Netflix has added a disclaimer to its hit series “The Crown” after a former British prime minister and acting royalty accused the streaming giant of confusing truth with fiction in its story lines.
The move came after one episode in the latest series showed the then Prince Charles plotting to oust his mother as monarch.
One episode depicts heir to the throne Charles attempting to draw then prime minister John Major into a conspiracy against his mother, which Major slammed as “damaging and malicious” fiction. Veteran actress Judi Dench — who has played the role of Queen Victoria — added her voice to the critics on Wednesday, describing the series as “cruelly unjust” to the royal family.
Previous story lines that have prompted criticism include one in which the late Prince Philip, the queen’s husband, is blamed by his father for causing his sister’s death.