Diana in The Crown: Here’s how she would react

Lady Diana’s famous former butler, Paul Burrell, added his own to those who have so far attacked The Crown. The man, who has served the Princess and Queen Elizabeth for many years, accused Netflix of trying to obscure historical facts with “unpleasant” and “propaganda” narrative choices.

Having worked closely with Princess Diana, Burrell is able to judge certain scenes from the famous television series. The man particularly resented the fact that Netflix decided to omit all of the Princess of Wales’ great works and initiatives at the time, especially her famous visit to a minefield in Angola and her support for the homeless. British.

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He accused the TV series of focusing entirely on the figure of Prince Charles, his fake strategy to oust Queen Elizabeth and other fictional facts. Speaking to The Sun, in fact, he admitted: “It’s all very irritating. I think of what Diana would say watching The Crown.”

Lady Diana would not have liked The Crown according to Burrell

Paul Burrell decided to speak to The Sun because he feels it is unfair to portray Lady Diana and Queen Elizabeth in this way, two women who cannot defend themselves in any way. By contrast, the former butler was in the service of the Princess of Wales in the period depicted by the Netflix TV series, working for her from 1991 until the year of the accident.

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Speaking to the tabloid, he claimed Lady Diana was by no means the ‘dumb, meaningless woman’ portrayed by the TV series. He also wanted to clarify some of the more controversial scenes. In some episodes, in fact, we see the princess struggling with the fear of being spied on and of being in danger. This fear seems concrete, but refers to isolated episodes. The man said: ‘I think Bashir fed her the story that she was in danger. She became a little more paranoid. He said to me, ‘Look under Paul’s car, see if there’s a problem, see if there’s a tracker.’ But I never found anything, she never saw anything.

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The former butler also took issue with the impression that Diana was happy with her divorce from Charles. He said the princess would say to him at the end of it all, “So that’s it, isn’t it?” I do not have a choice. I have no choice in my marriage.” He would have preferred to have a close family to let William and Harry grow up in. That’s why Burrell thinks the princess “would have screamed” at those scenes and the way the Queen looks “cold and heartless”.