King Charles, John Major & Tory elders want people to boycott ‘The Crown’

Buckle up, bitches! Buckingham Palace has commenced their full-throated campaign against… a TV show. King Charles has been on the throne for less than two months and he’s already using all of the tools at his disposal to… whine about The Crown. King Charles’s message is “please boycott The Crown, because I said so!” Millions and millions of dollars of free press for one of Netflix’s biggest hits. None of these people have ever heard of the Streisand Effect. So, Buckingham Palace arranged a full briefing for the Mail on Sunday, and they even roped in former Prime Minister John Major to complain about the show. As always, the biggest complaint is “historical accuracy.” As always, no one is saying that The Crown is a documentary. Everyone knows that’s a dramatization and that Peter Morgan is trying to get the broad strokes right. Some highlights from the MoS’s front-page story:

A hurtful smear!! Friends called the portrayal of the new monarch as a disloyal schemer ‘false, unfair and deeply wounding’ and urged viewers to boycott the hit Netflix show. The new series, due to be screened next month, shows Charles lobbying Prime Minister John Major in a bizarre attempt to force his mother’s abdication. But Sir John told The Mail on Sunday the meeting never happened and called the scene a ‘barrel load of malicious nonsense’.

Made-up dialogue!! Another well-placed source said: ‘All the dialogue is completely made up. All the one-to-one conversations you see on screen are utter fiction and some scenes have been entirely created for dramatic and commercial purposes with little regard for the truth. People should be boycotting it.’

The first episode of Season 5 is ‘Queen Victoria Syndrome’: The first episode of the forthcoming fifth series is set in 1991, against a background of speculation about the future of the monarchy and Charles’s constitutional role. The Crown’s writers suggest that Charles believed his mother, then 65, was repeating Queen Victoria’s mistakes by refusing to stand aside for a younger heir. But critics point out that Charles was in reality acutely aware that abdication was unthinkable and would devalue the institution.

These people are ridiculous: Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby, a friend of the King, said of the latest fabrication: ‘The Crown is full of nonsense, but this is nonsense on stilts.’ And royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith added: ‘The events depicted here are outrageous and totally fictional. This programme is doing significant damage to people’s perception of history and their perception of the Royal Family. It has been packed full of malicious lies from the beginning but this level of abuse is now beyond the pale.’

LOL, The Crown will show Charles briefing against his mother: The Prince, played by Dominic West, is shown actively briefing against the Queen who he believes is too old and too out of touch. Such is his determination to draw the Prime Minister into his conspiracy that he is shown cutting short a holiday with Princess Diana and William and Harry to race back to London. Summoning Mr Major, played by Trainspotting star Jonny Lee Miller, to a private meeting, he asks him to keep their discussions secret. In their exchange, Charles hints that the monarchy should follow the lead of the Conservative Party which a year earlier had ousted Mrs Thatcher in favour of the younger Major. He says: ‘What makes the Conservative Party the successful electoral force that it is? ‘Its instinct for renewal and its willingness to make way for someone younger.’

Tory elders are getting in on the action: Sir Malcom Rifkind, Foreign Secretary under Mr Major, said the implication that the Prince was pressing the PM to encourage the Queen to make way for him was ‘pathetic and absurd’, adding: ‘At the time, the Queen was in her 60s – younger than the King is today. It’s pure fantasy which is what we have come to expect from this particular programme.’ David Mellor, who also served in Mr Major’s Government, called the episode ‘bunkum’.

John Major is mad?? Several of The Crown’s storylines are likely to prove deeply hurtful to Sir John, who is known to have been close to the late Queen. In one scene, during a private conversation with his wife Norma, he describes the senior Royals as ‘dangerously deluded and out of touch’ and the junior Royals as ‘feckless, entitled and lost’. But a spokesman for the Majors said: ‘What you report as depicted in the script has never been their view, never would be their view, and never will be their view.’

