Since watching the final instalment of The Crown, some royal fans want to know a little more about Porchey in The Crown, the Queen's close confidant in the series. So who was he in real life?
In The Crown, season 6 part 2, Queen Elizabeth II discovered that her close friend Porchey had died after suffering from a heart attack on September 11th 2001, the same day as the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City. In the series, the Queen tells Princess Margaret, "He collapsed watching the news. Heart attack. Poor Jean."
