This show has never shied away from the fact that it's historical fiction. 99% of the conversations seen in the show are completely fabricated, but based on the history that we know. And events are moved around in order to fit into an episodic format.

This is not a documentary and never has been.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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This show has never shied away from the fact that it's historical fiction. 99% of the conversations seen in the show are completely fabricated, but based on the history that we know. And events are moved around in order to fit into an episodic format.

This is not a documentary and never has been.

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It's one thing to liven things up, to compress events and characters, or to make up stuff that attempts to explain the gaps in knowledge, it's another thing to intentionally deceive people.

The story of Michael Fa gan is known and it's completely different than how show presented. They clearly wanted to bash Thatcher so they pulled this out of their asses. Then, to add "authenticity" they show pictures of the real guy during the credits and present carefully chosen portions of the back story. Of course, they left out the bad stuff to further protect their desired narrative. Anybody not anal about looking up the truth (like me) would come away from that thinking that was true.

I googled the guy in the middle of the episode and read his Wiki bio.

I then continued the episode and enjoyed it for what it was.

"Based on actual events" or "Based on a true story" should be the slogans of MSM news programs.

"CNN - Based on actual events*"

"MSNBC - Based in a true story*"

*The people discussed on this show are real, but we omit anything and everything that can't be forced into our narrative.

Can we leave "MSM" talk on politics?

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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I googled the guy in the middle of the episode and read his Wiki bio.

I then continued the episode and enjoyed it for what it was.

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Like most people would.

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Ag Since 83 said:

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I have no problem believing they were both as horrible as portrayed in the show. Just a terrible match from the start

Season 5 should be wild once they start having their war in public. Elizabeth Debicki as Diana apparently

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I thought she was presented quite positively. Yeah she had an affair, but it was after Charles basically ignored her. Even her bulimia was presented as a personal demon that had no real impact on anybody else (which I find hard to believe). Charles was presented as a spoiled brat who only resented Diana because she was getting too much of the attention. That may be true, but I have a hard time believing it was as one sided as they made it out to be.

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He was forced to marry her because he could not marry Camilla, the woman he loved.

He needed a virgin bride to give an heir and a spare

He totally resented her

But since he married Camilla, he comes across as genuinely happy right now

Being royal has major issues

Diana changed that royalty forever

aTmAg said:

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Ag Since 83 said:

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I have no problem believing they were both as horrible as portrayed in the show. Just a terrible match from the start

Season 5 should be wild once they start having their war in public. Elizabeth Debicki as Diana apparently

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I thought she was presented quite positively. Yeah she had an affair, but it was after Charles basically ignored her. Even her bulimia was presented as a personal demon that had no real impact on anybody else (which I find hard to believe). Charles was presented as a spoiled brat who only resented Diana because she was getting too much of the attention. That may be true, but I have a hard time believing it was as one sided as they made it out to be.

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Maybe you should stick to books instead of TV or cinema.

The Queen/Thatcher scene in episode 8 -- spectacular.

The episode about the cousins broke my heart. I looked it up and there was a documentary made about them in 2011. I can't believe one of them lived until 2014.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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The Queen/Thatcher scene in episode 8 -- spectacular.

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I liked the Queen scene of her calling out Charles as a big ole baby better!

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I made the mistake of googling Lord Mountbatten literally minutes before THAT scene and seeing the year he died. Still, definitely wasn't expecting that.

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Not shown in the show and for good reason He survived briefly after the ship explosion.... it blew off both legs. He survived long enough to be rescued minutes later and died on the way back to shore. Serving two world wars... he was one tough son of a *****