King Charles Iii Tv Drama, Your Thoughts?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/10/king-charles-iii-stop-frothing-royalists-boldest-bbc-show-of-year

Myself I found it to be rather insensitive seeing that the Queen is not yet dead and also the fact that those who were being portrayed cannot comment.

[Peter Pedant]

well it is good to see you reading the Grauniad to widen your horizons AOG and everyone is looking forward to your report of the Notting Hill Carnival later on in the year

There is a convention that live Royals are not portrayed on the stage - first broken by Crown Matrimonial - Jesus so many years ago that you probably hadnt retired then - Edward VIII's speech impediment ( not George's sorry Albert's) was accurately portrayed.

and at THAT time the pundits and pedants pointed out that it was first broken by the authors of Henry VIII (1600 or thereabouts) when the infant Elizabeth was portrayed on stage set in 1547 so she would have been 13. one of the authors was a certain WIlliam Shakespeare

[jno]

Those portrayed can comment if they want, though the comment may well be attributed to "sources close to the palace said ..."

Good story, PP, I hadn't heard that one before.

[Peter Pedant]

I thenk you jno....

[Peter Pedant]

Charlie boy never got a fair crack of the whip
unlike son Harry....

"I say look Harry is possed and is taking his clothes orf in public again- what fun !"

[anotheoldgit]

Don't go away yet, when PP has taken his tablets he may go for a lie down.

[hereIam]

Not for me I'm afraid, too disrespectful ....

[Mamyalynne]

It didn't appeal to me, so I gave it a miss.

[Barsel]

I did watch it but was very disappointed. When Kate left the room to go outside, did she have a cigarette? Didn't realise she was a smoker, and if she isn't, then they shouldn't have done that.The silly way they were talking was ridiculous and even that girl asking Harry if Hewitt was his real father! The worst of it though was showing Diana's ghost.No, I didn't enjoy any of it.

[Mamyalynne]

Wonder if it was better suited to the stage?

It won 'Best New Play' at the Critics' Circle Theatre Award in 2014.

Of course this adaptation may not be true to the original.

[DTCwordfan]

It was, simply, abysmal.

Buck House has nothing to worry about there.

It's a shame that the treason act doesn't cover this and then they could throw the keys away on the dramatist, the producers and the actors involved.

Mind you, another complete waste of licence-fee payers' hard-earned money.

[shaneystar2]

I doubt they were too bothered as Prince William awarded Tim Piggot Smith an OBE in March this year and he played Prince Charles in the original stage play in 2014 as well as the TV production.
Sad that it was to be his last role.He was a good actor. I thought it was quite good.
The living royals have been portrayed in several different television and film productions .I doubt they care if anyone is offended on their behalf.