Diana actress Elizabeth Debicki was made to lie in a coffin so viewers of The Crown see the princess lifeless within the open casket.
And in one other stunning scene, medics who tried to save lots of her are seen in a blood-drenched hospital theatre,” The Sun experiences.
Disgusted crew members had been appalled on the insensitive, ratings-chasing script for the following collection of the Netflix drama.
Stars within the present concern Princes William and Harry shall be ripped aside by scenes round their mom’s closing moments earlier than her deadly Paris automobile crash in 1997.
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The Princes will even be seen as kids following her coffin at her funeral, which is able to characteristic in season six of the controversial present.
Horrified onlookers on set yesterday instructed The Sun they hope public fury will pressure bosses to axe the “distressing” scenes.
One stated: “They actually made Elizabeth climb into a coffin and play dead as Diana. Viewers will see a French priest administering the last rites for Diana as she is pronounced deceased.
“Prince Charles – played by Dominic West – enters the room and is in floods of tears.
“In his hysteria he notices that Diana is missing an earring. It is all he can focus on as grief envelops him.
“Charles tells French officials, ‘You’ve got to find that earring. She loved that earring,’ in terribly upsetting scenes.
“Diana’s two sisters then join Charles and there is wailing and more tears around the dead body in the open coffin.
“Princes William and Harry never saw their mother dead in a coffin and they shouldn’t have to watch this. Nor should the British public.
“The bosses went way over the top to chase ratings. Everyone was very uncomfortable doing the shoot. It is obscene and should be banned from broadcast.”
Those current additionally described the enactment of fraught scenes in a Paris hospital theatre.
One stated: “Viewers see her lying on a table with medics frantically surrounding her.
“They hired real surgeons for the scenes. Nurses are also seen around the lifeless body. There is blood everywhere – on the surgeons’ gowns and gloves, and on the door.”
The witness added: “There were conversations on set between cast members visibly upset at what they were being asked to do.
“Many believe a fuss must be made to protect Wills and Harry in particular from more upset.”
The Crown has attracted controversy all through its 5 seasons to this point. The newest has been criticised for blurring truth and fiction.
Netflix insisted the Diana loss of life scenes had been being dealt with with the “utmost respect and care” however declined to remark additional.
Simone Simmonds, a pal of Diana’s, stated: “This is sick, sick, sick. Can they get any lower?
“At this rate, why don’t they just go and dig up her grave.
“These scenes aren’t entertainment, it’s just ghoulish.”
Ken Wharfe, Diana’s former bodyguard, stated William will discover the scenes “repulsive” and Charles shall be “appalled”.
A spokesman for the Prince of Wales declined to remark.
This article initially appeared in The Sun and has been reproduced with permission
