Crown Creator Peter Morgan Has "Great Sympathy" for King Charles
The new season of The Crown is nearly here, whether or not the royal family is ready for it. Yet, one member of the royal shouldn't be too worried: King Charles. In a new interview, creator Peter Morgan shared his perspective on royal history, and denied claims that the show is unkind to the King.
"I think we must all accept that the 1990s was a difficult time for the royal family, and King Charles will almost certainly have some painful memories of that period," Morgan told Entertainment Weekly. "But that doesn't mean that, with the benefit of hindsight, history will be unkind to him, or the monarchy. The show certainly isn't. I have enormous sympathy for a man in his position — indeed, a family in their position. People are more understanding and compassionate than we expect sometimes."
It will remain to be seen whether or not the "enormous sympathy" Morgan has towards Charles is mirrored by the viewers.
Dominic West, who plays Prince Charles in season five, shared in a new video, "The great tensions that you see in this season that Peter's written about is between this 1950s outlook on the monarchy and on public life and on marriage, and the modern day, and how they clash—and how Diana really represents the modern day, and Charles is sort of caught between the two."
Much of Charles's plot naturally focuses on the breakdown of his marriage to Princess Diana in this time period; however, it also emphasizes his desire to modernize the monarchy, and make it more relatable. "Season 5 plays against a period of real criticism and uncertainty and un-confidence," Morgan said in the new feature. "It's quite shocking how overtly critical people were of the monarchy at that time."
Watch the full feature on the new cast here:
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