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The Crown’s new star Ed McVey looks the spitting image of young Prince William
THE CROWN’S new star Ed McVey looks the spitting image of a young Prince William as he is spotted on set for the first time.
The theatre actor, 21, has been seen after filming for series six of the Netflix smash-hit.
Ed McVey, 21, looks the spitting image of Prince William[/caption]
The theatre actor has been seen after filming for series six – pictured William[/caption]
Ed was all smiles as he left the set in a car holding a bag and flowers.
The next series, expected to be released next year, will include Princess Diana’s tragic death.
In the previous series, the real life son of actor Dominic West, who is playing Prince Charles in The Crown, played Prince William.
Born in 2004 Senan West was picked after a nationwide search for a suitable youngster to play the royal.
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The young actor portrayed the Prince as he grows from a boy to a man.
Senan is one of four children the actor has with his wife Catherine Fitzgerald.
William’s mother, Diana, previously played by Emma Corrin, is now played by Elizabeth Debicki.
Meanwhile his grandmother, the Queen, is portrayed by Imelda Staunton, who took over the central role from Olivia Colman.
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Prince Philip considered consulting lawyers over The Crown’s portrayal of him
The Crown’s portrayal of Diana is upsetting – she wasn’t a wounded animal like she’s presented, says princess’ butler
THE Crown’s portrayal of Diana is “upsetting” – and wrongly shows the princess as a “wounded animal”, her former butler said last night.
The controversial new season of the Netflix series was released on Wednesday, and it recreates the Royal Family‘s lives in the 1990s.
Paul Burrell was Princess Diana’s butler and has revealed his thoughts on the latest season of The Crown[/caption]
Paul said he’d found watching the show ‘upsetting’[/caption]
And less than 24 hours after it aired, Diana‘s butler Paul Burrell revealed how he felt about the parts he’d seen so far.
Paul, who worked for the royal family for 21 years, admitted watching the portrayal of the princess was “unnerving” and “very upsetting”.
He was seen wincing when he explained how actress Elizabeth Debicki had near-perfected Diana’s voice on TalkTV.
Speaking on Jeremy Kyle Live last night, Paul said: “It’s my time. I was there.
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“I’m finding it very upsetting. She has a very good portrayal of the Princess and that’s unnerving.
“At times, for me, it’s unnerving at times to hear her voice. She’s obviously studied her voice very well.”
But, he was also angered by the show.
Paul said Diana had been portrayed like a victim – which she wasn’t.
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He said: “What I don’t like, I don’t like to see the Princess constantly portrayed as a wounded animal, constantly crying, constantly alone.
“They have made her into a very tragic figure, which of course he was but not all the time. We did have some fun.”
Speaking of how King Charles wasn’t being shown in the best light, Paul said: “It’s very timely coming at this time just before Harry’s book and just before the Coronation. It’s going to paint a very different picture.
“The danger is that the public will believe everything they see. I wish I could sit on the couch with everybody in the United Kingdom and say, ‘That’s not true, that didn’t happen’.”
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Another former royal employee recently spoke out about season five of The Crown.
Dickie Arbiter, the Queen‘s former press secretary, has critiqued the episodes and pointed out four crucial errors.
The Crown’s storyline is complete & utter rubbish – the show will be hurtful to a family still grieving, says Tony Blair
FORMER prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major have blasted The Crown over “utterly untrue” and “profoundly hurtful” storylines in the Netflix show.
Tony Blair hit out at scenes depicting him and the then Prince Charles plotting against the late Queen Elizabeth II – branding the storyline “complete and utter rubbish”.
Sir Tony Blair is played by Bertie Carvel in The Crown[/caption]
The Prince of Wales and Sir John Major portrayed in The Crown by Dominic West and Jonny Lee Miller respectively[/caption]
Blair, who was elected in 1997, is introduced as a character in the final episodes of the fifth series, which ends shortly after his election.
In one episode of the new series, Prince Charles asks Blair to support a proposed marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles, with his character asking the new PM: “Don’t you think they would prefer to see a happy, remarried Prince of Wales rather than an unhappy, unmarried one?”
The then Prince of Wales questions his mother’s ability as Queen – asking John Major’s character to evaluate whether the monarchy “is in safe hands”.
The then prime minister is also shown talking negatively about the Royal family in another scene.
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Major, who is portrayed in the series by Jonny Lee Miller, 49, said in a letter to The Telegraph that the fictional stories would be “will be profoundly hurtful to a family who are still grieving for the very person on whose life the entire drama was founded.”
Show bosses have repeatedly refused to add a disclaimer at the start of each episode informing viewers that the Netflix hit is a fictional dramatisation.
Earlier this week it was revealed The Crown ignored heartfelt pleas from Prince William not to exploit the Panorama interview with his mum.
The Netflix drama, due to air next week, has TWO episodes building up to the 1995 BBC bombshell and its aftermath.
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Bosses are also under fire for making up the Queen’s historic “Annus Horribilis” speech.
Her Majesty made it in 1992 in London’s Guildhall following several scandals — and just four days after fire ripped through her Windsor Castle home.
And the show has been called “sadistic and wicked” for recreating Princess Diana’s final hours.
Haunting scenes show Di — played by Elizabeth Debicki — in a limo before her horrific crash in a Paris tunnel.
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Her close friend Simone Simmons told The Sun that the hit drama risked forcing Princes William and Harry to recall “the most painful time” of their lives.
She said: “These are cruel, sadistic and wicked people to recreate these moments. They are the lowest of the low.”
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Starfield absent as Bethesda crowns Todd Howard at Elder Scrolls event
Starfield, the upcoming space RPG game from Bethesda, is notably absent from an event where the Elder Scrolls, Skyrim, Daggerfall, and Fallout developer honours long-standing employees, including Todd Howard, for their contributions over the years – and so there’s still no firm confirmation of the Starfield release date.
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