[From The Daily Mail]

One of the best parts of The Crown is when Peter Morgan shows the absurd, archaic reality of prime ministers trotting over to the Palace for their meetings with the Queen, and the absurdity of having to fly up to Balmoral during the summer too. One of the best parts of Season 4 was seeing Margaret Thatcher (who came up through humble working class roots) suddenly realize that the Windsors are uneducated, provincial trash. As for this specific storyline about Charles wanting his mother to abdicate… he did want that. He made remarks about that in his interview with Jonathan Dimbleby in the 1990s too, that he was eager to take over if only his mother would just retire or abdicate. Charles briefed against his mother consistently for decades and it’s a f–king joke to pretend like he didn’t. Again, of course the dialogue is “made up” – it’s a dramatization not a documentary. Morgan, as always, aims to get the broad strokes right.

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  1. OriginalLala says:

    Methinks they doth protest too much!

    • Cessily says:

      The broad strokes must be very close to the actual facts.. I think it would be a very telling move if the only country not allowed to view The Crown is Netflix UK.

    • ThatsNotOkay says:

      If he thought his mom was too old at 65, what does that make him at 70-something?! That’s one of his biggest fears: that people will see the hypocrisy and say he should step aside for William. When he just got the job. No, he says, William will have to pry this crown out of his cold dead father’s hands. Just like everyone else b has to before then.

  2. SarahCS says:

    Yes, do keep telling us not to watch this (on the front page of newspapers). How could that possibly backfire?

    They are so petty and thin skinned it is AMAZING to see this play out. All this money and resource at your fingertips and you are still this bad at PR and image management? Wow, if you truly are ordained by god I am delighted to be an atheist.

    • ML says:

      Yes @SarahCS, this could be a diversion tactic considering how incredibly unpopular the Tories have made themselves since QE2 passed away. We’ve been watching the lettuce: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-RE95lKJ0
      I honestly find it difficult to believe that John Major would be THAT upset about a fictitious TV show. On the other hand the conservative chaos must be eating at him.

    • Tacky says:

      Charles is really proving that no press is bad press. I tried watching the first season but found it slow and boring. I will, however, be tuning into this season to see if it lives up to Charles’ hype.

      • ShazBot says:

        And that’s the funny thing – the royals loved the first few seasons of the show!

      • SomeChick says:

        season 4 was pretty good. all the Thatcher stuff is so depressing tho. I could hardly wait for her to get ousted. just like in real life!

    • JackieJacks says:

      Wasn’t there a big discussion about that a few years back tho? Like because KCIII was so unpopular he should step aside and let William and Kate rule? Ugh what really needs to happen is the entire thing needs to be thrown away!!!
      No more Sovereign Grant and make everything a museum etc.

  3. Digital Unicorn says:

    JLM in that John Major getup is strangely sexy – even boring’d up to look grey/old I still would.

    I’ll see myself out.

  4. Miranda says:

    God, I really hope that Peter Morgan will keep The Crown going long enough to depict the monarchy losing their shit over…The Crown. It’d be like The Disaster Artist, except that Charles and his sycophants just might be even MORE deluded than Tommy Wiseau.

  5. kayfree says:

    The issue as pointed out above is that this season has tons of source material. You can read the authorized biographies and watch the interviews. The Crown is simply portraying history while the firm frantically tries to rewrite or bury it.

  6. Danbury says:

    The fact that they are doing this could be a plot line straight out of the show itself …

  7. Eleonor says:

    Netflix should send baskets gifts to all these people to thank them for all the free pr

  8. April Underwater says:

    I keep thinking that it must be truly awful to work for these people, so much so that literally no one with a modicum of expertise will take on the role.

    The Crown is going to be the No 1 watched show for the next year at this rate. Brb gonna rewatch seasons 1-4 real quick.

  9. Jay says:

    Well, Mr. Major, that’s exactly what you WOULD say if you had somewhat seditious secret conversations about overthrowing the now dead monarch with her son, isn’t it?

  10. Amy T says:

    This season of The Crown is going to be incandescent in all of the best ways! So kind of the king and his minions to do all this free promotion, not that Netflix or Morgan really need it.

