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David Kent

The Crown new series date as King Charles warned to 'look away' by viewers

Sky News anchor Kay Burley has warned King Charles that he may need to 'look away' when the new series of The Crown hits screens later in the year.

The Netflix drama, which tells the tale of the Royal Family - though has taken creative license on more than one occasion - returns on the streaming platform on November 9.

Season four ended with Prince Charles and Princess Diana having marital issues - with season five sure to pick up where it left off, focusing on the 1990s.

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Dominic West steps in to the role of Charles, with Elizabeth Debicki portraying Diana.

But it seems the new King may be left squirming if he decides to tune in next month - that's according to Burley who got a sneak preview of the fifth series.

She took to social media to say: "Just had an exclusive preview of the latest series of #TheCrown King Charles look away now!"

We've even been given two new posters to promote the season too.

Both feature Charles and Diana, with Imelda Staunton's Queen Elizabeth II lurking.

Netflix has defended The Crown after its upcoming fifth series was criticised as 'malicious nonsense'.

Former Prime Minister John Major will be shown in a storyline which sees King Charles plotting to persuade his mother to abdicate from the throne back in 1991.

During the first episode which airs on November 9, Charles summons Major to a meeting and schemes to oust the Queen.

The Netflix show reportedly features an imagined conversation between Major and the late Queen, described as “nothing other than damaging and malicious fiction” and “a barrel-load of nonsense peddled for no other reason than to provide maximum – and entirely false – dramatic impact”, a spokesperson for the former PM has said.

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