Creator of TV’s The Crown reveals he meets palace courtiers four times a year and ‘warns them to brace themselves’ for upcoming storylines in hit Netflix drama
The Crown’s writer Peter Morgan has revealed he meets with royal courtiers four times a year to tell them what he ‘has in mind’ for upcoming storylines and they ‘brace themselves slightly’
The writer of TV’s The Crown has revealed that he meets courtiers four times a year to warn them about upcoming storylines concerning members of the Royal Family.
The acclaimed drama has sparked controversy by delving into the private lives of the Queen and Prince Philip.
Now writer Peter Morgan has spoken about his meetings with members of the Royal Household in a newspaper interview, saying that he sees ‘people who are very high-ranking and very active within the organisation’.
He added: ‘I tell them what I have in mind and they brace themselves slightly.’
The protocol adviser to The Crown, former Army officer David Rankin-Hunt, also spoke to The Guardian and said the Palace does not object to the show.
He said: ‘Very senior members of the Royal Household have said to me, ‘Oh, we love The Crown.’
Olivia Colman will star as the Queen alongside Tobias Menzies (pictured right) who is replacing Matt Smith as the Duke of Edinburgh in series three of The Crown
The Netflix series will be aired on Netflix on November 17 and is set to have dazzling costumes. Figures suggest the first season cost £100million to make
‘If there were some indication from on high that it was some kind of scandalous production, that might be reflected in their view, don’t you think?’
The suggestion of virtual Royal approval will raise eyebrows and prompt a re-examination of some of the show’s more controversial storylines. In series one the Queen, played by Claire Foy, was shown questioning her decision to marry Prince Philip, played by Matt Smith.
And in series two – which aired in 2017 – Her Majesty confronted her husband about his relationship with Stephen Ward, the high-society fixer at the centre of the Profumo sex scandal of the early 1960s.
Helena Bonham Carter has taken on the role of Princess Margaret and revealed to Entertainment Weekly how she has met the royal at Windsor Castle because Bonham’s uncle was ‘very close’ to her
Colman recently won a Golden Globe her role of Queen Anne in The Favourite before joining The Crown’s cast
Colman has spoken about her anxiety of taking the role away from Claire Foy (pictured) who starred as the Elizabeth from 2014
The third series of The Crown, which will air on Netflix on Sunday November 17 and which covers the period 1964 to 1977, sees new actors take over the key roles. Olivia Colman, Oscar-winning star of The Favourite, will play the Queen.
Helena Bonham Carter will play Princess Margaret with Ben Daniels as her husband Antony Armstrong – Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon.
The Queen (played by Foy) questioned Prince Philip’s (played by Smith) relationship with Stephen Ward, the high-society fixer at the centre of the Profumo sex scandal of the early 1960s
The Profumo scandal of 1963 was sparked by the revelation that John Profumo, the then Minister of War, had had an affair with nightclub hostess Christine Keeler (pictured) while she was also dating the Russian military attache, Yevgeny Ivanov
Colman looks the part in a pastel matching two-piece and pearl necklace while she sits with two Corgis
