Netflix has given in (a little) to the pressure. While the series The crown is criticized from all sides, the announcement of season 5 is now accompanied on YouTube by a small text that specifies that it is a work of fiction.
“Inspired by real events, this fiction tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign,” can be read under the images released on Thursday.
Many voices have been raised as the broadcast of this new season approaches, which should evoke the 90s, for the production to add such a mention.
On Thursday it was actress Judi Dench who lashed out at the series and demanded such a warning.
“The closer the show gets to the present day, the more determined it seems to blur the line between historical reality and crude sensationalism,” he said.
Earlier in the week, Netflix, then the production of the series, had to respond to criticism and remember that The crown it had always been presented as a program inspired by historical events.
“Season 5 is a fictional dramatization, imagining what might have happened behind closed doors during an important decade for the Royal Family, a decade that has already been scrutinized and well-documented by journalists, biographers and historians,” said a spokesperson for the Royal Family. platform interviewed. by the media news week.
Several events recounted in the series particularly upset the royal family and their loved ones. The series, for example, shows Prince Charles scheming in the early 1990s to force his mother to abdicate.
Source: BFM TV
