The fifth series of The Crown is set to air on Netflix next week and will feature Diana Princess of Wales' infamous Panorama interview. The hit royal drama began in 2016 and chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s to modern times.
The latest series of the drama will launch on November 9 and will reportedly dramatise Princess Diana’s controversial interview with BBC Panorama which was broadcast on BBC1 on 20 November 1995. The segment is reported to last around four minutes, 23 seconds.
The Netflix original series will feature two episodes building up to the bombshell interview conducted by former BBC journalist Martin Bashir, according to The Sun.
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Last year, a report by Lord Dyson concluded the broadcaster covered up “deceitful behaviour” by Bashir to secure the meeting and led to a call from the then-Duke of Cambridge for it never to be aired again.
The upcoming series is said to show Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki, referencing her “crowded” marriage to Prince Charles, now King Charles – a reference to the now Queen Consort Camilla.
An actor playing a young William will also be shown seeing his mother’s interview on TV while a pupil at Eton school. Charles will reportedly also be shown yelling and swearing in response to the broadcast.
A spokeswoman for Netflix said: “Season five of The Crown will dramatise events surrounding the Panorama interview, given the pivotal part it played during the time period the series covers.
“It will reflect what we now know about how the interview was obtained and how Diana was treated.
“The interview is not recreated in full.”
Last month, Netflix put a disclaimer in the description of its YouTube trailer for the fifth series of The Crown, saying the production is a “fictional dramatisation” and “inspired by real events”.
Both Dame Judi Dench and Sir John Major have criticised reported storylines in the upcoming series.
Stage and screen veteran Dame Judi called for a disclaimer to be added to each episode of The Crown, saying it has begun to verge on “crude sensationalism”.
The fifth series is expected to show Charles, played by Dominic West, cutting short a holiday with Diana to host a secret meeting with Sir John at Highgrove in 1991 in which they discuss potentially ousting the Queen.
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