Oliver Dowden, the tradition secretary, has been mocked after expressing concern that Netflix was not being specific sufficient about The Crown being fiction.
The fourth season of the royal drama – which centres across the marriage between Prince Charles and Princess Diana – has been criticised by some, together with Diana’s brother and Piers Morgan, for being unclear about what’s reality and what’s fiction.
Now Dowden has waded into the controversy, telling the Mail on Sunday that the present might be seen as damaging to the royal household.
“[The Crown] is a superbly produced work of fiction, in order with different TV productions, Netflix must be very clear at the start it’s simply that.
“With out this, I concern a technology of viewers who didn’t dwell by these occasions could mistake fiction for reality,” he stated.
Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, not too long ago stated: “I feel it might assist The Crown an infinite quantity if, at the start of every episode, it said that: ‘This isn’t true however it’s primarily based round some actual occasions’.
“I fear individuals do suppose [the show] is gospel, and that’s unfair.”
Twitter customers have been fast to mock Dowden for his intervention. Right here’s a few of the greatest response.
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