Critic of The Crown dismisses it as an “anabolic film” ‘insult to Queen’
Leading film critic, John McLaughlin, has called The Crown an insult to Queen Elizabeth II and Britain.
Richard Fitzwilliams wrote about it in the Express Online “Netflix could also have postponed the series, which depicts events in the 1990s, a nightmarish time for the royal family, as a mark of respect after the death of the Queen, but chose not to do so.
“There is also the vexed issue of Diana’s fateful interview on Panorama and the duplicitous way this was obtained by the BBC which subsequently participated in an appalling cover up.
“The Prince of Wales has spoken out against it ever being screened again. This trailer shows that the dramatization of this interview is an important part of the next series.
“It could not, of course, could have portrayed events without depicting it in some form and how it has chosen to do so remains to be seen.
“However, unless it changes its policy on this, all that apparently matters to Netflix are the viewing figures even though it has turned the corner after a difficult period, with more than 2million more subscribers. The dead cannot sue and the royal family obviously will not.”