The Crown is back – should King Charles be afraid?

Netflix’s royal drama reaches its most contentious and divisive season yet at the most sensitive time for the new monarch. Meadhbh McGrath explores what he and its loyal viewers can expect

Charles Dominic West as Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Diana in the new series of The Crown

Meadhbh McGrath

The latest series of The Crown hasn’t even premiered yet, but it has already drawn widespread condemnation from politicians, broadcasters, celebrities and “friends” of the new king.

Former Prime Minister John Major, who will be played by Jonny Lee Miller in Netflix’s hit royal drama, has called a storyline surrounding a purported attempt by Charles to force the Queen to abdicate a “barrel-load of nonsense” and “damaging and malicious fiction”.