The Crown Season 5: Everything That Is True In Or Not In Netflix Series Explained
The Crown Season 5 has just been released, and it has reminded us in its episodes that what we see on screen is not a documentary, but a fictional series inspired by real events. Therefore, as usual, we all wonder what is true and what is not in British production. In this new instalment, it is easier to recognize some true moments, and it is that being the 90s, the time of the divorce of Diana and Carlos and the paparazzi boom with the British royal family and, above all, Lady Di, some of these memories remain fresh in our memory.
The Crown Season 5: Everything That Is True In Or Not
But many other events happened, or not, behind closed doors, so the rumours are incessant. Did Charles ask for help to make the queen abdicate? Did Diana and Elizabeth II talk about the BBC interview? Was the conversation between Carlos and Camilla that came out in the press real? Let’s take a look at the most surprising scenes of The Crown season 5 to find out if they are real, or not.
Prince Charles Wanted His Mother To Abdicate
The series starts strong with a Prince of Wales meeting with Prime Minister John Major to ask for his help in abdicating the queen so he can take the throne once and for all. According to the statements of the Majors spokesman collected by The Telegraph, this is false. At no time did the two of them meet alone to discuss this topic, nor was it something that either of them mentioned in any conversation.
The “Tampon”
One of the most scandalous events during Carlos and Camilla’s relationship was called “Tampongate” by some and “Camillgate” by others. A private and sexual conversation that appeared in the Daily Mirror, and that was real. There are invented details, such as her husband answering the phone, but the words between the prince and Camilla are real. It is not known exactly how the recording was made, if it was by chance by a radio operator who picked up the signal or if the phones were tapped, but it happened and it reached the press.
Prince Charles Dared to Break Dance
Surprisingly, it is true. It didn’t happen in the 90s, but a few years before, but a YouTube channel dedicated to the British royal house has a video of the moment in question and it’s magnificent.
The Relationship Between Prince Philip and Penny Knatchbull
That the series has long since dropped that the Duke of Edinburgh had lovers is not new. But this season dives a little deeper into the friendship between the queen’s husband and Countess Mountbatten of Burma. They never openly say or show that there was anything more than a simple friendly relationship, but everyone would understand otherwise.
The reality is that a former press secretary to the queen, Dickie Arbiter, has said that what The Crown tries to infer is false. Knatchbull was a friend of the whole family, and for him “it is very unpleasant and, frankly, cruel nonsense”, according to The Telegraph.
The Conversation Between Diana and The Queen About The Interview
Lady Di’s famous interview with Martin Bashir has been seen by practically everyone. And what we now know is that Bashir did indeed lie to the Princess of Wales with forged documents so that she would agree to speak on camera. What is not real is that she warned or threatened Elizabeth II about the interview it is known that she caught the royal house by surprise. But she did not like the queen at all and so she let it be known in some comments she made in front of the artistic director of the National Theatre. Zero surprises, of course.
