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UK Government Continues To Pressure Netflix For ‘The Crown’ Disclaimer; Minister Warns Regulation For U.S. Streamers May Be Considered

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The UK government has continued to apply pressure to Netflix to carry a disclaimer on The Crown making clear the series is dramatized — even though the U.S.

streaming giant has already knocked back the request.Culture minister John Whittingdale told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that it “does no harm” for Netflix to make explicit to subscribers that The Crown, although pegged to real events, is Peter Morgan’s “speculation or imagination as to what might have happened.”It follows culture secretary Oliver Dowden (Whittingdale’s boss) writing to Netflix last month requesting that it warn viewers that the lavish Left Bank Pictures drama is partly a work of fiction.

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