WARNING: This post contains spoilers, so if you haven’t watched Season Two of The Crown look away.
It’s come to our attention that while the Queen used to be a fan of Netflix series The Crown, there was one episode in particular that did not get the royal seal of approval.
So much so it caused her to stop watching the series entirely.
The episode in question was the ninth instalment of season two, ‘Paterfamilias’ which explored Prince Charles’ tough schooling at the Scottish boarding school, Gordonstoun.
In the episode a young Prince Charles is bullied and subjected to long morning runs in the cold, while Prince Phillip is depicted as apathetic to his son’s struggles.
According to Express UK, a senior courtier said HRH felt the episode was disrespectful to her family members.
“The Queen realises that many who watch The Crown take it as an accurate portrayal of the Royal Family and she cannot change that,” they said.
“But I can convey that she was upset by the way Prince Philip is depicted as being a father insensitive to his son’s wellbeing.
“She was particularly annoyed at a scene in which Philip has no sympathy for a plainly upset Charles while he is flying him home from Scotland. That simply did not happen.”
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"the young monarch"
Er... what? Charles will almost certainly be monarch at some point in the next ten or fifteen years. But he wasn't monarch in 1963 and he'll never be a young monarch :-)
Yeah, big pinch of salt over what a "senior courtier" blanks to a tabloid about the private thoughts of their employer. Big side-eye to anyone who reproduces a tabloid's story as "news".