Netflix defends The Crown after Sir John Major brands upcoming scenes 'nonsense'
Jonny Lee Miller will play then Prime Minister John Major in the forthcoming fifth series of The Crownthat a scene which apparently depicts a plot to oust the late Queen was "a barrel-load of malicious nonsense".
"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."Sir John Major, pictured in 2021, described a plot depicted in The Crown as "a barrel-load of malicious nonsense"
The new series is released on Netflix on 9 November and is expected to show Prince Charles cutting short a holiday with Diana, Princess of Wales to host a secret meeting with Sir John , at his private residence, Highgrove, in 1991. last year: "They [The Crown] don't pretend to be news. It's fictional. But it's loosely based on the truth. Of course, it's not strictly accurate, of course not, but loosely it gives you a rough idea about what that lifestyle, the pressures of putting duty and service above family and everything else, what can come from that."
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