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EXCLUSIVE: Prasanna Puwanarajah said he jumped at the opportunity to appear in The Crown portraying infamous television journalist Martin Bashir, pummeled by a BBC inquiry that condemned the “deceitful” methods he used to obtain the controversial 1995 Panorama TV interview with Princess Diana, because ”roles like that just don’t really exist for Asian actors.”

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Prince Charles' close pal Joanna Lumley slams The Crown as 'it's all made up'

Joanna Lumley has slammed Netflix's hit show The Crown as she branded it "rubbish".The 75 year old, who is most well known for playing the role of Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous, shared her pity for the cast of the programme and said she doesn't believe the Royal Family "ever watch it".The Crown is coming out with a fifth series, which stars the likes of Richard Cordery, 71, who will play Marmaduke Hussey – then chairman of the BBC's board of governors – and Elizabeth Debicki, 31, as Princess Diana. Actress Joanna, who is a close friend of Prince Charles, 73, and attended his wedding to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 74, said: "I don’t think they [the Royal Family] watch it and I never watch it.