Prince Harry admits of watching ‘ The Crown’

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11th Jan, 2023. 08:12 pm
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The Duke of Sussex, 38, has seen some of the older series.
He was asked if he did any “fact-checking” while watching ‘The Crown.’
He asserted in new interview with ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The Duke of Sussex, 38, has revealed that he has seen some of the older series as well as the “more recent stuff” on the contentious Netflix series, a fictional dramatization based on real events about Harry’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth.

“Yes, I have watched ‘The Crown,'” Harry said when asked if he had seen it.

“The older stuff and the newer stuff.”

In a new interview with ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ he was asked if he did any “fact-checking” while watching ‘The Crown,’ and he replied, “Yes, I do actually. Which, by the way, is another reason why it’s critical that history is correct.”

The Duke of Sussex, 38, has revealed that he has seen some of the older series as well as the “more recent stuff” on the contentious Netflix series, a fictional dramatisation based on real events about Harry’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth.

Asked if he has watched the show, Harry said: “Yes, I have watched ‘The Crown’.

“The older stuff and the more recent stuff.”

In a new interview with ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ he was asked if he did any “fact-checking” while watching ‘The Crown,’ and he replied,: “Yes, I do actually. Which, by the way, is another reason why it’s so important that history has it right.”

After branding it a “inaccurate and hurtful account of history,” Dame Judi Dench called for a “fiction” warning to be placed on episodes, and Netflix has since agreed to put a disclaimer on the home page alerting viewers it is fictional, but not at the start of every episode.

But Elizabeth Debicki – who plays Harry’s late mother Princess Diana in series five – recently insisted the show is “clearly fictional”.

“I understand what the show is and what it’s trying to do,” she said. I can also understand the reaction.

“I think this is a period of time that’s been told many times over and will continue to be told, and I know the degree of care and respect people enter into these stories with.

“I mean, it is clearly fictional. I feel like audiences know that, because there are actors, playing parts. I never watched ‘The Crown’ and thought, this is a documentary, or this is obviously true.”

Prince Harry admits of watching ‘ The Crown’

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