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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_iuhjbyd wrote

Reply to comment by Redcandle_15 in ‘The Crown’s Jonathan Pryce “Bitterly Disappointed” By “Fellow Artistes” Who Attacked Netflix Drama; Imelda Staunton & Lesley Manville Suggest Reason For “Heightened” Tension Towards Series by Plenty_Marzipan_4477

Yup it’s pretty clear the royals and their sympathizers loved the rosy early seasons that glorified Elizabeth and the rest of the family. Once it started getting into more recent issues where they were factually on the wrong side of things, they got pissed. They all just wanted royal propaganda

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Sir_Bantersaurus t1_iui4ev6 wrote

I think previously the show was always loosely based on real-life events with the artistic licence being how the writer imaged the Royal Family reacted to those events in private or quite trival stuff. The thing about Charles asking Major to dethrone the Queen is a pretty big departure from that.

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Chathtiu t1_iujb1ac wrote

I wouldn’t say the early seasons glorified anyone, least of all Elizabeth. She’s routinely shown to get almost nothing she actually wants done; she’s paralyzed by her office and borderline incompetent as a result.

I don’t know how you can look at seasons 1 and 2 and call it royal propaganda.

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