Prince William ‘Totally Sickened’ by Princess Diana’s Ghost in ‘The Crown’

It has become as much an annual tradition as the royal family’s appearance on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after Trooping the Color.

A new series of The Crown is released, Netflix takes a few more liberties with the historical record, detractors pile in on the show, criticizing it as, for example, “malicious fiction,” and demanding it append an “inspired by real events” disclaimer.

Incredibly, however, the viewing public seem to be able to hold in their heads two ideas at the same time: a) that the big picture and sweeping themes seem largely accurate and b) that creator and writer Peter Morgan probably wasn’t privy to the queen and Prince Philip’s small talk in their elegant Jack-and-Jill bedroom/boudoir set up and has, therefore, made it all up.

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