Loose Women row as Janet Street Porter argues The Crown is ‘justified’

The presenter passionately defended the controversial upcoming series of The Crown on Tuesday, which has been the subject of much debate as it is set to show the breakdown of King Charles III, who was then the Prince of Wales, and Princess Diana’s marriage among other contentious royal events from the 1990s. As most of her fellow panelists slammed the drama as being “distasteful,” Janet disagreed, arguing the show’s producers are “perfectly justified” in exploring the topics.Netflix has recently come under fire for the upcoming series and some have argued the platform fails to make it clear enough that some parts of the series are fictionalised.Christine Lampard said she thought some of the speculated content would be “distasteful” and asked: “Do we really need to see that?””I watched the first couple of seasons, quite enjoyed it actually,” she remarked.”But strangely enough from the little spoilers that have come through for this new season, I do feel it’s a bit distasteful.READ MORE: Uproar as Tom Bower calls for Meghan to lose title over Duke’s memoir The Crown: The Loose Women panelists debated the upcoming series (Image: ITV) The Crown: Brenda agreed with Christine (Image: ITV) Loose Women: The panel discussed the upcoming series of The Crown (Image: ITV) Loose Women: Show presenters (Image: Express)”We don’t need to revisit that, there’s plenty of other stories that they could talk about within the Royal Family, if you know what I mean, not saying anything.””Well, I disagree with you, really,” Janet told Christine. She pointed out other popular dramas are based on real-life events and people “don’t think” about the families involved with some of those, such as Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix.”Maybe we should be,” Christine suggested, while Brenda added: “There’s nothing entertaining about the car crash which happened with Princess Diana.””Well, that’s not in the series that’s about to air,” Janet argued. “The series that’s about to air is series five, which is about to go on screen.DON’T MISS…Strictly’s Fleur East addresses backlash for ‘groaning’ over dance-off [VIDEO]Matt Hancock joins I’m A Celebrity as extra campmate [LATEST]Dan Walker explains reason Tony Adams is still on Strictly [LATEST]”It covers the period of the breakup of Charles and Diana’s marriage and the Martin Bashir interview.”Now, I think they’re perfectly justified in recreating that, because it could have altered the course of the monarchy.”The 75-year-old continued: “I think that the heir to the throne, his wife, their marriage breaking down so spectacularly and her giving that interview, that astonishing interview to the BBC has caused other ramifications we’re still feeling today.”And how the public subsequently saw Prince Charles really changed after that.