‘Verging on defamatory’: Royal experts react to The Crown season 5 plot-lines | Palace Confidential. The royal mantra of ‘never complain, never explain’ will be tested by the release of the new series of The Crown. That’s the view of the Mail’s royal editor Rebecca English who says the hit Netflix show explores stories in a way that some members of the royal family could find ‘traumatic’. Our panel also discuss the latest news around Prince Harry’s memoirs Spare, with its ‘confrontational’ cover. Richard Eden believes that the ‘woe-is-me’ title is a poor choice.
0:00 Palace Confidential is in a new studio!
0:40 Prince William’s hilarious ‘Netflix and chill’ moment
2:15 How will Buckingham Palace be used after Queen Elizabeth’s death?
3:16 ‘Really shocked’: Richard Eden and Rebecca English react to The Crown’s controversial plot-lines
6:58 ‘Pretty traumatic’: How Prince William and Harry may react to certain Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana
7:37 How far will The Crown be willing to go?
8:40 ‘Verged on defamatory’: Will this season of The Crown make the Royals break the ‘never complain, never explain’ policy?
9:20 How will this blow back on Prince Harry and his Netflix deal?
10:55 Palace Confidential viewers have strong thoughts on The Crown
12:05 Experts reveal some news about Prince Harry’s book ‘Spare’
13:03 ‘Very provocative’: Experts discuss the Prince Harry book title ‘Spare’
14:38 One for Richard fans: Listen to Richard say Prince Harry’s book in Spanish
14:57 Spare us the self-pity!’: Richard has some strong thoughts on Prince Harry’s circumstances
15:14 Is the term ’Spare’ really derogatory?
17:04 After the Queen’s death, is Prince Harry actually ‘dreading’ the publication of his own book?
18:07 Why is the book being published after the traditional Christmas period?
19:32 Prince Harry has ‘staked’ a lot on his book
20:15 What will happen if the Royal Family is angered by the book?
21:43 The best Palace Confidential viewer questions – did yours get picked?
26:04 Dr Tessa Dunlop will discuss her new book about the Queen and Prince Philip on Monday!
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What did you think of this week's show?
Thanks for the heads up on who's on Mondays show. Sadly I won't be watching, as Tessa Dunlops on & she drives me mad. Way too domineering!
i watched a part of the Crown when it first came out, but realized immediately it was riddled with errors, speculation and downright lies. Sadly, many viewers will think it’s all true.
YOU WOULDN'T SEE AMERICANS WATCHING THIS TRASH…… WE LIKE PRETEND…… LIKE HARRY'S PRETEND KIDDOS….. JUST NOT HARRY& M….. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME….!!!!
I love Richard’s response – “we haven’t run stories [about other royals being rude to staff] because we don’t have them!” As simple as that.
I’ll be skipping Monday’s show so I don’t have to listen to Dr. Dunlop – I love the show overall, but she ruins the pleasant, respectful air for me. Every other panelist I can recall is a delight, so I’m looking forward to the next time she’s not on.
Enjoyed the video it was varied and interesting. The three of you are a good combination.
More stories about the working Royals and a little less about H&M would suit me just fine. The duo are exhausting.
I hope you’ll cover the Earthshot Prize ceremony. I think it will be a ‘who’s who’ event. There’s a number of rumours floating around about Princess Catherine being pregnant. If she is I would like her to have a little girl.
Thanks for the heads up regarding Tessa Dunlop. I’ll be able to avoid the obnoxious woman. 🇦🇺😎
Hate and Misery.
THE only titles worthy for these two X royals.
I cannot bear Tessa Dunlop, her aggressiveness and eye-rolling when someone says something she doesn’t agree with is offensive, not to mention the petulant foot tapping and literally turning her back on other contributors.
She is incredibly unprofessional and I never watch when she is on. Today’s presenters are calm and professional and considerate of each other. Welcome back to all.
I can't see the book being a huge success. Who, really, is interested in royal books anyway? I'm mildly interested, but not enough to buy them. I'll buy Valentine Low's, and Tom Bowers if they ever get here, and I might buy one that's dedicated to the Queen (not Tessa Dunlop thanks), but other than that, no.
I think Harry is overplaying his hand, and the publishers are basing their numbers on social media following. That doesn't mean people are going to actually fork out the money to read the complaints of some spoiled, privileged, overprivileged, frat boy, who is wealthy, overindulged, absolutely coddled and not even made to make his own apologies.
