Yahoo Movies Imelda Staunton reflects on The Crown's approach to conspiracy theories around Princess Diana's death
The Queen Elizabeth II star speaks to Yahoo UK about how the Netflix show examines the change in the Royal family's relationships after Princess Diana's death, and the conspiracy theories that arose in the aftermath.
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ROXY SIMONS: The season also kind of looks at the way, that the relationships between the royal family have developed, especially in light of Princess Diana's death. And I've always quite interesting, the developments between Charles and William, for example, and there's a particularly powerful scene between them in which William is placing blame on his father for that happening. And I wonder, how did you kind of find the way, or what did you make of the way the show examines that subject, but also the idea of fatherhood and what that means?
IMELDA STAUNTON: A great thing about Peter's writing is that he-- that's why he's done this. He's done "The Crown" to examine the human relationships and the human condition in an institution. They are a family, you say they're like any other-- there's dysfunction in the family, and yet they have to put on a face. They have to carry on. And investigating husband-wife relationships, father-son-- I mean, it's all there in Peter's writing and that's why every actor wants to be in it. Because you want to tell those stories.
And of course, as we say, it's a drama and he's imagining what goes on behind closed doors. But that's investigation worth listening to because it just gives people a glimpse of what might have happened, or makes you think about your own relationship, or gosh, your fathers and sons, even in a palace have difficulties. So that's the great thing about his writing.
He investigated what was in-- it's already out there in the world about the conspiracy. And so he just showed it again. And but, then you're looking at the royal family's attitude to that, sort of being, as far as they were concerned, it was ridiculous. But it was very good to put a window on that. He didn't airbrush that out.
