Netflix has added a factual disclaimer to advertising their popular series the crown, following backlash from Dame Judi Dench and ex-Prime Minister Sir John Major.
It comes after Netflix reportedly refused to add a factual disclaimer to The Crown when Dame Judi slammed the show for its 'crude sensationalism'.
Trailers for the royal drama now specify that it is a "fictional dramatization", inspired by true events. The streaming giant have added it to their series page on the platform, but it does not appear when using the app on a TV or mobile phone.
The series' Twitter page, online Netflix and YouTube now describes the show as: "Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign."
Iconic actress Dame Judy 87, called for a disclaimer to be added to each episode, saying the "fictionalised drama" poses a risk because "a significant number of viewers" will take its events as historical truth, reports Wales Online.
Ex-Prime Minister Sir John Major, who is played by Scots actor Jonny Lee Miller, called the scenes of Prince Charles trying to oust the Queen "a barrel load of nonsense".
The streaming platform said the series' title page describes it as fictionalised drama but added it would not be placing warnings to individual episodes. A spokeswoman for Netflix said: “The episodes that dramatize events surrounding the Panorama interview remain unchanged.”
Dame Judi recently wrote that "wounding suggestions apparently contained in the new series" would prove "damaging" to the monarchy and cannot go unchallenged. The programme’s creator, Peter Morgan, recently defended the forthcoming series in an interview with US publication Entertainment Weekly.
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