  11. Janey says:

    I would assume that those people who will watch the crown pay no attention the front page of the mail. bleat all you like to that rag. I feel a bit sad that the dullest. greyest man in the history of British politics might be given a bit of charisma by Jonny Lee Miller but I shall persevere.

    • Bettyrose says:

      Doesn’t matter. People will watch the Crown irrespective of whether they read that rag, have sworn fealty to Charles, are 12th generation palace guards, bend the knee daily before they’ve even had cornflakes. And if they weren’t planning to before, they are now.

    • MissMarirose says:

      By running this article that feels the need to explain how fiction works, the Mail essentially admits that its readership is dumber than an 8-year-old and lacks the most basic ability to sort fact from fiction.

  12. Jan says:

    Great publicity for the Crown in England, without Netflix spending a £ in advertising.
    Guess they gave up on telling Harry to leave Netflix, since it was not going to happen.
    The BRF lurch from one scandal to another, now deceased uncle Dickie victims will have a trial, finally. No wonder Tampon was drawn to pedophiles, was around it all his life.

  13. Birdie says:

    My favorite part is that Netflix is going to start reporting viewing figures in the UK just in time for the Crown. We’ll be able to see exactly how many people watched it (vs the funeral, the Jubilee, the coronation…)

    • SAS says:

      Oh Birdie that is delicious .

      I haven’t watched since s1 but I’m finding the kingly snit fit so hilarious I’ll be streaming this season as soon as it lands!

  14. Harla A Brazen Hussy says:

    While I’ve liked previous seasons of the Crown, I’m not a huge fan, probably like a lot of people out there, but the constant meltdowns by the palaces are making me even more intrigued and I’ll definitely be watching it, probably like a lot of others. This constant drip of whining is such a bad look for the new king, all that money, all that prestige and still such an idiot.

    • FarFromRealTV says:

      I stopped watching it largely because as it moved into the present, and into an era I know better than I should, I found it aggravating. The fake Charles and Camilla love affair (fake as in, Camilla was never his one and only) and the poor-me Charles was more than I could handle. And I don’t wanna see a both sidesing of Chuck and Di. I understand Chucky more than I care to, and I still don’t need his side and more paraded around.

  15. Emmi says:

    Some scenes have been entirely created for dramatic and commercial purposes. Some??? So most are actually close to the truth of what happened? These people are utterly idiotic. This is so shambolic, they are looking more and more pathetic every day.

    Cannot wait for season 5, it’s such a good show. LOL “Trainspotting star Jonny Lee Miller” – I can’t stop laughing. They don’t think he’s good enough, do they? The man is completely underrated and will do an excellent job although the wig kind of kills my attraction.

    • Becks1 says:

      That stood out to me too!! so you’re saying that some scenes are actually what happened??

      and of course the private conversations aren’t verbatim conversations from 1992. It’s like they’re so desperate to remind people that this is a fictionalized account of what happened that they’re confirming most of it.

      • Bama says:

        According to the RR and BRF-
        -Scenes that make Charles, QEII, Camilla, or William look good = GOOD and TRUE
        -Scenes that make someone other than Charles, QEII, Camilla, or William look good = BAD and MAYBE TRUE
        -Scenes that make Charles, QEII, Camilla, or William look bad = VERY BAD and VERY UNTRUE

  16. Snuffles says:

    Where did my comment go? Hmmmph

    Anyhoo, this confirms to me that no one in The Firm has any sense. This plan is jokes and practically a gift to Netflix. Literally the worst idea ever.

    • Becks1 says:

      Who puts a TV show on the front page of a major paper in an attempt to get people to NOT watch it?? LOL.

      • Flowerlake says:

        I know right?

        I’m not a politician, but even I know it’s dumb to put the spotlights on an opponent like this, lol!

  17. EmVMe says:

    All their protesting literally makes me want to start watching the series. So much for never complain/explain.

  18. The Duchess says:

    Netflix must be loving all of this free publicity right now. I hope they’re cackling with laugher!

