UK Government Urges Netflix to Add Disclaimer to "The Crown”

According to the UK government Netflix should add a disclaimer to its famous show “The Crown”, making it clear that the series is a fictionalized drama work.

The UK’s Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden spoke to the Mail earlier today, Sunday, November 29th saying, “It’s a beautifully produced work of fiction, so as with other TV productions, Netflix should be very clear at the beginning it is just that.”

“Without this, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact.”

Dowden’s remarks came only a week after the fourth season of “The Crown” was called out by ABC an Australian broadcaster for putting words into the mouth of Bob Hawke, the UK’s former prime minister as well as a number of other historical inaccuracies.

Also, Charles Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother told ITV last weekend regarding the show’s inaccuracies, said: “Americans tell me they have watched The Crown as if they have taken a history lesson. Well, they haven’t. it is very hard, there is a lot of conjecture and a lot of invention, isn’t there? You can hang it on fact but the bits in between are not fact.”

“The Crown”, a Netflix Drama, traces the life of Queen Elizabeth the second from her wedding in 1947 and until the present day with its fourth season focusing on the time period from 1977 to 1990. It introduces Prince William and Lady Diana Spencer, their wedding, and their Australia and New Zealand 1983 tour.

The season also narrates a number of important historical events including the Falklands War, Michael Fagan's break-in at Buckingham Palace, Lord Mountbatten's funeral, the Princess of Wales's appearance at the Barnardo's Champion Children Awards, and Margaret Thatcher's departure from the office.

It is worth mentioning that according to The Sun, just under 29 million viewers from around the world watched the show only in its first week which is 600 thousand more people than who watched the British TV coverage of the actual royal weeding of Prince William and Princess Diana in 1981.