Dame Judi Dench has criticised The Crown, saying that she fears viewers “may take its version of history as being wholly true”.
In a letter to The Times , the 87-year-old icon branded the drama based around the lives of the royal family “cruelly unjust” and “damaging”. The actress went on to urge Netflix to consider putting a disclaimer on the show to inform viewers that the events depicted are fictionalised.
Her comments come after former Prime Minister Sir John Major voiced similar concerns ahead of the hit Netflix show’s fifth series, which is due to air on the platform on 9 November. The criticisms come amid reports of scenes that will feature in forthcoming episodes, which Dame Judi described as “wounding” and Sir John dubbed “malicious nonsense”.
