![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/the-crown-seven-takeaways-from-the-latest-series-of-netflixs-royal-drama/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127515859_crown4_netflix.jpg&description=Image source, NetflixImage caption, The show depicts the marital difficulties of Prince Charles and Princess DianaSeason five of Netflix's The Crown has already created its own drama before its release on Wednesday, causing controversy over its depiction of the royal family. Netflix defended its show as a "fictional dramatisation", after Sir John Major and Dame Judi Dench questioned its accuracy. It has also added a disclaimer to its marketing for the show, saying it is "inspired by real-life events".I've spent my Friday night binge-watching all 10 new episodes, to find out just what this new series is like - here are my takeaways.1. It's hard to tell fact from fictionImage caption, Sir Jonathan Pryce as Prince Phillip with Natascha McElhone as Penny KnatchbullThe closer this series gets to the present day, the more the truth and and the blurring of fact and fiction matters. This season is set in the 90s and the Queen - played magnificently for the first time by Imelda Staunton - is in her mid-60s. Her children's marriages are failing and, controversially, the show suggests an affair between Prince Phillip and Lady Rumsey, 32 years his junior. The Duke of Edinburgh, played by Jonathan Pryce, denies it, but in a testing scene, he tells the Queen of his "disenchantment" with the marriage. But The Crown is so plausible and so human that it's always been impossible as a general viewer to distinguish drama from reality. In the absence of royal-related facts that we will likely never know, this fiction fills the void, and for many becomes the truth. So soon after the Queen's death, and with so many of the characters still living, that feels more difficult to justify editorially.2. John Major's portrayal is a revelation Image caption, Jonny Lee Miller plays then Prime Minister John MajorThe former prime minister has attacked this series for suggesting Prince Charles wanted to force the Queen to abdicate, calling that "malicious nonsense". But in The Crown, the politician,){kind=link}
Season five of Netflix’s The Crown has already created its own drama before its release on Wednesday, causing controversy over its depiction of the royal family.
Netflix defended its show as a “fictional dramatisation”, after Sir John Major and Dame Judi Dench questioned its accuracy.
It has also added a disclaimer to its marketing for the show, saying it is “inspired by real-life events”.
I’ve spent my Friday night binge-watching all 10 new episodes, to find out just what this new series is like – here are my takeaways.
1. It’s hard to tell fact from fiction