Diana is still a draw due to photographs of her, but other than that – not really. And her son? No thanks, he's not even attractive. William is, but Harry missed the boat.
Apparently corporations, which ones I don't know, will buy the book in bulk to push up the sales numbers. They're saying it's #2 in Canada already, which I find really hard to believe. Sold in January, they are taking their chances. People will be paying for Christmas holidays at that point.
Not sure that I'll watch Tessa Dunlop's book promotion. I don't really trust her to be unbiased, she's shown herself to be far too biased already, in favour of M&H. Watched her on Piers Morgan's show, and she makes no logical sense whatsoever. Won't listen to facts, she comes across as a fangirl for H&M, and I wonder if it's because she needs the 'woke' H&M followers to keep her other efforts above water? There has to be a reason why she is so illogical.
This little show has really grown on me. Every one is so polite and informative. Kudos. But one thing that is so very distracting to me is the shoes of the host. !! There are frequently full shots of her and she has these hideous white shoes. They look unclean. Surely she has a nice pair of heels if only for on air
How can it be defamatory if it's in a work of fiction?
January is where books go to die. I think all parties are hoping for a quiet death.
January is where books go to die. I think all parties are hoping for a quiet death.
I think it is disgusting putting on shows like the Crown & I for one am not the least bit interested in watching it, so won't be.
Why is everything upset Harry’s Book is named “Spare”? THE MEDIA GAVE HIM THAT NAME THE DAY HE WAS BORN! So silly so it is what it is there is an Heir and a Spare and he is the Spare! Also you saying Ann was a Spare isn’t true she is female and at the time she wasn’t in line with two other brothers! Regarding the Crown I never cared for Charles until I watched the Crown then I felt bad for him for not being let to Mary his true love so of course Charles was hurt and Diana as a young women was hurt and so was the new Queen Consort! Which I believe is a sweet woman why everyone is so worried about the crown is silly
Diana lost her HRH and Harry has her personality. Charles should have married someone other than Camilla and maybe people would be more understanding. Most people do have mixed feelings on charles & Camilla and will not feel sorry for them if Harry does throw them under the bus~!
Love the back drop! I don't think the RF should be concerned. The CA couple has proven many incidences and memories they state have been proven to be untrue. It seems most of what they say circles back to non-existent: therefore, take the book with a grain of salt. Those who hate the RF will lap it up as a documentary (Netflix) and the memoir. The others, will take it for what they have already proven to be… peddling untruths and a lot of self pity.
I think I have lived to long watching this cruelty of Harry and Netflix . It’s a sad situation when integrity, loyalty, and Principle can be discarded like a dirty nappy/diaper. Shame on Netflix and Harry and his witch.
Richard mentioned that all the proceeds of Harrys book is going to Charity, not so a very small amount is going. Please amend this as it’s important that Harry isn’t a saint!
I'm not too impressed by Rebecca English. 1. Almost the only " …ing " word she pronounces correctly is "King" & the rest are " …in' " 2. She coins a new word "laviscious" when she means "lascivious" and 3. She refers to an actor I've never heard of, Dominic Webb. I think she means Dominic West.
Unfortunately people have no idea the difference between fact and fiction. Speaks volumes about society.
There is a difference between being rude to somebody, because you just had a bad day, and bullying to the point when somebody if terrified to work with you next day…
This is just pathetic… whos bending the knee to a bunch of grooming criminals just don’t know your place. This is saddest pile of drivel on the internet
Could Harry be saying SPARE A MOMENT TO HEAR MY STORY?
Jemima Goldsmith refused to continuing assisting Netflix due to their handling of the Diana story.
Diana had so many fans I hope they all boycott it in disgust, Netflix has really gone too far. My two favourite guests today , the beautiful Rebecca & lovely Richard, I love listening to them. This doesn’t make me want to watch or read anything like this , disgusted with it all.
The kings priority should be sorting out his youngest son bringing shame upon the country & the family. The biggest part of the country DO want Harry’s titles removed, also in a poll this week 93% of the public have said they WONT be buying Harry’s book
Oh please, please – not LAVICIOUS! It’s not lavicious, it’s LASCIVIOUS! How embarrassing from a journalist.