Many of the personalities in the most recent seasons are still alive, and have not held back on pointing out inaccuracies. " The Crown " has often been accused of taking liberties with historical truth , becoming increasingly controversial as it delves into more recent events of the British monarchy. Netflix agreed last year to add a warning message, explaining that the show is a fictional dramatisation of real events.
Season 1, which focused on the young Princess Elizabeth’s accession to the throne while in Kenya in 1952, is considered relatively faithful to history. The main disputed event was the relationship between the new queen’s younger sister, Margaret, then 22, and the divorced Peter Townsend, 15 years her senior. According to the series, Elizabeth opposed their marriage, while some historians believe she merely wanted the princess to wait until she turned 25, when she would not need Elizabeth’s permission to marry under the 1772 Royal Marriages Act
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