Dame Judi Dench has slammed The Crown for "crude sensationalism" and has called for a disclaimer to be added to each episode.
The acting veteran said while Netflix has made previous statements that the show is a "fictionalised drama", there is a very real risk that "a significant number of viewers" will believe the events depicted are historically accurate. She also noted that some of the things featured in the new series may be "damaging" to the monarchy and cannot go unchallenged.
Dame Judi's criticisms were made in a letter to the Times, after previous concerns were voiced by former Prime Minister Sir John Major ahead of The Crown's fifth season launch on November 9. Sir Major criticised the upcoming season as depicting the King - then Prince of Wales - as plotting to overthrow the queen as "malicious nonsense".
