November 16th 2023.
The Crown's latest season depicts the final phone call between Princess Diana and her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The conversation has been recreated to the best of the show's ability, however some liberties have been taken.
The sixth and final season of the Netflix series features Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II, Dominic Cooper as Prince Charles, and Elizabeth Debicki as the Princess of Wales. It also touches on the premiership of Tony Blair, the early relationship of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
The show's decision to focus on aspects of Diana’s death has sparked criticism, as some details are historically accurate while others had to be made up. In the third episode, Diana is seen on the phone to her sons who are staying at Balmoral. From her hotel room in Paris, she speaks to the boys.
The conversation is playful, with Diana asking her sons how ‘cold and wet’ Scotland is and seeming shocked by William's admission that he went hunting and shot a stag that day. Harry then asks her when they can expect her home in England and William takes aim at his mother's boyfriend, Dodi, joking about his moccasins and talking on the phone all the time.
The brothers later ask her if she has plans to get married again and in a moment of determination, William asks her directly, "Mummy, are you going to marry Dodi?" She responds no and explains not to believe what the newspapers say.
Before they hang up, Diana tells her sons how much she loves them and expresses her confusion at how she ended up in her current situation.
The conversation depicted in The Crown is very different from the real-life final phone call between Diana and her sons. Last year, the princes spoke about the details of their last phone call with their mother before she was killed in a car crash in 1997.
William and Harry said they regret hurrying to get off the phone, not knowing it would be their last conversation. William also explained how, as a kid, he never enjoyed speaking to his parents on the phone, and they spent too much time talking to each other.
The Crown team has clarified that the show is a fictional drama inspired by real events, and a disclaimer is now added to episodes outlining the dramatization. The Crown season 6 will be released on Netflix in two parts, on November 16 and on December 14.
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