Diana’s ex-butler slams The Crown over ‘cruel’ portrayal of 3 royals

Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell delivered a brutal swipe at Netflix’s new season of The Crown for its demonising representation of Diana, Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother. Mr Burrell, who served the late monarch and Diana for two decades, said season five of the series failed to capture the character of the three royals. Mr Burrell told GB News: “I think this whole series is distasteful, cruel and inaccurate.”I was there for 21 years. I stood beside the Queen for 11 [years] and Diana for 10 [years]. And these are my years, the years that I witnessed. “And I find it very difficult to find anything truthful in this series. It’s altering people’s perception towards the Royal Family – and the Princess particularly. “I’ve watched every episode and in the final episode, you will see Princess Diana voting to abolish the monarchy in a national debate.” Paul Burrell criticised Netflix’s The Crown saying it’s ‘altering people’s perception’ of royals (Image: TWITTER/@GBNEWS) GB News’ Dan Wootton and Paul Burrell discussed The Crown’s portrayal of three royals (Image: TWITTER/@GBNEWS)Diana’s former butler said: “That did not happen”.He added: “Why would a woman who loved being a royal – she was very proud of being a member of the Royal Family, proud of her son being part of the Royal Family, proud that her son would one day be King – why would she want to tear down that institution? “It doesn’t make any sense. That is not true. That is not who Diana was. “Diana was a very keen supporter of the Royal Family and in fact, the Queen is portrayed as a cold hard woman. No, she wasn’t!’READ MORE: Princess Eugenie shows close bond with late aunt Diana through style Season five covers the 1990s when Princess Diana and then-Prince Charles relationship deteriorated (Image: GETTY) Paul Burrell says Princess Diana was proud of being a royal member and her son William (Image: GETTY)Paul Burrell pushed back against what he said is an inaccurate portrayal of the Queen, claiming the late monarch was quite the opposite.He said: “I was there [serving Queen Elizabeth II] for 11 years, she was a warm, soft, kind, generous, Christian woman who took a great interest in her family’s affairs and in fact all the servers that surrounded her she took care of. “And of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, don’t get me started. She looks like an EastEnders extra that’s been dragged to the hedge backwards.”Where did they do their research on the characters of these three iconic women?”DON’T MISS:Diana ‘angry’ at Andrew Morton questions as she denied help with book [REPORT]      Charles had meet-ups with teenage crush Barbra Streisand, claims [REPORT]      Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ is ‘forever cemented’ in history [REPORT]       Princess Diana and then-Prince Charles’ relationship deteriorated due to their extra-marital affairs (Image: GETTY)The new series of The Crown came under close scrutiny before its release on November 9, with detractors calling on the streaming giant to add a disclaimer.Under mounting pressure, Netflix eventually added it to its marketing for The Crown, saying the show is a “fictional dramatisation”, “inspired by real-life events”. Despite clarifications issued by several celebrities close to the Royal Family, “I think it’s very likely that these Netflix films will be taken as a quasi-documentary,” says Professor Pauline Maclaran of the Centre for the Study of the Modern Monarchy at Royal Holloway, University of London.Prof Maclaran told BBC: “We already know that the royals are much less popular with this generation.”According to a recent YouGov survey conducted on October 23, support for the Royal Monarchy is lower among 18-24-year-olds at 30 percent against 73 percent among the over-65s.Season five covers the 1990s when Princess Diana and then-Prince Charles’s relationship deteriorated due to their respective extra-marital affairs. READ NEXT:Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ is ‘forever cemented’ in historyPrincess Dina mocked Camilla and Charles over infamous tampon chatKate wears Princess Diana’s stunning pearl and diamond earringsPaul Burrell’s warning over The Crown’s ‘cruel’ portrayal of DianaDiana wore ‘most expensive jewel from royal collection’ – pictures