![]() ![]() Lots of things like that which they twist," he said. He did not leave for Australia the following day. They had dinner with the Queen Mother, obviously, the happy couple. "Where they're very unfair in The Crown is that, for example, you know, they get engaged and then that night he goes down to Highgrove to see Camilla. Vickers said the Netflix series also took many liberties in the telling of events. "So if they were on the platform together, that definitely did become an issue later on." "I think he gradually felt that he was upstaged by her, because the media took a great deal more interest in what she was wearing than in what he was talking about," Vickers said. The series portrays Charles as resenting his wife's growing popularity as she took to her role in the spotlight. Vickers said the early years of Charles and Diana's marriage were happier, even though Charles had clearly carried a torch for Camilla for many years. I cannot confirm that to be absolutely true." But listen, I wasn't there, I wasn't in the room. I think you may find that it is very complicated this, because there are contradictions that probably it was the Princess of Wales who started having affairs before he did. "I don't say that that's a perfect situation for him to be in either. Taking him at his word and returning to the official biography by Jonathan Dimbleby - who had access to all the papers - the affair was resumed in 1986 once he realized that his marriage was irretrievably broken down," Vickers said. "He didn't carry on an affair the whole time. Vickers said the basic facts have been exaggerated to paint Diana as a saint, and that Charles did not carry on an affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles throughout his entire marriage. "The marriages, I would accept, have been complicated and to some extent have been the problem in his life." ![]() And he's done an awful lot of good," Vickers said. But as Prince of Wales, he's free to go around stirring things up and getting people interested in his various causes. "He's already 72 years old, still hasn't become king, so I think he sees the role of king when it eventually comes as the semi-retired position. ![]() Vickers says the real Prince Charles is dedicated to his role as Prince of Wales, and long ago made his peace with not being king. And so that's the way they've played him." He doesn't do anything except whinge and whine about his marriage and how much he would prefer to be with another woman. "First of all, of course, in The Crown, he never does anything at all constructive. Vickers, the author of the book The Crown Dissected and the e-book The Crown: Truth & Fiction: An Expert Analysis of Netflix Series, The Crown, says Prince Charles is far different from his on-screen persona.Įmerald Fennell, as Camilla Parker Bowles, meets with Diana, as played by Corrin, during Season 4 of The Crown. They've turned him into a kind of evil and murderous wimp, which is pretty unpleasant, frankly." And I understand, of course, that when people are doing a thing like this, they will go to various different sources, but they've entirely taken Diana's side and they've painted Prince Charles as a sort of wimp, but this time they've made him even worse. "The only one who comes out of it well is Diana. "It is it's also painting an unfair picture of most of the royal family," Vickers told the Calgary Eyeopener. Hugo Vickers, a Royal historian, writer and broadcaster, says the series is painting an unfair portrait of Charles. 15 and takes place more than 40 years hence it began in its first season. The show launched its fourth season on Netflix on Nov. It wouldn't be an understatement to say that he comes out looking like "the villain" in his marriage to Diana.Īnd the reaction from viewers has been so intensely negative that it's compelled Prince Charles and wife, Camilla, to turn off comments on their Twitter and Instagram accounts.īut how much of it is true, and how much is a work of fiction, is creating a grey area that didn't exist before Season 4. Season 4 of The Crown on Netflix is turning out to be much more controversial than previous seasons, as historians and royal watchers decry the unflattering portrayal of Prince Charles and his marriage to the late Princess Diana. ![]()
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