  19. Noki says:

    So the PM truly has to go and see the Monarch weekly?

    • Becks1 says:

      Yes. I’m not sure if he/she “has” to or if its just protocol/tradition at this point, but the queen met with the PMs weekly, even during Covid it was all phone calls and zooms.

  20. BlueSky says:

    FFS just bringing more attention to this. People who aren’t even interested in the BRF are now going to watch to see what the fuss is all about. KCIII is a toddler and is mad that he can’t control this. I hope the crown stays in the top 10 for a f@cking month.

  21. Tessa says:

    Lol they are just going to give it higher ratings.charles is trying too hard to censor it.

  22. Tessa says:

    Sally b.smith gaslit Diana. Not surprised she is upset.

  23. Tessa says:

    I think there will be an up tick on Netflix subscriptions.

  24. Miss Jupitero says:

    Oh these silly English kiniggits…. Netflix is no doubt brewing up some cappuccinos and grinning over this. You can’t buy this kind of publicity. Continue Chuck, continue….

    • BeanieBean says:

      Had to google that, ‘silly English Kniggits’, which led me to the Monty Python scene at the castle. Thanks! Think I’ll re-watch that again this evening.

  25. Caitriona says:

    I’ve never watched The Crown. I’m going to now. Thanks for the recommendation Kingie!

  26. Jessie Quinton says:

    Considering they’re going to lose the 4th PM in 7 years this week and polling shows that if we held a general election today the party would become extinct, I would think the Tories have bigger fish to fry than the RF’s hurt ego at a time like this….

    • Snoodle says:

      Wait, Truss is leaving? She just got there!

      • Talia says:

        And has managed to basically torpedo the British economy. She’s just had to install as Chancellor a man who supported her biggest opponent in the leadership contest (said opponent campaigned on the basis she would destroy the British economy).

        The new Chancellor has cancelled almost all her financial decisions and made it clear he is now in charge of the economy and won’t be listening to a word she says.

        To describe her as a lame duck is a massive understatement.

      • sparrow says:

        Lots of Tory MPs are pushing for her to go. And the real awful news – Boris could come back. It is a disaster for us.

  27. MsIam says:

    Aren’t these some of the same people who said that Meghan should have just ignored what was put out there about her? Hmmm….

    • Amy Bee says:

      Exactly. They should take their own advice.

    • lanne says:

      I know, the hypocrisy is eyeroll inducing.

      What happened to never complain, never explain? Oh yeah, that’s always been bullshit. The Crown is what it is. They loved the crown in seasons 1-3. Surely they had some idea that later seasons would follow? All the royals are doing is guaranteeing there will be a Crown 7 (Waity Katie years, wedding, Harry in Afghanistan) and season 8 (Sussexit!), and likely sooner rather than later.

    • MaryContrary says:

      THIS TIMES 100

  28. aquarius64 says:

    These idiots need to shut up about the show. The only reason I could see for the temper tantrums is internal polling show how people really think of the monarchy. There have been protests for Scottish and Welsh independence (and no more Prince of Wales) , current economic crisis in Britain, plans for a scaled down (but splashy) coronation, Camilla crowned with a looted jewel, Ghislaine Maxwell back in the news supporting Andrew, and the late Lord Monbatten posthumously charged with sexual abuse of a 11 yr old boy. Yet Harry and Meghan are the problem.

    • Brassy Rebel says:

      That Mountbatten news means Harry and Meghan better buckle up. They’re going to go after them HARD this week.

    • Paulkid says:

      Explain, complain and distract.

    • Talia says:

      Ghislane is many things but she’s not stupid. She isn’t supporting Andrew, she’s putting the boot in by pretending to support him. It will be interesting to see what she is angling for.

  29. Amy Bee says:

    The glee that Charles had after his mother died basically confirmed that he wanted her to step aside a long time ago. Netflix couldn’t be happier with the free press that the Palace is giving them for the Crown.

  30. littlegossipboy says:

    The more they cry for boycotts the more people are intrigued…. keep going.

