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Prince Harry has confirmed that he watches the controversial Netflix series The Crown, laughing as he reveals in a new TV interview that he has watched the “most recent” episodes portraying “sensational” accounts of his late mother Diana’s battle with bulimia and their bitter divorce. of Carlos
The 38-year-old made the admission during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with a preview of the pre-recorded sit-in capturing Harry cracking up as he jokes to the TV host that he’s ‘fact checking’. -Show criticized.
“Yeah, I’ve actually seen The Crown,” Harry, who has a $100 million production deal with Netflix, told Colbert after the host asked if he’d seen the series.
The oldest things and the newest things.
Harry then burst out laughing and mimicked taking notes as Colbert asked if he was “fact checking” the show, before admitting, “Yes, actually I am.”
Prince Harry has confirmed that he watches The Crown, revealing during an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he has seen “older stuff and newer stuff.”
The 38-year-old’s admission that he has seen more recent episodes suggests that he has seen the highly dramatized depiction of his parents’ bitter divorce.
He then suggested that The Crown does not offer a completely factual version of events, before pointing to his book as an apparent example of accuracy, saying, “That’s why it’s so important that history be right.”
Despite his jovial response to the question, the duke’s admission that he has seen multiple episodes of the show is likely to spark angry criticism and questions about why he and his wife Meghan Markle have continued to work with streaming giant Netflix, despite of his brutal portrayal of the royal family. – and Harry’s parents in particular.
The fifth season of the series, which is its most recent, provoked a bitter reaction for its ‘malicious’ storylines, which included agonizing depictions of the breakdown of Carlos and Diana’s marriage, as well as a fictional scene in which the future is seen. King plotting to overthrow the Queen.
The latest stories have been widely criticized for their “malicious” and “creepy” content, with critics calling Harry a “hypocrite” for refusing to pull the plug on his Netflix contract in response to the streaming giant’s portrayal of his family.
Adding insult to injury, the show’s fifth season was released just weeks after the Queen passed away at the age of 96.
Meanwhile, the previous season included scenes showing Diana’s battle with bulimia, showing her gorging herself on food before throwing up into a toilet in clips that were considered so graphic that they had on-screen warnings.
Although Harry wouldn’t confirm which episodes he’s seen and which he hasn’t, his revelation that he’s seen “the oldest stuff and the newest stuff” suggests that he’s been privy to at least a small part of that content.
It is understood that the next season of the show will also feature graphic depictions of Diana’s death, with on-set footage revealing the gruesome staging of the Paris car accident that claimed her life, as well as a re-enactment of her funeral at the that Harry and William walked behind her coffin.
Harry appears in the later episodes of the show (seen center left), which has been criticized for his “insensitive” portrayal of the royal family, including Diana and King Charles.
The fourth series of the show depicted Diana’s battle with bulimia and featured scenes showing actress Emma Corrin binge eating and vomiting into a toilet, which were deemed so graphic that they had an on-screen warning.
Although Netflix has insisted that it won’t show the “exact moment” of Diana’s death, on-set footage reveals that the streaming giant plans to show the lead up to it in agonizing detail.
Netflix has insisted that the “exact moment” of the crash will not appear in the controversial drama, however the photos suggest the series will capture the moments leading up to the fatal collision in gruesome detail.
Exclusive footage published by the Daily Mail in October showed filming of a Mercedes-Benz – which is an identical copy of the vehicle Diana was traveling in when she died – just 100 meters from the Pont de l’Alma tunnel, where the accident occurred. in the early morning of August 31, 1997.
Netflix has been met with fury over its plans to dramatize the hours leading up to the crash, with reports even suggesting that The Crown’s own crew members had been up in arms over an apparent decision to have actress Elizabeth Debicki lie on the ground. an open casket and pretends to be the dead Princess Diana.
Spectators on set said Sun that the cast members were visibly upset during the filming of the scene.
One said: ‘They actually made Elizabeth climb into a coffin and play dead as Diana. Viewers will see a French priest administering Diana’s last rites as she is declared deceased.
Prince Charles walks into the room and is crying his eyes out. In his hysteria he notices that Diana is missing an earring. It’s all he can focus on as the pain engulfs him.
They added: ‘Princes William and Harry never saw their mother dead in a coffin and they shouldn’t have to see this. Neither should the British public.
The show’s sixth season will also reportedly feature blood-covered doctors trying to save Diana, a distraught Prince Charles after viewing the body, and Prince William and Prince Harry at the funeral.