![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/did-charles-try-to-make-queen-abdicate/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_FILES-BRITAIN-ROYALS-POLITICS.jpg&description=Season five of The Crown shows Prince Charles meeting with Prime Minister John Major to discuss the Queen's abdication - but people who were there at the time have labelled the storyline a "barrel-load of nonsense"King Charles III assumed the throne at the age of 73The latest season of The Crown portrays Charles hatching a plan to force the Queen to abdicate, clearing the way for him to sit on the throne, in scenes which have outraged viewers. While Netflix has added a disclaimer to the award-winning show's latest offering, it's been heavily criticised by people and experts who are concerned viewers will believe all of the events are true. One episode shows Charles, then the Prince of Wales, calling Prime Minister John Major to his Highgrove home to discuss the future of the royal family. Charles, played by Jonny Lee Miller, says: "What makes the Conservative party successful? Its instinct for renewal and its willingness to make way for someone younger. For almost 60 years my great-great-grandfather Edward VII was kept waiting in the wings. The Queen with Sir John Major in 1999 ( PA) "He longed to be given responsibilities but his mother refused. And yet when his time came he proved his doubters wrong and his reign was a triumph." But Major has rubbished the storyline, labelling it a "barrel-load of nonsense peddled for no other reason than to provide maximum – and entirely false – dramatic impact". A statement issued by his spokesman states Major wasn't involved in any research for the show, and wasn't even approached to fact check any of the script details. The latest season of The Crown has been heavily criticised ( PA) Lee Miller as John Major in The Crown ( PA) It reads: "Discussions between the Monarch and Prime Minister are entirely private and – for Sir John – will always remain so. But not one of the scenes you depict are accurate – in any way whatsoever. They are fiction, pure and simple. "There was never any discussion between Sir John and the then Prince){kind=link}
Season five of The Crown shows Prince Charles meeting with Prime Minister John Major to discuss the Queen’s abdication – but people who were there at the time have labelled the storyline a “barrel-load of nonsense”
The latest season of The Crown portrays Charles hatching a plan to force the Queen to abdicate, clearing the way for him to sit on the throne, in scenes which have outraged viewers.
While Netflix has added a disclaimer to the award-winning show’s latest offering, it’s been heavily criticised by people and experts who are concerned viewers will believe all of the events are true.
One episode shows Charles, then the Prince of Wales, calling Prime Minister John Major to his Highgrove home to discuss the future of the royal family.
Charles, played by Jonny Lee Miller, says: “What makes the Conservative party successful? Its instinct for renewal and its willingness to make way for someone younger. For almost 60 years my great-great-grandfather Edward VII was kept waiting in the wings.