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HISTORICAL FACTS: 11 | History Defined

Boris Johnson called for ‘hard egg’ approach to Northern Ireland peace process, document reveals

‘He claimed the IRA were in 1994 at the point of defeat’

The Independent UK

Johnson urged Irish Government to adopt ‘hard-egg approach’ to NI peace process

A newly released confidential document shows former prime minister Boris Johnson claimed in 1996 that British would beat the IRA eventually.

The Independent UK

Fears possible loyalists bombings would be ‘like civil war’, Irish records show

John Bruton warned a bombing campaign would mean the complete unravelling of the Northern Ireland peace process.

The Independent UK

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‘Obscene’: Calls for distressing Diana scenes to be removed from The Crown

Amid filming of final series of The Crown, people on set for re-enactments of Princess Diana's death call for removal of distressing scenes

The New Daily

King Charles' first 100 days of reign - eggings, race row, Harry and Meghan Netflix drama

Today marks exactly 100 days since the sad death of the late Queen and her eldest son ascending to the throne as King Charles III - and despite his reign still very much being in its infancy, he has had a lot to contend with

Daily Mirror

Get Matt Hancock out of here: these are the political diaries worth reading

For windows on the corridors of power that were actually written contemporaneously, read this selection of books by MPs from left and right

The Guardian - UK

‘You remember Wendy – she slept with your father’: what I learned writing Mum’s Christmas cards

There I was, filling them out for her, when the revelations started flying

The Guardian - UK

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Late Queen’s childhood friend says The Crown is ‘unfair’ to royal family

Lady Glenconner described the Netflix royal drama as a ‘complete fantasy’.

The Independent UK

‘He started breakdancing. I couldn’t believe it!’ Your verdicts on The Crown

From so bad it made you wince to so iconic you couldn’t stop laughing, here are your decidedly mixed feelings about the latest season of the royal drama

The Guardian - UK

The UK's privatisation drive cost lives, research suggests

The UK’s most active period of privatisation saw health and safety disasters and fatalities increase dramatically. In recently published research, we identified 27 multifatality disasters between 1979 and 1997 leading to 763 deaths. These figures were the highest compared with three other European countries.

The Conversation

The Crown: Did Prince Charles really have a meeting with John Major?

Major has recently called the Netflix series a ‘barrel-load of nonsense’

The Independent UK

The Crown: 7 things from season 5 that never actually took place

Season five of the hit Netflix series, The Crown, has landed on our screens and with people binge watching the show and now awaiting season six, we thought we would take a look at some fact versus fiction.

Edinburgh Live

Seven former Prime Ministers line up at Cenotaph for first time - including Liz Truss

Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Sir Tony Blair and Sir John Major attended the national Remembrance Sunday service - though Ms Truss did not lay a wreath during her 49-day premiership

Daily Mirror

The week in TV: The Crown; The English; Mammals; I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

The Crown returns with terrible timing and a great cast squandered; James Corden is the weak link in Jez Butterworth’s pitch-black comedy drama; and there’s a new snake in the jungle…

The Guardian - UK

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Netflix: The eight biggest lies from The Crown season five which didn't happen in real life

How much of the new Netflix hit is fact, and how much is complete and utter fiction?

The Independent UK

The Crown season five review: This Netflix show is the definition of first world problems

The drama was initially intended as a piece of historical fiction, but the longer it has gone on, the more tawdry it’s become

Daily Mirror

The Crown's most shocking moments - Queen ousting plot, jail threat and intimate call

The eagerly-awaited fifth series of The Crown has finally dropped on Netflix charting the lives of the royals in the early 90s - and here we take a look at some of the season’s most controversial moments

Bristol Post

The Crown: The reality of the Queen's 'Annus Horribilis' speech

The fourth episode of the fifth series sees the Queen, played by Imelda Staunton, reflect on the scandals and heartbreak of 1992 in her Ruby Jubilee speech

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Evening Standard

The Crown season 5: fact or fiction? What’s real and what’s invented in the new series of the Netflix hit?

What Peter Morgan got right, what he might have taken some dramatic licence with... SPOILERS AHEAD

Irish Mirror

The Crown's unexpected link between all three Prince Philip actors will stun fans

House of the Dragon star Matt Smith, Game of Thrones actor Tobias Menzies and Oscar-nominated Jonathan Pryce have all played the Queen's husband in different seasons of the Netflix series

The Guardian - UK

Beware The Crown’s blurring of fact and fiction in this age of dangerous untruths

It might be ‘only’ a TV show, but the boundaries between history and make-believe need to be clear, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Wales Online

The Crown fans dub season five opener 'weak' despite return of key star

Fans were also critical of Jonny Lee Miller's appearance as John Major

The Independent UK

The Crown viewers conflicted about ‘fancying’ Jonny Lee Miller as John Major in season 5

‘I don’t want to fancy him,’ one worried viewer wrote

Evening Standard

Behind the scenes of The Crown Season 5: ‘You’re eating out of Tupperware and everybody’s got tiaras on’

The cast and crew share what it was like to bring the latest season to life

Irish Mirror

Is The Crown True? The real story behind the Netflix drama as Season 5 hits our screens with controversial scenes

The Netflix drama depicts real-life events from the history of the British royal family but how much of the show's storyline is actually true?

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