(Spoiler: King Charles III allegedly has a strong stance on the series.) According to Matt Smith, who played Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip on seasons one and two of The Crown, the late monarch did in fact watch the Netflix drama about her illustrious reign.
“The royal household has never agreed to vet or approve content, has not asked to know what topics will be included, and would never express a view as to the programme's accuracy.” If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.
Apparently, Queen Camilla Does Watch 'The Crown' and Her Reaction to It Is Really Surprising. King Charles reportedly had the complete opposite reaction.
The Netflix hit's creator, Peter Morgan, revealed that the Duchess of Sussex will never be featured on the drama, which covers the inner workings and melodrama of the British royal family.
In the wake of Harry and Meghan's 2021 Oprah interview, Buckingham Palace issued a brief statement on behalf of the Queen saying she was “saddened” to hear of the couple's struggles and they were particularly concerned by allegations of racism.
While they are no longer working members of the royal family, Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle still hold the royal titles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which were bestowed upon them when they married in 2018.
Key Background. Harry and Markle no longer receive money from Harry's royal relatives. The pair announced in early 2020 they would step down as working members of the royal family, and they no longer receive money from the royal family.
Matt Smith, who played Prince Philip in seasons one and two, also heard that Queen Elizabeth had watched the show. "I heard the Queen had watched it," Smith told Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on the Today Show. "And she used to watch it on a projector on Sunday night, apparently."
In one television appearance, Prince Harry revealed that not only has he seen The Crown – Netflix's hit historical drama about the Royal Family – but that he even 'fact checks' the show as he watches it.
The estranged royal continued, “I'm way more comfortable with The Crown than I am seeing the stories written about my family, my wife, or myself. That is obviously fiction—take it how you will—but this is being reported on as fact because it's supposedly news. I have a real issue with that.”
However, Corrin points out that the depiction of the wedding was not crucial to the plot. “We never recreate things just for the sake of recreating them,” she explained. The awkward Charles and Diana post-engagement interview, however, did make the cut.
Answer: The big reason Prince Charles and Camilla Shand, as she was then known, didn't get married in the early 1970s: He never asked her. And there are probably a number of reasons for that. In his early 20s, like many other young men, Charles simply wasn't ready for marriage.
If tradition prevails, most of the Queen's personal jewels will be passed on to King Charles III and Queen Camilla. It is speculated that Catherine, Princess of Wales will also receive some of the jewels as she will eventually be Queen.
Buckingham Palace features heavily in The Crown, but was unavailable as an actual location for the production team. Instead, the Queen's residence was recreated with several stately homes across the country, including this elaborate Tudor estate in Wiltshire.
“And not only that, Harry does not have input in the scripts or narrative of the show either directly through [The Crown's production company] Leftbank or indirectly through Netflix. There is no opportunity for him to send over his ideas or suggestions either.”
As TIME pointed out, the royal family had been cool towards Diana even before her divorce from Charles, due to the attention she attracted from the tabloids. While the precise reasons for the coolness are “still ultimately a matter of speculation,” Lacey says, “there was no doubt it was there.
"I wasn't invited"
Despite being in the UK at the time, Harry insists arriving almost two hours after Buckingham Palace released their statement announcing the Queen's death wasn't his fault at all. In fact, he wanted to go as soon as he possibly could with the rest of the royal family but was ignored.
Harry was determined to get back to the United States in time to see Archie and declined an invitation to join the king and his family for an informal lunch after the coronation.
The Guardian estimated how much members of the royal family have received in total from official payments for their royal duties. The payments come from either public money or private funds derived from huge hereditary estates that fund the monarch and male heir, the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall.
Also while on The Late Late Show With James Corden in February 2021, Prince Harry candidly spoke about what he thinks of The Crown. "They don't pretend to be news, it's fictional. But it's loosely based on the truth. Of course it's not strictly accurate, but loosely," he said.
“It is filmed beautifully,” she told Hello. “The music is wonderful, the story is beautiful. You feel very proud to watch it. I can't speak for everyone, but that's how I felt when I watched it.”
“The Queen realizes that many who watch The Crown take it as an accurate portrayal of the royal family and she cannot change that,” the courtier said. “But I can convey that she was upset by the way Prince Philip is depicted as being a father insensitive to his son's well-being.
Princess Charlotte has been refered as "the richest kid in the world" due to her status as a member of the British royal family, which is one of the wealthiest and most prominent royal families in the world.
While Kate inherited $110 million in jewelry from the Queen, that collection did not include the Spencer tiara, a diamond-encrusted crown inherited by William's late mother, Princess Diana, in the mid-1970s. Diana wore the tiara in her wedding to King Charles—then Prince Charles—in 1981.
That means that when they made the decision to step back from their roles as senior working royals, Harry and Meghan were left with a meager sum of $13 million (estimated by Forbes), largely made up of the inheritance from Harry's late mother's estate.