  31. Tessa says:

    Earl Spencer reported Charles told him that he was lucky he inherited early

  32. Eurydice says:

    And Maxwell’s dear friend Andrew – so many chickens coming home to roost. If I were Charles, I worry about William being “closer than ever” – that’s how you get stabbed in the back.

    • The Hench says:

      Yeah, it was a real choice of the Mail to put that headline and photo of Ghislaine associating herself with ‘good friend’ Andrew right over this supposed support of Charles. The Media are loving the drama – it’s their favourite thing.

      • Eurydice says:

        Yes, the other day I thought that the invisible contract was being renegotiated, but now I wonder if the contract has been broken.

      • The Hench says:

        Honestly, @ Eurydice, I think every now and then the media like to remind the Royals who is wearing the leash and who is holding it. The invisible contract will be ripped up by the media the second it suits them.

  33. Miss Jupitero says:

    I’m waiting for them to wheel 8n the Trojan Rabbit…..

    • Miss Jupitero says:

      behind the knoll:
      Arthur: (to Bedevere) What happens now?
      Bedevere: Well, now, uh, Launcelot, Galahad and I, uh, wait until nightfall,
      and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the French, uh, by suprise.
      Not only by suprise, but totally alarmed!
      Arthur: *Who* leaps out?
      Bedevere: (pointing to each knight as he names him) Uh… Launcelot, Galahad,
      and I…. uh, leap out of the rabbit, uh, and, uh….
      Launcelot: (groans)
      Bedevere: (pause) Oh… um, look, if we built this large wooden Badger….
      Arthur knocks him on the head.

      Just then, the rabbit comes soaring over the castle wall. The party disbands
      amid great shouts of “Run away, run away!”, but the rabbit lands on yet
      another helpless footman.

  34. lanne says:

    Hey Courtiers reading Celebitchy, here’s some free advice:

    1. Instruct your bosses to simply smile enigmatically whenever anyone brings up the Crown (have them practice in the mirror). A lesser royal such as Anne or Edward could give a cheeky smile to a reporter and say, “well, I really liked season one. I haven’t caught the rest.”

    2. Have same lesser royal, or perhaps Sophie instead, sigh diplomatically and say, “Well, we’ve all found ourselves fictionalized on TV before, so this will be no different. I expect the audience understands that the show is a fictionalization. The creator calls it fiction, not history. I’m really having a great time at this fruit festival! I’m glad to be here to support British produce!”

    3. Instruct Chuckles and Wails to say nothing at all about the Crown. Have a courtier say something like, “they know, as public figures, there will be interest in their lives, and that their lives will be fictionalized for the screen. It isn’t always comfortable to experience, but the royals are far too busy thinking about (something about the British economy falling to pieces).

    4. Give this script to the Wails: ” What do I think of the Crown? Well, I haven’t been thinking much about the Crown. I’ve been thinking about (something important) that I will be (engaging in today or tomorrow–aka work).

    There. easy. That’s how you manage the royals as a courtier. Make them look royal, as if they are above worrying about silly entertainment, especially as the UK ain’t exactly roses and sunshine these days.

    Have the royals do what you counciled Meghan to do: Just ignore the bad press. It happens to all of us, remember? The royals shouldn’t be whining from their palaces. The news cycle is going to be what it will be. You know, like Meghan had to deal with all those slanderous books about her. She and Harry just waited out the news cycle, and then they kept their focus on their projects. Your way right now is sending thousands of people to look up archives of Tampongate and the Panorama interview. Too many Netflix watchers were there to see this era play out in real time.

    • Deering24 says:

      👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 An academic question, lanne—if the RF offered you carte-blanche and total control of their PR, would you take the gig? 🙃🙃

    • Nuks says:

      💯 Exactly. Excellent examples. People aren’t stupid, they know it’s entertainment, so let them enjoy their shows. People are interested in the Royals and that’s good. They better be freaking grateful that people are interested enough to support a show like this. The mystique, the controversy; that’s power. They should embrace it. Villainy is very powerful, and they should just smile and look the other way and let people think what they want. Shrug it off: “I understand why people like the sensational parts, but it’s fictionalized for entertainment value, not because it’s reality.”

