line between fact and fiction feels ever more blurred.

    While Peter Morgan’s show has always presented a dramatised take on real-life events, many have argued that viewers struggle to tell the difference between the real royal family and the events on the show. When season five arrived last year, there were calls for the show to include a “fictional explainer” – something Netflix did not do.

    With the show heading into the late Nineties and early Noughties in its final season, which arrived on Netflix on Thursday (16 November), events are being depicted on screen that many of the public will remember well.

    The first part of season six takes place in the summer of 1997, and sees Prince Charles (Dominic West) building on his relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles (Olivia Williams), while (Elizabeth Debicki) sparks up a romance with film producer (Khalid Abdalla). The show also features the pair’s death in a car

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