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Netflix - Is There a Tension Between King Charles and the Crown?

I wanted to talk, obviously, through some of the interconnections and the interplays between the palace, the public, and the political. I think that at the moment, King Charles is trying to establish a public role for himself... And so his own personal history,. which comes up very prominently in the latest series of the Crown, is clearly embarrassing to him. A lot of people who are close to the palace will be very protective towards the royal family. The BBC itself feels far too vulnerable, really, to pressure from Downing Street and discontent from the palace. So you can tell that it is quite a sensitive moment, but there would be controversy around this series of Netflix in any case

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