      Oh and the doc got postponed, bummer.

  35. Sara says:

    I absolutely read the headline as “John Mayer” and couldn’t figure out why he was wading into this whole thing.

  36. Lusaka mummy says:

    Lanne

    I read somewhere that they (The Crown) only touch on stories that are 20 years old and above, therefore, Meghan and Harry’s story is out of the picture.

  37. girl_ninja says:

    Charles obsession with the Crown and trying to discredit it tells me that there is more truth in the fiction than he was anyone to know. He and his mistress really tried to destroy Diana. My heart breaks for her.

    I think that Charles told Will that the would give he and his lazy wife the Prince and Princess of Wales titles along with that duchy money in exchange for Will undermining his mother with that disgusting statement.

    What a horrible man Charles is.

  38. Sassy says:

    You know when you read a book and they put all the references* on a couple of pages at the back? The producers should add a scene to the credits where they show the inspiration for the episode – blah blah book by blah Dimbleby, Daily Mail front page dated – insert date here – You get the idea. Imagine the meltdown!!!

    • Snuffles says:

      I’ve been saying that Netflix should include a companion piece showing the real story featured I each episode.

  39. Nick G says:

    This is rich…”significant damage to people’s perception of history and their perception of the Royal Family”… Quick, who are the first group you can think of trying to alter the perception of history and the Royal Family?

  40. Mabs A'Mabbin says:

    I’ve only watched season one, but I will finish now. Thanks GB!

  41. Harper says:

    Isn’t there a hunt or a weekend drinks party C-Rex and/or John Major can attend to take their minds off of this when it drops? Seems like William will have to be on call now more than ever to soothe C-Rex.

  42. Soporificat says:

    Ok, well, now I have to watch The Crown. Seriously, I had no interest in it before. I don’t care about “royalty” in general, and these particulat idiots seem really horrible yet boring. However, now I’m watching it for sure! Good job on the PR, people!

  43. Maddie says:

    Charles is doing way more to protect his and Camilla’s reputation from this show than he ever did for his son and daughter in law who was suicidal from the tabloids. To be fair all he has ever done is protect himself and Camilla at the expense of his sons

  44. Lilpeppa40 says:

    Because this push is such terrible PR and just so overdone, I actually wonder if the Windsors have been fairly quiet around the Crown this season but the media just wants to shit stir cuz they’re angry and bored because I cannot understand this blanket coverage as an actual tactic to try and get ppl not to watch…

  45. Vanessa says:

    So England is currently dealing with heating cost money issues and people panicked about the coming winter . But King Charles thinks it’s best to use his time complaining about the crown and trying to get people to boycott because it will remind them how shitty of person he and Camilla are . Newflash everyone from the U.K. to the United States knows that Charles is nothing but a insecure horrible man who made Diana life hell and Camilla was side chick throughout their marriage it’s been documented with interviews and books do this people realize that everything is out in the open online the public can look up Diana interviews Charles interviews it’s on the internet. This is the same thing they did when Meghan and Harry Oprah interview was coming out they complained They try to get head of what they thought Meghan and Harry would say and end up telling on themselves. When Meghan and Harry we’re dealing and still dealing with the press harassment they were told to just ignore it they were being too sensitive but the moment it’s charles and company they pull the fully weight of the press and their lackeys to try to get the public to boycott a tv show .

  46. Jaded says:

    “He [John Major] describes the senior Royals as ‘dangerously deluded and out of touch’ and the junior Royals as ‘feckless, entitled and lost’.” Well colour me surprised…you got that right!

  47. Agreatreckoning says:

    “It has been packed full of malicious lies from the beginning but this level of abuse is now beyond the pale.’”.

    SBS is confusing the RR’s/BM/BRF smear campaign against Meghan with The Crown.

  48. February Pisces says:

    Johnny lee miller playing John major and Dominic west playing Charles! The Crown have been too kind to these people.

