Netflix has been branded "cruel, sadistic and wicked" for recreating Princess Diana's final hours in hit drama The Crown.
The late Princess of Wales died alongside boyfriend Dodi Fayed while travelling in a limousine through a Paris tunnel on August 31, 1997.
The Crown is set to release the fifth season of the popular drama on November 9 with 10 new episodes but will recreate the tragic scenes of Princess Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki, and her last moments.
The scenes have brought scathing views from one of her confidants, Simone Simmons, who has said they will back the "most painful" time in Prince William and Prince Harry's lives.
She told The Sun : "These are cruel, sadistic and wicked people to recreate these moments. They are the lowest of the low.
"They are rewriting history as they go along and that’s what makes me very angry.
" Netflix are deliberately reviving the most painful time in the boys’ lives. It’s forcing them to relive the pain, agony, and psychological torment they suffered when their mother died.
"Why do these callous, insensitive people feel the need to recreate that horrible day?"
The show chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s, when she ascended the throne to more recent times. The longest reigning monarch in British history died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle on September 8.
In the upcoming season, trailers reveal that it will delve into some of the biggest scandals that hit the royal family, many of them involving the new King.
One of the most controversial being when Charles, who was Prince of Wales at the time, was seen plotting to expose the Queen and suggested that she should have been jailed.
Royal circles have claimed that the show "smears the new monarch and is set to be part of a double-whammy Netflix assault on the Royal family ".
The release of Harry and Meghan's documentary is set to be launched in December on the streaming service.
Netflix has received backlash from Dame Judi Dench, who said The Crown has begun to verge on "crude sensationalism", while former prime minister Sir John Major voiced his concerns about the content of the new series.
A spokeswoman for The Crown said: "The Crown has always been presented as a drama based on historical events.
"Series five is a fictional dramatisation, imagining what could have happened behind closed doors during a significant decade for the royal family – one that has already been scrutinised and well-documented by journalists, biographers and historians."
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