King Charles shrugs off storm over new series of Netflix’s The Crown as he enjoys a cuppa with refugees
KING Charles yesterday shrugged off a storm over the new series of Netflix drama The Crown — as he enjoyed a cuppa with refugees.
The kilt-clad monarch, 73, had tea in hand as he spoke with families in Aberdeen who fled conflict in Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan.
It came after makers of The Crown were blasted for “inventing” scenes of a younger Charles trying to oust the Queen.
The show is also under fire for filming the last moments of Princess Diana — played by Elizabeth Debicki — before the 1997 car crash in Paris that killed her.
Friends close to the King are quietly concerned he and Queen Consort Camilla will be portrayed as bad guys in the ten-part series due out next month.
Netflix hit back at critics, saying The Crown is a “fictional dramatisation” and a “drama based on historical events” — but will stop short of putting a disclaimer on new episodes.
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Yesterday, the King was met by flags, cheers and bagpipes at Aberdeen Town House, Scotland.
He told well-wishers: “I hope you’re not too cold standing here in the wind.”
Refugee Inna Skvortsova, who arrived from Ukraine in April and now helps to resettle families, said it was an honour to meet the King, adding: “I’m so grateful the UK helped me and my compatriots.”
Burhan Vesal, an interpreter for the British Army in Afghanistan, said: “He spoke to us with openness and with laughter and joy.”
King Charles has spent most of the last month in Scotland.