Netflix accused of ‘rewriting history’ with key moment in The Crown

The Crown season five will focus on key events which the late Queen Elizabeth II dubbed as her Annus Horribilus. The Netflix series will include details of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s divorce as well as a fire at Windsor Castle. Now, the streaming service has been accused of ‘rewriting history’ with a key moment in the late monarch’s life.Netflix recently included a disclaimer, advising viewers the events in the royal drama are fictionalised.However, this doesn’t seem to have satisfied fans of the Royal Family as the streaming service is said to have changed an importance speech.It’s reported the writers for The Crown have added new lines into the Queen’s Annus Horribilus speech.The new speech, which is read by Imelda Staunton, includes the monarch acknowledging ‘errors of the past’.READ MORE: Mike Tindall speaks out on getting Royal Family’s approval Netflix accused of ‘rewriting history’ in The Crown with changes to key Queen moment (Image: NETFLIX) Imelda Staunton has taken on the role of the Queen (Image: NETFLIX) Dominic West takes on the role of the new King, Prince Charles (Image: NETFLIX) Netflix has been accused of changing history in The Crown (Image: NETFLIX)In a letter to The Times, the beloved actress wrote: ‘Sir John Major is not alone in his concerns that the latest series of The Crown will present an inaccurate and hurtful account of history.”Indeed, the closer the drama comes to our present times, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism.”While many will recognise The Crown for the brilliant but fictionalised account of events that it is, I fear that a significant number of viewers, particularly overseas, may take its version of history as being wholly true.”Dame Judi said she believed in ‘artistic freedom’ but could not let The Crown ‘go unchallenged’ for its depiction of the Royal Family.DON’T MISS…Lady Glenconner opens up on agony of 50-year marriage [INSIGHT]Prince Harry will not spend Christmas with the Royal Family [LATEST]Prince Harry’s one wish about The Crown unveiled by biographer [INSIGHT]She stated it was time for Netflix to ‘reconsider’ including a disclaimer and the streaming service has since included one.Her comments regarding the series have been branded ‘disappointing’ by Jonathan Pryce who is taking on the role of Prince Philip.He explained he understood some of the concerns over The Crown but was ‘hugely disappointed by my fellow artistes’ criticising the series.Jonathan explained to Deadline ‘the vast majority of people know it’s a drama. They’ve been watching it for four seasons’.