Prince Harry laughs as he CONFIRMS he watches The Crown – hinting he’s even seen ‘more recent’ episodes that dramatize Diana’s bulimia battle and bitter divorce from Charles (so why did he STILL go ahead with his $100M Netflix deal?)

  • The Duke of Sussex revealed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he has seen ‘older’ episodes and ‘the more recent stuff’ 
  • Season five of the Netflix show includes a highly-dramatized version of the breakdown of his parents’ marriage 
  • Harry, 38, has faced bitter criticism for working with Netflix in light of The Crown’s portrayal of his mother, father, and other family members 
  • The Sussexes released their own documentary with Netflix last month
  • Harry has previously defended The Crown, saying that it is ‘obviously fiction’

Prince Harry has confirmed that he watches Netflix‘s controversial series The Crown – laughing as he revealed in a new bombshell TV interview that he has watched the ‘more recent’ episodes that portray ‘sensationalized’ accounts of his late mother Diana’s bulimia battle and her bitter divorce from Charles. 

The 38-year-old made the admission during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with a teaser trailer for the pre-taped sit-down capturing Harry laughing uproariously while joking to the TV host that he ‘fact checks’ the highly-criticized show.

‘Yes I have actually watched The Crown,’ Harry – who has a production deal with Netflix that is reported to be worth $100 million – told Colbert after the late night host asked if he had seen the series.

‘The older stuff and the more recent stuff.’

Harry then burst into fits of laughter and mimed taking notes as Colbert questioned whether he ‘fact checks’ the show – before admitting: ‘Yes, I do actually.’

Prince Harry has confirmed that he watches The Crown, revealing during an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he has seen the 'older and more recent stuff'

Prince Harry has confirmed that he watches The Crown, revealing during an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he has seen the ‘older and more recent stuff’ 

The 38-year-old's admission that he has watched more recent episodes suggests he has seen the show's highly-dramatized portrayal of his parents' bitter divorce

The 38-year-old’s admission that he has watched more recent episodes suggests he has seen the show’s highly-dramatized portrayal of his parents’ bitter divorce 

Despite his jovial response to the question, the Duke’s admission that he’s watched multiple episodes of the show will likely prompt furious criticism and questions about why he and wife Meghan Markle have continued to work with streaming giant Netflix, despite its brutal portrayal of the royal family – and Harry’s parents in particular.

Season five of the series – which is the most recent – drew bitter backlash over its ‘malicious’ storylines, which included agonizing portrayals of the breakdown of Charles and Diana’s marriage, as well as a fictional scene in which the future King is seen plotting to overthrow the Queen.

The latest storylines have been widely bashed for their ‘malicious’ and ‘lurid’ content with critics branding Harry a ‘hypocrite’ for refusing to pull the plug on his Netflix deal in response to the streaming giant’s portrayal of his family.

To add insult to grievous injury, season five of the show was released just a matter of weeks after the Queen passed away at the age of 96. 

Meanwhile the previous season included scenes that depicted Diana’s bulimia battle – showing her gorging on food before vomiting into a toilet in clips that were deemed to be so graphic they carried on-screen warnings. 

Harry features in the latest episodes of the show (seen center left) - which has been slammed over its 'callous' portrayal of the royal family, including Diana and King Charles

Harry features in the latest episodes of the show (seen center left) – which has been slammed over its ‘callous’ portrayal of the royal family, including Diana and King Charles  

Season four of the show depicted Diana's battle with bulimia and featured scenes showing actress Emma Corrin binging and vomiting into a toilet, which were deemed so graphic they carried an on-screen warning

Season four of the show depicted Diana's battle with bulimia and featured scenes showing actress Emma Corrin binging and vomiting into a toilet, which were deemed so graphic they carried an on-screen warning

Season four of the show depicted Diana’s battle with bulimia and featured scenes showing actress Emma Corrin binging and vomiting into a toilet, which were deemed so graphic they carried an on-screen warning

Although Netflix has insisted that it will not show the 'exact moment' of Diana's death, on-set images reveal the streaming giant plans to show the lead-up to it in agonizing detail

Although Netflix has insisted that it will not show the ‘exact moment’ of Diana’s death, on-set images reveal the streaming giant plans to show the lead-up to it in agonizing detail 

Although Harry did not confirm which episodes he has and hasn’t watched, his revelation that he’s seen both the ‘older and more recent stuff’ suggests that he’s been privy to at least a small portion of that content. 

It is understood that the upcoming season of the show will also feature graphic portrayals of Diana’s death, with on-set images revealing the gruesome staging of the Paris car crash that claimed her life, as well as a recreation of her funeral at which Harry and William famously walked behind her coffin. 

Netflix has insisted the ‘exact moment’ of the crash will not feature in the controversial drama, however the photos suggest that the series will capture the moments leading up to the fatal collision in horrifying detail. 

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