Listening for the Caribbean on The Crown
APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY through the latest season of
The Crown, the series tackles a most peculiar incident that occurred during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign: the night a British man named Michael Fagan broke into Buckingham Palace. Since the 1982 event, multiple others have tried to scale the Palace fence and gain an audience with the Queen, including one just last year on the anniversary of Fagan’s original break-in. But Fagan didn’t just make it past the perimeters; he had a 10-minute chat with the Queen herself. You would think, then, that it’s the conversation between the two that would take centerstage in the episode entitled “Fagan.” And, to be fair, it’s what the show builds up to, vividly detailing Fagan’s daily life of estrangement and isolation in Margaret Thatcher’s and the Queen’s London before he scales the walls. Yet there is another, far briefer, exchange that’s just as intriguing, and just as pointed
The Queen s wild child cousin who is facing jail for sex attack: Flashy aristocrat, 34, boasts of friendships with Made In Chelsea stars, was banned for speeding at 100mph and broke Covid rules with 200-mile trip to lodge
Simon Bowes Lyon, 34, is a great-great nephew of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and distant cousin of Queen
Aristocrat barged into a woman s bedroom ancestral home Glamis Castle and groped her in 20-minute attack
At Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday Bowes-Lyon admitted sexually assaulting the woman on February 13 2019
He faces up to five years in jail at delayed sentencing and has been placed on sex offenders register
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Haunting photographs from the Queen’s childhood reveal that there is more than a passing resemblance between Her Majesty and the cousin who was shunned by the Royal Family. Katherine and her older sister Nerissa were daughters of the Queen Mother’s brother John Bowes-Lyon. They both had severe learning disabilities and, after George VI became King, were placed in a hospital for mentally disabled people.
Season 4 of
The Crown proved a smash hit for Netflix, with legions of viewers tuning in to pore over its gripping representation of royal scandals and intrigue. Yet for a series that’s touted as a historical drama, the intersection of those two categories has caused some furore, with the show attracting criticism for taking too much license with its interpretation of events.
In the latest evolution, it’s been reported that the ongoing debate could lead to tighter rules being implemented for streaming services. According to the
Times, platforms like Netflix could be made to adhere to stricter regulations when dramatising real-life events in the future. John Whittingdale, the Minister of State for Media and Data, has said that international platforms could have to procure a special licence to operate in the UK to guarantee that they meet minimum standards.
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The Queen’s cousins, Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, featured in an episode of Netflix’s fictionalised drama, The Crown. This immensely popular programme reimagines some of the key events from the Queen’s reign, but has been accused of inaccuracy and even dubbed “trolling on a Hollywood budget” by Prince Charles’ friends. Nerissa and Katherine were the daughters of the Queen Mother’s brother John Bowes-Lyon, but were kept out of the public eye for the majority of their lives due to their severe learning disabilities.