Prince Philip’s ‘cruel’ affair in ‘The Crown’ would ‘hurt’ people: Report

• The fifth season of The Crown will have intimate moments of Philip and Penny Knatchbull.
• Dickie Arbiter, Queen’s former press secretary, calls it “cruel rubbish” that will hurt people’s feelings.
• Netflix executives warned that the scheme may backfire in the aftermath of Her Majesty’s death.

The fifth season of The Crown will have Prince Philip having an affair only weeks after Queen Elizabeth died in Balmoral.

Fans are outraged after hearing that the next Netflix series would contain intimate moments of Philip and close friend Penny Knatchbull.

According to the sources, Dickie Arbiter, Queen’s former press secretary, remarked, “This is cruel rubbish” that will “hurt people’s feelings.”

Furthermore, television sources have revealed that the Duke of Edinburgh would be portrayed as having an affair with Penny, who is now Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Netflix executives have been warned that the scheme may backfire in the aftermath of the monarch’s death.

“Coming just weeks after the nation laid Her Majesty to rest next to Prince Philip, this is very distasteful and, quite frankly, cruel rubbish.

“The truth is that Penny was a long-time friend of the whole family. Netflix is not interested in people’s feelings,” Dickie said.

“This is fiction. There’s no way in a million years he’d discuss his marriage with anybody. The royals probably won’t watch it for their own sanity,” he continued.

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