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7 moments in the 'The Crown' season 4 that didn't happen in real life
7 moments in the 'The Crown' season 4 that didn't happen in real life
Mikhaila FrielNov 18, 2020, 23:21 IST
Emma Corrin plays Princess Diana in the latest season of Netflix's "The Crown."Netflix
The fourth season of "The Crown" dropped on Netflix on Sunday, and the new episodes have left some royal fans Googling what actually happened in real life and what didn't.
The latest season follows the strained relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and newly-elected Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and the love triangle between Prince Charles, Princess Diana, and Camilla Parker-Bowles.
Insider spoke to Hugo Vickers, royal historian and author of "The Crown Dissected," who believes the way these relationships were portrayed were not accurate to real life.
Vickers pointed out seven moments in season four that didn't actually happen to the royals.
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1. The Queen and Margaret Thatcher weren't rivals like the show portrays
Gillian Anderson portrays Margaret Thatcher in "The Crown."
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2. There is no such thing as "The Balmoral Test"
Balmoral Castle.
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3. Prince Charles is introduced to Lady Diana Spencer for the first time in the show's fourth season, but Vickers says that he would have already known who she was
Emma Corrin as Princess Diana.
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4. The series gets royal etiquette wrong, according to Vickers
The Prince of Wales typically greets the Queen with a kiss.
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5. Thatcher didn't actually ask the Queen to dissolve parliament
The Queen speaking with Margaret Thatcher in episode 10.
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6. The love triangle between Charles, Diana, and Camilla is portrayed from a "one-sided" perspective
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
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7. A scene between Princess Diana and Princess Philip in the season finale alludes to the conspiracy theory that the royals had her killed, according to Vickers