    • Snoodle says:

      Well, they gotta throw the audience a bone here and there. I think casting choices that do John Major and Charles proper justice would just result in the audience calling the show a steaming pile of horse dung because it’s so boring and impossible to connect with the characters.

  49. DeluxeDuckling says:

    So excited for all this trashtastic drama and bad wigs! 💙 CAN’T WAIT

  50. Lrob says:

    What silly silly people they are.

  51. QuiteContrary says:

    Charles clearly cannot think clearly, having spent so much time imagining himself as Camilla’s tampon.

  52. Incognito08 says:

    KC3’s bellyaching is hilarious. Whatever happened to the RF’s mantra, “Never complain, don’t explain”?

  53. Elsa says:

    I wouldn’t miss it for the world!

  54. Beverley says:

    I just subscribed to Netflix. Can’t wait!

  55. J. Ferber says:

    Hope their boycott will cause the Streisand Effect.

  56. starfish29 says:

    The biggest problem that the crown has always posed for chuckles & co. is that they were inevitably going to reach the point in the story that most people who are alive today remember vividly. They keep trying to tell people not to believe what they saw with their own eyes and it’s not a winning argument.

  57. jferber says:

    starfish29, yes one hundred percent. I’ve told this story many times on this site, I think, but I’ll go for one more time. My family visited London about 12 or 13 years ago. In Buckingham Palace, a part was open for the public and people could eat outside. In the gift shop, there were NO, absolutely ZERO images of Princess Diana. I asked a guard about that, and she said, “She doesn’t live in the palace and she’s not a royal.” I was stunned. Poor Diana was DEAD. How could she live in the palace? And she WAS a royal and always will be. Throughout the trip, I only saw one image of Diana, a card with her face on it and I bought it. So, yes, they were erasing her then and even before that, I’m sure. So Charles is BIG MAD that anyone dare remember her, her true story and her short life. I will always hate Charles for that and he is a stunted, malignant blight on that godforsaken country.

  58. Julia K says:

    Are none of these people parents? The very best way to get a child to do something is tell him not to do it. This boycott is going nowhere.

  59. L4Frimaire says:

    This is hilarious how they keep going on about this show. Definitely gonna watch it now. Someone on Twitter posted an article from the LA Times in the 90s about Charles wanting his mother to abdicate, so it did happen. I wonder if they’ll bring up Majors own extramarital affair. As they like to say, they can always sue or ban it. Good luck with that.

  60. Robin Samuels says:

    Today I took a deep breath and watched The Princess on HBO Max in preparation for The Crown season 5. I knew it would break my heart and cause me to dislike Charles and Camilla even more. Of course, I wept like it was 1997. I saw something I had never observed in previous viewings of different films. When the family came to London to see the flowers and well-wishers, Charles and William left traumatized Harry alone in the street and approached the onlookers to shake hands. Only after one of the women in the crowd acknowledged Harry did he become part of the interaction. Charles believed those people came to offer him their condolence; he is a cold-hearted, self-centered troll.
    I read the slapback from Netflix, and I love it. The numerous books, documentaries, and talk shows evolve around the courtship, marriage, separation, divorce, and Diana’s death, but we must boycott the Crown.
    Charles’ ultimate desire was the Crown, then Camilla, never Diana. I understand if Harry chooses not to attend the Clown Show, aka coronation.

    • Tessa says:

      Charles also had rejected Diana a few years before she died
      Charles was there to comfort their sons but he had divorced her. Less than a year later he was using will and Harry to promote Camilla

    • sparrow says:

      Didn’t Charles say something at Harry’s birth that was totally pathetic – “oh no, he’s got red hair” or some such – and then speed off to play polo?

  61. MizzLizz says:

    Chuck should be falling to his knees in gratitude and amazement at being played by Dominic West! And leave it at that!

    • sparrow says:

      Yes. Exactly. He should be delighted and settle in with a cup of tea. What a compliment. Unless he really thinks he’s that good looking.

  62. sparrow says:

    That photo of John Major, or the actor. He looks like David Hockney.