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Diana family photo shared by brother ahead of The Crown release

Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer has shared a touching family photo taken in 1989 of his late sister and himself alongside their father. Earl Spencer was the younger brother of the princess and inherited the title and the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire following the death of his father in 1992.He posted the “deeply poignant photograph” on Instagram, which was taken at an event to mark their father’s 65th birthday.The caption added: “Today is All Souls Day – when it’s customary to remember the souls of those you love, who’ve departed: it is known in some parts of the world as the Day of the Dead.”A deeply poignant photograph for me from the summer of 1989, when there was a party at Althorp to mark my father’s 65th birthday earlier that year.”This comes as Netflix has been slammed for filming scenes for The Crown of the last moments of Diana’s life near the Paris tunnel where she died in a car accident 25 years ago. A “poignant” family photograph of the Spencers has been published (Image: Getty)The new series, which will cover the 1990s up to Diana’s famous Panorama interview in December 1995, has been criticised for its “insensitivity”, according to the Daily Mail.Actor Dame Judi Dench and former Prime Minister John Major, who is portrayed in the series by Jonny Lee Miller, have also blasted the series as “crude and hurtful” and “malicious nonsense”.In response to the criticism, Netflix recently updated its description of the series to add a disclaimer to its trailer on YouTube which says it is a “fictional dramatisation”.Series five and six of The Crown will see a new cast step into the main roles, with Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki playing then-Prince Charles and Princess Diana respectively.READ MORE: Prince Harry feared conversations with William would be ‘leaked’ The Crown has been filming in a Paris tunnel near the scene of the crash (Image: Getty) Elizabeth Debicki will play Princess Diana in the new series of The Crown (Image: Getty)Imelda Staunton will play Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce is Prince Philip and Camilla will be portrayed by Olivia Williams.The sixth series, currently being filmed, will cover Diana’s death in 1997 and reportedly end with the wedding of Charles and Camilla in 2005.Last week, Netflix crews were spotted filming between 2am and 3am around 100 yards from the Alma tunnel, where Diana died in the early hours of August 31, 1997.In the pictures, a black Mercedes like the one the couple were travelling in can also be seen by a nearby tunnel on the same road.DON’T MISS:Mike Tindall once tried to punch Prince Harry as part of a prank [LATEST]Meghan struggled with ‘hard’ UK citizenship test which stumped Harry [REVEAL]Biden’s Democrats ‘ready to go’ in midterm elections despite GOP lead [INSIGHT] Dominic West will step into the shoes of Prince Charles (Image: Getty)The streaming giant have insisted that the “exact moment” of the crash will not be shown.Princess Diana’s former astrologer Debbie Frank said it would be “terrible” for Princes William and Prince Harry to relive the trauma of their mother’s tragic death.She added: “I feel Diana’s death and the crash was the biggest shock our generation. It had such a huge impact across the national psyche.”I guess the makers of The Crown feel they are entitled to show a re-enactment of scenes leading up to her death and that it has dramatic impact. But relatives would think otherwise.”

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