Nigel Havers has revealed that he hasn’t watched The Crown because he doesn’t want to ‘upset himself’.
The actor, 71, – who was close friends with the late Princess Diana – said that he didn’t think the Netflix series was ‘accurate’ and said it shouldn’t be confused with real life.
During an appearance on Loose Women on Thursday, Nigel also revealed the funny comment Prince William and Kate made to him after they watched him at the panto with their three young children Louis, Charlotte and George.
Opinions: Nigel Havers has revealed that he hasn’t watched The Crown because he doesn’t want to ‘upset himself’
Speaking about The Crown on the daytime show he said: ‘It’s a TV show, we must not confuse it with real life and it’s entertaining yes.
‘I don’t think it is accurate but its hugely successful. I haven’t watched it as I don’t want to upset myself.’
Nigel was once close with Diana – played by Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown – and has previously said of her: ‘I was good friends with Diana. She was a lovely woman. I just used to meet her at various things.
Jokes: During an appearance on Loose Women on Thursday, Nigel also revealed the funny comment Prince William and Kate made to him after they watched him at the panto with their three young children Louis, Charlotte and George
‘I was not one of her lovers. I don’t think she was after me and she didn’t get me. But I did feel sorry for her because she was depressed. She felt locked in this relationship.
‘I don’t think Charles knew how to handle it. He was in love with somebody else, as it turned out.’
During his appearance on Loose Women Nigel was giving some promo to his current pantomime.
Show: The actor, 71, – who was close friends with the late Princess Diana – said that he didn’t think the Netflix series was ‘accurate’ and said it shouldn’t be confused with real life
Nigel has been doing pantomime for 17 years and this year is back at the London Palladium for Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Dawn French, Alexandra Burke and Julian Clary.
During the chat he revealed that Prince William and Kate came to watch him with their three kids.
Afterwards Nigel revealed that William shared a joke with him about some of the crude double entendre jokes that panto is famous for.
Fun: Nigel has been doing pantomime for 17 years and this year is back at the London Palladium for Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Dawn French, Alexandra Burke and Julian Clary
He said: ‘Will and Kate came last year and he said to me after ”I have some explaining to do when I get home” after all the double entendre jokes.
‘The kids didn’t get why Will was laughing at certain parts!’
He added of his role in pantos in general: ‘It is my seventeenth year! When I started I didn’t have any grey hair!
‘This year I play myself – King Nigel in the current one. It is a great cast, Dawn French is back, Julian Clary is even ruder to me than before!’
Fame: During his appearance on Loose Women Nigel was giving some promo to his current pantomime
Popular: Speaking about The Crown on the daytime show he said: ‘It’s a TV show, we must not confuse it with real life and it’s entertaining yes’
The star-studded £2million production is on at the London Palladium currently.
The story is that The Spirit comes to the aid of Jack’s mother, Dame Trott (Dawn French), who has to sell her cow, Pat (Rob Madge), to pay off the giant’s henchwoman Mrs Blunderbore (Alexandra Burke) and then help rescue King Nigel (Nigel Havers) from the giant’s castle.
Ahead of the series of shows Dawn said: ‘Roll up! Roll up! Much merriment and happiness and downright cheek and cheeks going to be happening onstage at The Palladium this Christmas with a brand spanky new Panto at last!
‘We’ve waited two years to bring you Jack and The Beanstalk and I’m de-blimmin-lighted to be part of it. See you there folks!’
Marking a return to the pantomimes after two years of Pantoland, the West End festive treat will run from 10 December to 15 January.
French back to our panto, and can’t wait to be working with Julian, Paul, Nigel and Gary on what promises to be our biggest show yet!
‘Jack and The Beanstalk marks the return of a full-scale spectacle to our Palladium Christmas season, and we’ve been working on new designs for the show over the past two years.’
Alongside Harrison, the creative team also includes choreographer Karen Bruce, set designer Mark Walters, costume designer Hugh Durrant, lighting designer Ben Cracknell and sound designer Gareth Owen. Composition and orchestrations are by Gary Hind.
Criticism: Elizabeth Debicki is pictured as Princess Diana in The Crown, season five, which was released last month
