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Prince William thinks Netflix is making a profit by re-enacting his mother Diana’s BBC Panorama interview, palace sources say.
The streaming giant will recreate clips from Diana’s 1995 meeting with journalist Martin Bashir for the fifth series of The Crown.
A source told The Telegraph that the Prince of Wales made his feelings “very clear” and that an image in the show would be “in the way you would expect”.
They added that it was understandable that he was upset about the “dramatization of it for financial gain.”
An independent investigation found that Bashir cheated on Diana to get the interview, seen by over 20 million viewers, and then lied to BBC executives.
He had a BBC graphic artist produce fake bank statements that appeared to show payments by a newspaper group to an ex-employee of Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother.
The inquiry said this was to gain the count’s trust so that he would introduce Bashir to Diana.
Prince William thinks Netflix is making a profit by re-enacting his mother Diana’s BBC Panorama interview, palace sources say
The streaming giant will recreate clips from Diana’s 1995 meeting with journalist Martin Bashir for The Crown’s fifth series
Prince William has previously been an outspoken critic of the interview broadcast by broadcasters
The interview is thought to have contributed to her divorce from Prince Charles in 1996 – a year prior to her fatal car accident in the Tunnel de l’Alma in Paris.
Series 5 of The Crown begins in 1991, and a major storyline is the deteriorating relationship between Charles, played by Dominic West, and Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki of The Night Manager.
Obviously, Netflix, which has cast Prasanna Puwanarajah in the role of Bashir, will show how the discredited reporter persuaded Diana to give the interview by playing on her paranoia.
But to tell the tale, it will recreate what one insider called “fragments” of Diana’s Panorama appearance.
Any reference to the interview, even if critical of Bashir, will likely be met with dismay at Buckingham Palace.
Prince William has previously been an outspoken critic of the interview broadcast by broadcasters.
In May last year he said: ‘I firmly believe that this program has no legitimacy and should never be broadcast again.
“It basically set up a false story that has been commercialized by the BBC and others for more than a quarter of a century.”
Series 5 of The Crown begins in 1991, and a major storyline is the deteriorating relationship between Charles, played by Dominic West, and Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki of The Night Manager.
A spokesperson for The Crown emphasized that the interview was of ‘historical importance’
He added that he was “most saddened.” Diana had never heard of being cheated on.
He said his mother was failed “not only by a rogue reporter” but also by BBC bosses.
A spokesperson for The Crown emphasized that the interview was of “historical importance”.
It was previously reported that the new series will show King Charles’s crumbling marriage to Princess Diana in “painful” detail.
The breakdown of the relationship between Charles and Diana will be at the center of the new series, portraying the then Prince of Wales as ‘close-minded, cold and deceitful’.
The fourth series, which aired last November, told the story of the early romance between Charles and Diana.
It was announced last year that Elizabeth Debicki would take over from Emma Corrin and play Diana for the fifth and sixth series, which will cover Diana’s death in 1997.
A source told The sun“This couldn’t have come at a more delicate time for the new king and his queen consort, especially as they are high in the minds of the public.
Netflix’s new series The Crown will show King Charles’ crumbling marriage to Princess Diana in ‘painful’ detail. Pictured: Dominic West as Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana
The breakdown of the relationship between Charles and Diana will be at the center of the new series, portraying the then Prince of Wales as ‘close-minded, cold and deceitful’. Pictured: A family vacation taken by the royals a year prior to Charles and Diana’s divorce in 1992, during which they enjoyed a voyage aboard the 400-foot yacht Alexander
The fourth series, which aired last November, told the story of the early romance between Charles and Diana. In the photo: King Charles III attends the Queen’s state funeral
“There’s a sense that Netflix is preoccupied with events that happened 30 to 40 years ago, but are still raw for those involved.
“The worst thing for the royals is that millions of people around the world will see this series less as a drama and more as a documentary.
“And the focus on the Windsors couldn’t be greater, as it’s only a few weeks since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and leading up to the king’s coronation.”
The fifth series will cover the 1990s, including events from 1992, the late monarch’s annus horribilis – a terrible year – when Prince Andrew and Prince Charles divorced their wives, the Princess Royal divorced her husband Mark Phillips and part of Windsor Castle burned down.
It begins with Sir John Major as Prime Minister and ends with the arrival of Tony Blair.
During this time, Prince Charles admitted to Jonathan Dimbleby that he had committed adultery with then-Camilla Parker Bowles.
The death of Princess Diana – which took place in 1997 – will not be covered until the sixth and final series.