‘The Crown’ Season 5 First Look: Princess Diana Cuts a Lonely Figure While Charles and Camilla Cosy Up

King Charles is said to have ruled out cutting the number of working royals despite long-held predictions he wanted a narrow-down monarchy, it has been reported.

SHAMELESS Netflix bosses were last night branded “sadistic and wicked” for recreating Princess Diana’s final hours for The Crown. Haunting scenes show Di — played by Elizabeth Debicki — in a limo before her horrific crash in a Paris tunnel. Her close friend Simone Simmons told The Sun that the hit drama risked forcing Princes William and Harry to recall “the most painful time” of their lives.

The Royals are renowned for being the picture of poise when out and about on official business.

Netflix has added a disclaimer to the description for its latest The Crown trailer following a difficult couple of weeks for the royal series.

The first trailer of Season 5 of The Crown has dropped and it explores chaos unfolding within the monarchy and Princess Diana's explosive BBC interview with Martin Bashir.

It’s been a minute since “The Crown” season four, two years to be exact, which was almost an entire pandemic ago, but Peter Morgan’s acclaimed Netflix series finally returns in November. Season four was set between 1979 and 1990, is set during Margaret Thatcher’s 11-year run as prime minister, and also introduced Lady Diana Spencer into the series.

Netflix users are eagerly anticipating the return of The Crown, which is releasing its fifth series on November 9.The hit TV series, which has been portraying Queen Elizabeth's reign from 1952, is set to delve into King Charles and Princess Diana's split and John Major's time as Prime Minister.With the show's release date just two months after the death of the Queen, Judi Dench, 81, has hit out at Netflix for blurring "the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism". READ MORE: The Crown labelled a ‘barrel-load of nonsense’ and ‘malicious fiction’ by John Major Dench penned a letter to The Times of London to share her protests against the show, admitting she fears that the series, which is quickly catching up to present day, will confuse the viewers into believing the dramatic depiction to be "wholly true".In the statement, the Oscar winner particularly disagreed with reports that the show will portray then Prince Charles plotting against his mother to take the crown, branding it "both cruelly unjust to the individuals and damaging to the institution they represent".Dench wrote: "No one is a greater believer in artistic freedom than I, but this cannot go unchallenged."Despite this week stating publicly that The Crown has always been a “fictionalised drama” the programme makers have resisted all calls for them to carry a disclaimer at the start of each episode."She added: "The time has come for Netflix to reconsider — for the sake of a family and a nation so recently bereaved, as a mark of respect to a sovereign who served her people so dutifully for 70 years, and to preserve its reputation in the eyes of its British subscribers."The star's letter was in response to John Major's comments against the

Camilla’s ex-husband has been handed a new Royal role – attending a funeral on behalf of the Queen Consort. Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, 82, represented his ex-wife at the funeral of John Bowes-Lyon – second cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II – at Brompton Oratory in Knightsbridge, London.The move was revealed in the Court Circular, the official record of royal engagements. It said: “The King was represented by the Earl of Rosslyn at the Funeral of Mr John Bowes-Lyon.

Dame Judi Dench is accusing ‘The Crown’ of being “cruelly unjust” to the Royal Family. The Oscar winner, 87, who was made a Companion of Honour in 2005 and played Queen Victoria in the films ‘Mrs Brown’ and ‘Victoria and Abdul’, also accused the Netflix show of “sensationalism” and said it should open with a warning it is “fictionalised drama” and not historical fact. She said in a letter to The Times newspaper on Wednesday (19.

Meghan Markle has spoken out on her and Prince Harry's upcoming Netflix documentary that is set to be released in December, sources have claimed.The Duchess of Sussex suggested that she may not prefer the direction the documentary is heading in but accepts it's now in the hands of filmmaker Liz Garbus.She added: "It's nice to be able to trust someone with our story, a seasoned director whose work I've long admired, even if it means it may not be the way we would have told it. READ MORE: Meghan Markle's words need to be 'followed by constructive attitude' after Queen tribute"But that's not why we're telling it.

The upcoming fifth and penultimate season of “The Crown” will tackle what is arguably the biggest royal scandal of the 20th century, the bitter, scorched-earth divorce of Charles and Diana.

