Dame Judi Dench, the Oscar winner who is one of the UK’s most decorated actresses, has accused The Crown of “crude sensationalism” and said the Netflix series about the royal family is “cruelly unfair”.
In a strong letter to The Times, he asked Netflix to insert a disclaimer at the start of the show to say it is a “fictional drama,” a move the streaming giant has resisted so far. This, he said, would not only be a mark of respect for the late queen, but would also help preserve Netflix’s reputation.
Dench, 87,’s intervention comes after a flurry of damaging headlines about the show’s fifth series. Sir John Major, the former Prime Minister, called The Crown a “charged nonsense” after that