Royal Family News: UK Government Is Still Pushing Netflix The Crown Season 4 To Add A Disclaimer

The Crown Season 4 news suggests that the British government wants to make sure that viewers of the much talked about series know that they are indeed watching a fictionalized portrayal of royal events and not a real documentary. In fact, the government keeps putting pressure on Netflix to add a disclaimer as one minister is even warning that a regulation might be in the future for U.S. streamers. Here’s what you need to know.

The Crown Season 4 News – UK Government Is Still Pushing Netflix To Add A Disclaimer

According to Deadline, culture minister John Whittingdale told a parliamentary committee that Netflix should make it clear to subscribers that the series is “speculation or imagination as to what might have happened” and not based on real events. The drama follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the events of her life from the 1940s to modern times.

While Whittingdale himself only watched the first season of The Crown, he was still asked by Labour lawmaker Kevin Brennan whether he believes that Brits are “stupid enough to think it’s a documentary.”

The minister responded: “I would hope not. Most people are aware that dramatized accounts of real-life events inevitably require some speculation.”

But when Brennan sarcastically pressed whether or not the show should come with a health warning as well, Whittingdale added that some of the details from The Crown Season 4 are a little more “raw” than previous seasons and that is why he believes the show should come with a disclaimer.

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He said: “These are events that are quite raw and controversial, and they involve people such as the existing Prince of Wales and his sons. It does no harm, particularly because those events did generate strong views and emotions on both sides. It is not unhelpful to remind people… that this is not based on any insider knowledge, but is a dramatization of somebody’s speculation or imagination as to what might have happened.”

It has been noted that the UK government has no power to make Netflix add a disclaimer to its series.

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