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Dominic West says he ‘spent two days in bed’ after reading The Crown’s poor reviews

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Dominic West has said he “spent two days in bed” after reading the reviews for the final season of The Crown.

The 54-year-old actor played Prince Charles in the fifth and sixth seasons of Peter Morgan’s royal drama.

Those seasons were widely considered the show’s weakest, with’s Nick Hilton had “gone from being the jewel in Netflix’s crown to a symbol of the platform’s decline in popularity and quality”.

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