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The Crown fans feel ‘very old’ as they realise who John Major actor is

Netflix’s royal drama has returned for its penultimate season

Manchester Evening News

I can forgive The Crown for jazzing up the facts – but not for being so horribly clunky

When covering the royals, we often talk about the family ‘soap opera’. The conversations here are straight out of a poor one, says Stephen Bates, the Guardian’s former royal correspondent

The Guardian - UK

The Crown viewers conflicted over Jonny Lee Miller as John Major in season 5

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

The Independent UK

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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

Why is everyone in The Crown so sexy?

Is the Netflix hit’s relationship to controversy in direct proportion to the inappropriate attractiveness of its ensemble cast? Adam White investigates why a show about largely unsexy people is so ripe with sexy actors

The Independent UK

Review: 'The Crown' is gentle on the queen’s ‘Annus Horribilis’

“The senior royals seem dangerously deluded and out of touch … and the Prince of Wales impatient for a great role in public life, not realizing his great asset is his wife,” says Prime Minister John Major (Jonny Lee Miller) in the first episode of the new season of "The…

Tribune News Service

From Tampongate to the Bashir bombshells: will King Charles III finally hit back at The Crown?

The Netflix hit is now plunging into inflammatory territory. Will the famously outspoken new monarch really simmer in silence? Does he have to – now Prince Harry is on the streamer’s payroll?

The Guardian - UK

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Who are the actors in the cast of The Crown season 6?

From Imelda Staunton to Elizabeth Debicki, here’s who’s playing whom

Evening Standard

The Crown's new controversial storylines - Queen ousting plot, Philip affair and Diana chat

The fifth season of hit Netflix show The Crown is shaping up to be the most controversial yet as it follows the fortunes of the Royal Family in the 1990s - and there has already been some hints about some of the plots it will examine when it returns next…

Daily Mirror

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

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

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

Who’s who in The Crown season 5? All the new cast members joining Netflix’s royal saga

A fresh cohort of famous faces will join Netflix’s royal saga in November

Evening Standard

Stars who have played Prime Ministers as Jonny Lee Miller takes on Sir John Major role

We take a look at some of the big names to portray political figures on screen over the years, as Trainspotting star Jonny Lee Miller looks unrecognisable playing the role of Sir John Major for the latest series of The Crown

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Trainspotting star Jonny Lee Miller morphs convincingly into former Prime Minister John Major for Netflix series The Crown

'Sick Boy' actor Jonny was spotted filming scenes for the historical drama

Daily Mirror

Netflix's The Crown transforms Jonny Lee Miller into John Major as he plays cricket

Donning a cricket sun hat, those trademark specs and an oversized white shirt over his suit, Jonny Lee Miller looked unrecognisable as he tried his hand at the game

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