Report: New Season Of тАШThe CrownтАЩ Will Cover Martin BashirтАЩs Princess Diana Interview
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Martin BashirтАЩs controversial 1995 interview with Princess Diana for BBCтАЩs тАЬPanoramaтАЭ will be a big part of the upcoming fifth season of тАЬThe Crown,тАЭ according to a report from The Telegraph.
Bashir has been back in the news after an investigation determined he obtained the interview through тАЬdevious and dishonestтАЭ means; Bashir has admitted to forging documents, but has rejected the narrative set forth by Princes William and Harry, stating in an interview that the notion he was тАЬsingularly responsibleтАЭ for DianaтАЩs rift with the royal family тАЬis unreasonable and unfair.тАЭ
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Citing тАЬa source close to the show,тАЭ The Telegraph reports that the new season of тАЬThe CrownтАЭ will feature two episodes focused on BashirтАЩs тАЬgroomingтАЭ of Diana and his тАЬdeceitfulтАЭ interview, depicting BashirтАЩs тАЬdishonestтАЭ behaviour and тАЬhow Diana was taken in by his lies.тАЭ
According to the source, series creator Peter Morgan has already completed writing the next season, and the тАЬscripts are already out thereтАЭ for both the fifth and sixth seasons.
тАЬIt has all been written. Peter works very closely with the historical research team who spent weeks poring over the тАШPanoramaтАЩ stuff,тАЭ said the source.
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тАЬThis was a year ago,тАЭ the source added. тАЬThe team were doing the most incredible research and theyтАЩve got it all in there: the buildup to the interview, how Bashir effectively groomed Diana, the interview itself, and the aftermath are all factored in over more than one episode.тАЭ
The fifth season will reportedly focus on the years leading up to DianaтАЩs 1997 death, and will include the numerous blows to the royals that took place in 1992, the year the Queen famously dubbed her тАЬannus horribilis.тАЭ
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The sixth and final season will examine the aftermath of DianaтАЩs death, and will
тАЬconclude around the time of the QueenтАЩs Golden Jubilee in 2002.тАЭ
The fifth season of тАЬThe CrownтАЭ is expected to air sometime in 2022, with the sixth to arrive the following year.
ET Canada has reached out to Netflix for comment.
