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Culture Secretary Dowden demands Netflix make it clear The Crown is 'fiction' over fears viewers may mistake it for fact


Do people actually believe these "historic dramas"? Article has long list of made-up-shit.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8996921/Culture-Secretary-Oliver-Dowden-demands-Netflix-make-clear-Crown-fiction.html

Mr Dowden is expected to write to the streaming giant to formally request that it adds what others have called a 'health warning' at the start of each episode.

It comes amid deepening concern that fabricated scenes written by screenwriter Peter Morgan are doing lasting damage to the monarchy and Prince Charles in particular.

Last night, a friend of the Prince said: 'It is quite sinister the way that Morgan is clearly using light entertainment to drive a very overt republican agenda and people just don't see it.

They have been lured in over the first few series until they can't see how they are being manipulated.

'It is highly sophisticated propaganda.'

This weekend, it emerged that Netflix will begin paying tax on revenues it makes from British subscribers from January 1. The Mail on Sunday can also reveal:

Allies of Margaret Thatcher have condemned the series for suggesting she asked the Queen to dissolve Parliament to save her from being ousted as Prime Minister in 1990.
Two Royal Navy commanders who fought in the Falklands War criticised The Crown for appearing to suggest that the Queen failed to support British troops during the conflict.
Clarence House was forced to restrict comments on its social media channels following 'horrendous' trolling of the Duchess of Cornwall, including death threats.

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I would have thought that it was obvious that anything shown depicting the private lives of the royals was a figment of the writer's imagination. Why would anyone think this series is anything but a work of historical fiction?

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