Is it wrong to put living people into fiction? Anger is growing over Netflix’s decision to make up events involving real people. Now another Netflix programme is in doubt.
Anger over Crown delays Harry's Netflix show
Is it wrong to put living people into fiction? Anger is growing over Netflix's decision to make up events involving real people. Now another Netflix programme is in doubt.
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It will be watched by millions of people around the world. The Duke and Duchess of SussexThe titles of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. will tell their story about leaving Britain's royal family in a documentary with Netflix. But now, the show has been delayed.
The reason, many believe, is another Netflix show: The Crown.
The fifth series of the drama about the British royal family will air in November. It follows the lives of many people who are still alive today, including Princes William and Harry and their father - now King Charles III.
But some people are angry about the show. They say it is wrong to show real people in situations which did not happen. One former British leader, Sir John MajorBritain's conservative prime minister from 1990 to 1997., says a scene in which Prince Charles talks to him about the Queen stepping aside from the throne is "nonsense".
Is it wrong to put living people into fiction?
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Yes! People will think the show is real. It is unfair to show real people in a bad light when the truth may be very different.
No! Most people understand The Crown is not real. And the royal family must accept that as public figures, they cannot control what people say about them.
Duke and Duchess of Sussex - The titles of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Sir John Major - Britain's conservative prime minister from 1990 to 1997.
Anger over Crown delays Harry’s Netflix show
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Duke and Duchess of Sussex - The titles of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Sir John Major - Britain's conservative prime minister from 1990 to 1997.