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Netflix releases statement after new series of The Crown slammed by former Prime Minister

Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has slammed the series as “malicious nonsense”

Manchester Evening News · Oct 17, 2022

The Crown branded 'nonsense' by former PM John Major over depiction of King Charles

He labelled the Netflix series 'damaging' and 'malicious' as it shows the former Prince of Wales trying to force the abdication of the Queen in the 1990s

Nottingham Post · Oct 17, 2022

Netflix forced to defend The Crown after barrage of criticism over new series

Former Prime Minister Sir John Major will be shown in a storyline which sees King Charles plotting to persuade his mother to abdicate from the throne back in 1991

Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022

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Netflix's The Crown boycotted for being 'damaging' and 'poorly timed'

Sir John Major and other royal friends have slammed the series and urged viewers to boycott the Netflix series when it airs next month

Liverpool Echo · Oct 17, 2022

Netflix says The Crown is 'fictionalised drama', not documentary

Parts of the next season have been described as 'malicious nonsense'

Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022

Netflix defends The Crown as ‘fictional dramatisation’ amid criticism

The streaming giant also confirmed the show will not depict the Paris car crash that killed Diana in August 1997.

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Sir John Major slams new series of The Crown as 'nonsense', rubbishing his storyline

The former Prime Minister will be shown in a storyline which sees King Charles plotting to persuade his mother to abdicate from the throne back in 1991

Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022

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Friends of King Charles call for a boycott of Netflix's The Crown after 'hurtful' untruthful scenes

The latest series of The Crown has been slammed by key British figures who have called out Netflix for inaccuracies and fictious scenes including scenes where Prince Charles plots to have the Queen ousted

Daily Mirror · Oct 16, 2022

John Major dismisses The Crown as a ‘barrel-load of nonsense’

Former PM angered by fictitious storyline in which Charles seeks his help in getting the Queen to abdicate

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

John Major calls The Crown a ‘barrel-load of nonsense’ and ‘malicious fiction’

‘Sir John has not cooperated in any way’ with the Netflix drama, said his spokesperson

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng: only a desperate prime minister sacks a chancellor

Having seen her government’s popularity plummet just weeks after taking office, British prime minister Liz Truss has sacked her chancellor of the exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng in a bid to save herself. Kwarteng, widely seen as Truss’s right-hand man, was rushed back to London from New York for the occasion, where…

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2022

Netflix releases first image of Trainspotting star as John Major in The Crown series 5

There are also new images of Dominic West as Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana

Wales Online · Oct 14, 2022

Jonny Lee Miller becomes John Major in pictures released from The Crown

Images from Netflix series also show Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth and Dominic West as Charles

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng hits 46-year record low for Chancellors after mini-budget - poll

Exclusive: Poll shows 65 per cent adults in Britain dissatisfied with Chancellor

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

Tories 'plotting to replace Liz Truss with Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt pact'

Liz Truss is said to be thinking of another mini-Budget U-turn as speculation grows that her days are numbered, with senior Tory MPs reportedly plotting a replacement

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

Liz did it, Charles did it, lots of celebs have done it: Why don’t we care about the awfulness of adultery any more?

Cheating will always be a gut-wrenchingly awful thing to do. Yet we seem more relaxed than ever when the great and good have done it. Oliver Keens asks: has our morality changed or are we just too deferential, confused or downright hypocritical to discuss it any more?

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022

Liz did it, Charles did it, lots of celebs have done it: Why don’t we care about the awfulness of adultery any more?

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2022

Mainstream press has become 'extremist' in its politics, says academic

RIGHT-WING papers were notably more subdued in their criticism of the Tory government during the most recent financial crisis than they were during…

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Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2022

Thousands of Londoners face £10k mortgage blow as interest rates soar

Bank of England independence was no one’s first choice. Margaret Thatcher never did it, John Major preferred to devolve power to the German Bundesbank than grant it to Threadneedle Street. Because the power to set interest rates is an awesome one.

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022

Liz did it, Charles did it, lots of celebs have done it: Why don’t we care about the awfulness of adultery any more?

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2022

Truss's mini-budget chaos is unsettling an already-fractured Conservative Party – but is removing her worth the risk?

Prime Minister Liz Truss entered office with the less-than-ideal backdrop of a cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine. The economic turmoil her government has waged is already creating more problems for her.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2022

All six living former prime ministers among Queen’s funeral congregation

Liz Truss and Lady Scotland only two politicians to speak at service, giving readings from the Bible

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022

Former PMs united in grief at Queen’s funeral

The six living former prime ministers attended the state funeral at Westminster Abbey.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2022

Spider cameo and Tindall’s medals – social media reacts to quirky side of funeral coverage

Twitter users were less reverent than those at the Queen’s funeral, and had plenty of jokes and questions as the ceremony unfolded

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2022

The Queen’s relationship with each US President: From Truman to Trump

Queen Elizabeth shared warm relationships with many US presidents

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