"The Crown": Controversy over the portrayal of Diana's accidental death

The excitement about the upcoming new season of the Netflix series "The Crown" is unbroken.

"The Crown": Controversy over the portrayal of Diana's accidental death

The excitement about the upcoming new season of the Netflix series "The Crown" is unbroken. As the British tabloid magazine "The Sun" now reports, a massive argument about planned scenes is said to have developed in the responsible crew. Bone of contention: The depiction of the accidental death of Princess Diana (1961-1997) in Paris. The bosses have triggered great anger among the employees with their plans, it is said. One is afraid that "a limit has been crossed".

Filming in Paris has not yet been completed. An insider reported to the newspaper that the crew had actively resisted implementation ideas that were already on the table. It is not known in detail what the problem with the script was. However, some employees would have found it tactless if the original plans had been implemented. When asked by "The Sun", Netflix only revealed: "The exact moment of the impact will not be shown." A spokesperson for the series said it was a "fictional dramatization."

Recently, the upcoming fifth season of "The Crown" has been in the headlines again and again, although it will only be shown from November 9th. Among other things, an alleged affair of Queen's husband Prince Philip (1926-2021) is discussed. Even the most intimate moments of King Charles III's failed marriage. and Princess Diana are said to be part of the series. Among other things, it should be seen how Charles repeatedly breaks out of his marriage to Diana and flees to his lover Camilla Parker Bowles, today's Queen Consort Camilla (75).

The fifth season of "The Crown" is about the 1990s in the British royal family, it is said to end with the accidental deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed (1955-1997) on August 31, 1997. A sixth and final season The show - which has retold the life of Queen Elizabeth II since 1947 - was commissioned by Netflix and is rumored to end in 2002 or 2005.

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