The Crown plans to screen the infamous phone call between Charles and Camilla “in sympathy as two young lovers” next month.
However, Netflix bosses have been slammed for the “rude” and “poor taste” decision to screen the infamous 1989 conversation which sparked the royal scandal.
The conversation between the then Prince Charles and Camilla, widely referred to as “tampongate”, was recorded by a radio amateur who claimed to have overheard the pair’s conversation while flipping between sound channels.
During the conversation, the then-prince said he had transformed himself into tampax tampons and told Camilla he wanted to “live in her”.
The audio recording, along with a transcript of the six-minute conversation, was sold to a tabloid and published.
It was circulated again in 1993 by The People following the separation of Prince Charles and Diana.
The Crown plans to screen the infamous phone call between Charles and Camilla “in sympathy as two young lovers” next month. Dominic West and Olivia Williams as Prince Charles and Camilla
Netflix bosses accused of ‘rude’ and ‘poor taste’ decision to screen infamous 1989 royal scandal
During the taped conversation, the then-prince mentioned that he had transformed into tampax tampons and told Camilla that he wanted to “live in them”
The scene will be staged “sympathetically” to show the love between Charles and Camilla, according to The Telegraph.
It will also try to make viewers sympathize with the intrusion into their lives at the time, the newspaper reported.
However, his inclusion in the series next month was called “rude” and “in bad taste” by two newspaper sources.
Josh O’Connor, who played young Prince Charles in The Crown Three and Four, has said he will not film the infamous phone call.
“When they offered me the role, one of my first questions was — I say questions, I think it was pretty much a statement — ‘We’re not doing a phone call with a tampon,'” he told SiriusXM in 2020.
‘[The Crown] it was my only chance for my parents to see anything [I’ve acted in] no shame, and there was no way I was going to screw it up by talking about tampons on Netflix.’
Josh O’Connor, who played young Prince Charles in The Crown Three and Four, has said he will not film the infamous phone call.
Dominic West, who portrays Prince Charles in the upcoming series, said he has changed his mind about the conversation as he previously thought it was “nasty and deeply, deeply embarrassing”.
“Looking back on it and having to play it, you realize it’s not the fault of these two people, it’s two lovers having a private conversation,” he said. Entertainment Weekly.
“What really [clear now] how aggressive and disgusting was the press attention to it that they printed it verbatim and you could call the number and listen to the actual tape.
“I think it gave me a lot of sympathy for the two of them and what they went through.”
He added that co-star Olivia Williams, who plays Camilla, has sympathy for the Queen – with both actors wanting to “do the right thing” by the couple.
A Netflix spokesperson told The Telegraph that The Crown has always been pitched as a drama based on historical events.
The spokesperson added that the fifth series will cover events that have already been widely documented by journalists, biographers and historians.
It comes after Netflix was criticized for fabricating royal scenes for The Crown and reportedly changed the Queen’s historic Annus Horribilis speech.
In November 1992, Her Majesty spoke at London’s City Hall after a series of scandals and just four days after a fire destroyed part of her home at Windsor Castle.
She was celebrating her ruby jubilee at the time and admitted in her speech that it was not a year “that I will look back on with complete satisfaction”.
The show: Netflix criticized for making up royal scenes for The Crown and reportedly forced to rewrite the Queen’s historic Annus Horribilis speech (Imelda Staunton as the Queen)
She thanked the public for their continued support over the years for her and husband Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth said: “In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it turned out to be an ‘Annus Horribilis.’
According to The Sun, in The Crown version, Imelda Staunton, who plays the Queen in the popular Netflix series, plays out a “rewritten” version of the story.
Speech: In November 1992, Her Majesty spoke at London’s Town Hall after a series of scandals and just four days after a fire destroyed part of her home at Windsor Castle.
The show doesn’t depict the monarch saying the same lines as her, but instead admitting “the mistakes of the past”.
A TV insider said Netflix “rewrote history by changing the speech” Ms. Staunton gives on the show.
They said: “Netflix can argue about what may or may not have happened behind closed doors to justify some of their storylines, but they have essentially rewritten history by changing the speech.
“It will only add to the feeling that the Crown is taking great liberties with the truth and unfairly doing untold damage to the monarchy’s reputation.
“It also seems very insensitive, given that the Queen died only last month and the nation is trying to rally around the royal family.”
MailOnline has contacted Netflix for comment.
The speech was made just weeks before Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced they were separating.
Earlier this week, new photos from the set of The Crown revealed how the controversial Netflix series will show paparazzi on mopeds swarming Princess Diana’s car moments before the crash that killed her.
The story: She was celebrating her ruby jubilee at the time and admitted in her speech that it was not a year “that I will look back on with complete satisfaction”
Drama: However, The Crown features Imelda Staunton (pictured), who plays the Queen in the hit Netflix series, playing out a ‘rewritten’ version of history
A TV insider told The Sun: “Netflix can argue about what may or may not have happened behind closed doors to justify some of their storylines, but they’ve basically rewritten history by changing the speech” (pictured with character Imelda Staunton)
Pictures show photographers on mopeds approaching a Mercedes similar to the one Diana was riding in when it crashed in the Alma Tunnel in Paris on the morning of August 31, 1997.
They are seen driving into the tunnel, which is just 100 yards from the one in which Diana was fatally wounded.
Paparazzi infamously chased a car driven by drunken driver Henri Paul as it took Diana and her lover Dodi Al-Fayed away from the Ritz Hotel in Paris.
Some then took pictures of Diana, Dodi and Paul with serious injuries in the wrecked Mercedes after the crash.
The source added: “It will only add to the feeling that the Crown is taking huge liberties with the truth and unfairly causing untold damage to the monarchy’s reputation. It also seems very insensitive, given that the Queen died only last month and the nation is trying to rally around the royal family.” (Imelda Staunton in character photo)
Netflix has insisted that the “exact moment” of the crash will not be shown in the controversial drama, but the new images will put pressure on the streaming platform as they show how close they are getting to the moment of impact.
Speaking to MailOnline, royal biographer Andrew Lowney said the description of the minutes leading up to Diana’s death was “disgusting”, adding that “a little sensitivity wouldn’t go amiss”.
The fifth series is released on November 9, the sixth series is still being filmed.
It comes after friends of Princess Diana yesterday criticized Netflix’s “insensitivity” when the first images of the scene emerged.
History: The speech was made just weeks before Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced they were separating
