‘I mean, it is clearly fictional. I feel like audiences know that, because there are actors, playing parts.’ Elizabeth Debicki, who takes on the role of Princess Diana, has responded to critics of the new series The Crown.
Asked whether she felt defensive to the criticism in an interview with the‘I also understand the reaction to it. I think this is a period of time that’s been told many times over and will continue to be told, and I know the degree of care and respect people enter into these stories with.’She continued to the publication: ‘I mean, it is clearly fictional. I feel like audiences know that, because there are actors, playing parts.
‘I never watched The Crown and thought, “this is a documentary” or “this is obviously true”‘, she added. Sir John recently wrote a letter to The Telegraph responding to the upcoming fifth series which is expected to show Charles cutting short a holiday with Diana to host a secret meeting with Sir John at Highgrove in 1991, at which they discuss potentially ousting the Queen.
The former prime minister wrote that it ‘will be profoundly hurtful to a family who are still grieving for the very person on whose life the entire drama was founded.’Charles is reportedly shown trying to recruit Sir Tony as an ally to protect his future and pave the way for him to marry Camilla, shortly after the 1997 general election which saw Sir Tony become the Labour prime minister.
Sir Tony’s spokesman told the publication: ‘It should come as no surprise that this is complete and utter rubbish.’
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