Former prime ministers Sir John Major and Sir Tony Blair have hit out at The Crown’s depiction of them. The forthcoming fifth series is expected to show Charles, played by Dominic West, cutting short a holiday with Diana, Princess of Wales, to host a secret meeting with Major at Highgrove in 1991, at which they discuss potentially ousting the Queen.
Major wrote in a letter to The Telegraph that it “will be profoundly hurtful to a family who are still grieving for the very person on whose life the entire drama was founded”. Charles is reportedly shown trying to recruit Blair as an ally to protect his future and pave the way for him to marry Camilla, shortly after the 1997 general election.
Blair’s spokesman told the publication: “It should come as no surprise that this is complete and utter rubbish.” In his letter, Major said: “Netflix may well take the view that any publicity is good publicity.
