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"The Crown" Demand.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden demands Netflix make it clear The Crown is 'fiction' over fears viewers may mistake it for fact
The minister added his voice to mounting concern that fabricated scenes were so damaging to the Royal Family that viewers should be warned at the start of each episode it was not 'fact'.
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.
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.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8996921/Culture-Secretary-Oliver-Dowden-demands-Netflix-make-clear-Crown-fiction.html
The minister added his voice to mounting concern that fabricated scenes were so damaging to the Royal Family that viewers should be warned at the start of each episode it was not 'fact'.
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.
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.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8996921/Culture-Secretary-Oliver-Dowden-demands-Netflix-make-clear-Crown-fiction.html
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Mr Dowden, whose full title is Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, is also facing pressure to close a 'loophole' that requires British viewers who want to complain about The Crown to go to the Dutch TV regulator because Netflix is based in Holland.
In a letter to Mr Dowden, Tory peer Lord Forsyth – who describes the latest series of The Crown as 'one step up from Spitting Image' – expressed surprise that 'Netflix pays no corporation tax as the £1 billion of UK subscriptions are paid to a Dutch company'.