The crown must wear a factual disclaimer as a sign of respect, says Judi Dench

DAME Judi Dench has urged Netflix to issue a factual disclaimer for the new series of The Crown “as a mark of respect” for Queen Elizabeth II.

The outspoken Oscar winner launched a scathing attack, in which she branded the new series’ storylines as “cruelly unfair” to the late Queen and the monarchy.

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Furious Dame Judi, 87, accused Netflix of presenting an “inaccurate and hurtful” account of the story and berated the hit royal series as “gross sensationalism”.

Their attacks have put a lot of pressure on the streaming giants to add a disclaimer to their new series to inform millions of viewers worldwide that some of the storylines are factual dramatizations.

It comes days after a furious Sir John Major called out “vicious nonsense” over scenes in the new series, in which he falsely claimed Charles had asked the then Prime Minister to help him oust the Queen.

There has already been massive outcry over a story showing the Duke of Edinburgh pursuing an affair with Penny Knatchbull, the Countess of Burma, and anger has also been leveled at Netflix plans to film Princess Diana’s final moments in Paris .

William is expected to be upset by scenes recreating the highly discredited interview with Diana and Martin Bashir’s BBC Panorama, while friends of King Charles believe the show is “trolling on a Hollywood budget” and “fiction presented as fact.” “ criticized.

In a letter to The Times today, esteemed actress Dame Judi wrote: “Sir, John Major is not alone in his concerns that the latest series of The Crown will present an inaccurate and hurtful portrayal of history.

Indeed, the closer drama comes to our present, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism.

“While many will credit The Crown for the brilliant but fictional portrayal of events, I am concerned that a significant number of viewers, particularly overseas, will take his version of the story as entirely true.

“Given some of the hurtful insinuations that appear to be contained in the new series – such as King Charles plotting his mother’s abdication or once claiming his mother’s upbringing was so flawed that she might have deserved a prison sentence – both are cruelly unfair to the individuals and harm to the institution they represent.

“Nobody believes in artistic freedom more than I do, but that cannot go unchallenged.

“Despite this week publicly declaring that The Crown has always been a ‘fictionalized drama’, the program makers have resisted all calls to publish a disclaimer at the beginning of each episode.

“It’s time Netflix reconsidered — for the sake of a recently mourning family and a nation, as a mark of respect for a sovereign who has so dutifully served her people for 70 years, and for hers.” own reputation in the eyes of their British subscribers.”

Netflix has refused to add a disclaimer despite disputes over inaccuracies during the previous four series.

This week they defended their work, saying: “The fifth series is a fictional dramatization that imagines what could have happened behind closed doors in a significant decade for the royal family.”

Buckingham Palace refuses to speak publicly or privately about the show.

Insiders say the palace has not engaged with Netflix or put any pressure on the television company.

But William, 40, is expected to be furious if The Crown recreated large parts of Martin Bashir’s discredited 1995 interview with Princess Diana – to appear in one episode.

The Prince of Wales says the interview is no longer credible after an investigation revealed his mother had been tricked into giving the interview and asked that it never be broadcast.

And friends of The King, 73, have previously spoken out against The Crown, saying it “kidnapped and exploited” members of the royal family and other dramatized characters.

Dubbed War of the Wales, the new series, which hits screens on November 9, follows Charles and Diana’s acrimonious split.

Harry and William were cast in the series, which is set to end before Diana’s car accident in Paris.

The new series is set to feature Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York’s infamous ‘toe sucking affair’.

In one scene, Charles also tells his mother, “If we were an ordinary family and social services came to visit, they would have taken care of us and put you in jail.”

Another episode will feature intimate conversations between Charles and Camilla that are said to be more embarrassing than the ‘tampongate’ scandal, which saw the future king telling his now-wife over phone calls that he could be reincarnated as a tampon to be kept in forever her to live.

And in a ridiculously silly scene, Diana is shown voting on a TV show to scrap the monarchy.

Previous storylines blasted as fake include far-fetched claims that the Duke of Edinburgh had an affair with a Russian ballet dancer.

The Queen is said to have been “particularly upset” by a series two in which young Charles was shown in tears after papa Philip called him “fucking weak”.

Other factual inaccuracies include Lord Mountbatten’s letter to Charles the day before he was murdered, Princess Diana’s tantrum on a tour of Australia, and Charles calling Camilla every day early in his marriage to Di.

While the Queen’s Private Secretary Martin Charteris appears in episodes until 1990, although he retired in 1977.

Members of the royal family have been tight-lipped, but friends of Charles are furious at the portrayal of his treatment of Diana.

There are fears that younger viewers will treat storylines about Charles and Camilla’s affair in The Crown as fact.

Harry and Meghan have signed a £112million deal with the streaming giants, who announced just yesterday that subscribers have risen by 2.4million this year.

Dame Judi, 87, perhaps best known as the head of MI6 “M” in the James Bond franchise, has appeared on screen as Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth I.

She was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won the Gong for Best Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love in 1998.

Queen Elizabeth II granted her a damehood in 1988 after her OBE in 1970.

Last year Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden asked Netflix to add a disclaimer, but the requests were ignored.

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