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The actress — who plays Princess Margaret in seasons three and four of the series— has added her voice to a growing chorus calling on Netflix to distinguish its royal dram from factual history.

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00:00Your Majesty, I think we have enough respect for one another personally.

00:07Helena Bonham Carter is adding her voice to the growing argument surrounding Netflix's

00:11royal drama series The Crown. Bonham Carter, who plays Princess Margaret in seasons 3 and 4,

00:17has joined a growing number of people calling on Netflix to distinguish its royal drama

00:21from factual history. Speaking on a newly released episode of an official podcast for the show,

00:26she claimed there was an important distinction to make between, quote,

00:30our version of the events depicted and the version. She says it's dramatized. I do feel very strongly

00:36because I think we have a moral responsibility to say, hang on guys, this is not a drama doc.

00:41We're making a drama. So they are two different entities. The dramatization on The Crown has always

00:46been controversial since the series began in 2016, although the latest season has sparked the most

00:52headlines so far, mostly for its depiction of the breakdown of the marriage of Prince Charles

00:56and Princess Diana. The show has even been accused of unfairly painting Charles as the villain

01:01by Buckingham Palace's former press secretary. Over the weekend, UK culture secretary Oliver

01:06Dowden called on Netflix to add a health warning, making it clear that it was a drama, telling the

01:11Mail on Sunday, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake

01:16fiction for fact. While Netflix has yet to comment on the controversy, a spokesperson for the streamer did

01:22note that it had already been widely reported that The Crown was a drama based on real life

01:27events. For more updates to this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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