Judi Dench wrote in an open letter published Wednesday in of London that  ought to have a «fictionalised drama» disclaimer before the start of every episode as the series inches closer «to our present times.»The 87-year-old actress said that «no one is a greater believer in artistic freedom» than her but «this cannot go unchallenged.» She insists that «the closer the drama comes to our present times, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism.»Dench — who portrayed Queen Victoria in the 1997 film and 2017's, as well as Queen Elizabeth in 1998's — also wrote that «while many will recognise for the brilliant but fictionalized account of events that it is, I fear that a significant number of viewers, particularly overseas, may take its version of history as being wholly true.»She added that the «sensationalism» — that King Charles «plotted for his mother to abdicate, for example, or once suggested his mother’s parenting was so deficient that she might have deserved a jail sentence» -- is «cruelly unjust to the individuals and damaging to the institution they represent.» Dench was referring to former U.K. Prime Minister John Major (1990-1997), who responded over the weekend to rumors in the U.K. media that one of the plotlines in season 5 includes Prince Charles suggesting in 1991 he wanted Major's support to dethrone his mother.

Judi Dench might be a Dame, but she apparently isn’t a big fan of The Crown.

Zack Sharf Judi Dench wrote an open letter to The Times UK criticizing Netflix’s “The Crown” for being “cruelly unjust” in its depiction of the British royal family. The Oscar winner stressed that she supports artistic freedom, thus she’s urging Netflix to add a disclaimer to each episode stressing to viewers that the show is a fictionalized account of historical events. “The closer the drama comes to our present times, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism,” Dench’s letter reads. Dench’s letter was published ahead of “The Crown” Season 5 launching on Netflix in November. The new episodes cover some of the royal family’s most tumultuous years in the 1990s, including the bitter divorce between Prince Charles (Dominic West) and Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki).

Zara Tindall has been compared to her mum, Princess Anne, after a recent video with fashion brand Musto.The royal modelled some clothes for Musto’s fall 2022 collection as she walked through the countryside near her Gatcombe Park home in Gloucestershire. In the 2-minute video, the 41 year old said that her mother is her “role model”, and she too hopes to leave a legacy as stellar as Princess Anne’s.

Meghan Markle has shared her working from home life with husband Prince Harry, as she revealed the pair often get through tasks side-by-side in their home office.The Duchess of Sussex, 41, has opened up on her life in a new interview with US magazine Variety, speaking about everything from Queen Elizabeth's death to her and 38 year old Harry's favourite fast food restaurant and their home life. She said that working from home allows her and Harry to share "significant time" with their two children, Archie, three, and Lilibet, 16 months, and she even gave an insight into Harry's "24-hour time zone." Meghan, Harry and their children live in sprawling £12.5million ($14m) mansion in Montecito, California, where they moved following their 2020 departure from official royal life. She said: "We share an office.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have not publicly commented on their upcoming Netflix docu-series and little is known about the project.

Meghan Markle has ruled out a return to acting, despite a successful role as Rachel Zane in US law series, Suits. The 41 year old wife of Prince Harry, 38, has opened up on her life in a new interview with Variety magazine, where she insisted she is "done" with acting, but said that she wants to bring rom-coms back. The mother of Archie, three, and Lilibet, 16 months, said goodbye to her acting career when she met Prince Harry, as she went on to become a working member of the royal family.

Meghan Markle has revealed she was terrified of being recast in Suits during the show's first season.The Duchess of Sussex, 41, played legal secretary turned lawyer Rachel Zane on the USA series from 2011 - 2018.Starring in 108 episodes of the legal drama, Meghan quickly became a fan favourite though quit the series shortly after becoming engaged to Prince Harry.READ MORE:Meghan Markle talks acting return and wants to work on 'rom-com' of Prince Harry romanceDespite her popularity among Suits fans, Meghan recently revealed she initially endured months of being "worried" show bosses would fire her.Meghan said that Hollywood's treatment of women prior to the #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite movements left her in fear that she could swiftly be replaced on the series, with her role given to another actress.She also explained how she would rather live with "discomfort" on set rather than addressing issues over concerns she may get axed for "being disruptive."Meghan told Variety: "For me, I had tried for so long to land on a show, filming all these pilots, wondering if they would get picked up."All of Season one on Suits, I was convinced I was going to get recast. All the time.