Harry urged to ditch his and Meghan’s Netflix deal over The Crown

Prince Harry has been urged to abandon his and Meghan Markle’s Netflix deal over The Crown. Royal author Angela Levin said the Duke of Sussex would “be a hero” if he “walked away” from the agreement he struck with the streaming giant after quitting royal duties in 2020.Ms Levin’s comments come amid controversy over the storylines and portrayals of members of the Royal Family including Princess Diana in the fifth series of the royal drama, which was released yesterday.She told The Sun: “If he has a guilty conscience he could do something about it – of course he could.”They could give them their money back and walk away. But he doesn’t want to.”He’d be a hero if he walked away. Harry should walk away.” Prince Harry has been urged to abandon his and Meghan Markle’s Netflix deal over The Crown (Image: GETTY)The latest season of The Crown looks at the breakdown of Diana’s marriage to Charles.It covers storylines including Diana’s Panorama interview with Martin Bashir and the subsequent media storm surrounding her relationship with Charles.The series has already faced criticism from the likes of Dame Judi Dench and former prime ministers Sir John Major and Sir Tony Blair over its plotlines.Actress Dame Judi accused the show of verging on “crude sensationalism”, while Sir John said “fiction should not be paraded as fact”.Royal biographer Hugo Vickers previously said: “The Crown has been consistently dishonest from day one.”They pervert the facts, they clash incidents together which did more or less happen to create something which most certainly did not.”There have been calls for Netflix to add a disclaimer to the beginning of episodes making clear it is a work of fiction.But Diana actress Elizabeth Debicki insisted the show’s audiences know it is “clearly fictional”.And Dominic West, who portrays Charles, described calls for a disclaimer as “quite flattering”. The fifth series covers storylines including Diana’s Panorama interview with Martin Bashir (Image: NETFLIX)He said: “I mean the reason people think that is because The Crown obviously, more than all the other thousands of films and column inches, books and TV shows that have been made about this family, feels more authentic to people.”It strikes a chord with people and I think that’s because it’s a great show.”Buckingham Palace will have been bracing for the new series which comes just months into King Charles’s reign.The Crown was due to end after the fifth series, but the show’s creator and writer Peter Morgan later said it will be extended to include one more.Harry and Meghan signed their Neflix deal after quitting as working royals for a new life in the US in 2020.