Jonathan Ross slams the new series of The Crown and says history won’t judge the Netflix show ‘kindly’: ‘This doesn’t feel like a fair representation’

Jonathan Ross has turned down the new series of The Crown after the final episodes of the Netflix show were released.

Series six, part two, dropped on the streaming giant on Thursday, December 14, bringing the infamous show about the British Royal Family to an end.

The episodes explore William and Harry’s grief following Diana’s death, the final years of Princess Margaret’s life, as well as William and Kate’s first romance while studying at St Andrews University.

But the series has proven controversial for its deeply intimate portrayal of recent events, including scenes involving surviving members of the royal family.

Speaking on the Reel Talk podcast with his daughter Honey, Jonathan said: ‘We can’t judge the early episodes in the same way as the recent ones.

Series six, part two, dropped on the streaming giant on Thursday, December 14, bringing the infamous show about the British Royal Family to an end

“We can judge recent events because we’ve lived through them, and we can say this isn’t fair, this doesn’t feel like it’s accurate, this doesn’t feel like a fair representation.”

The comedian continued: “I don’t think history will look very kindly on The Crown as a television series.

‘I think we’ll look back and say, “That wasn’t a good thing to do,” and it’s weird because it started out with so much praise and it was held up as a nice example, but now, critically, they’ve done that . killed their own baby.”

Jonathan and his daughter Honey, 26, had watched the series before it was released to the general public.

Using examples of the famous photos of Diana on the boat and Kate in her fashion show at St Andrews University, Schat said: ‘All these things we’ve seen, and it feels so recent and it feels too early.

She added, “It bothered me… I feel really sad for the family that is still alive that they have to watch or hear people watching the most traumatic time in their lives being beautifully recreated for Netflix.”

However, Ross praised the acting itself, saying it has maintained the “quality” from the beginning, paying particular attention to Elizabeth Debicki for her “incredible” performance as Princess Diana.

As the infamous drama came to an end, viewers quickly admitted on social media that they were “heartbroken.”

Reviewers had mixed reactions to the final episodes of The Crown, particularly the introductions of Kate (Meg Bellamy) and William (Ed McVey)

Critics also praised the scenes with Princess Margaret (Lesley Manville), seeing her role as a way to hark back to the more historical elements of the earlier seasons.

They shared their dismay that The Crown was finally coming to an end after six series and told how the final scenes were ‘so sad’.

On X – formerly known as Twitter – someone wrote: “I just finished season 6 of The Crown, part 2. Oh my God. Wow.’

Meanwhile, Meg Bellamy, 21, who plays a young Kate Middleton, admitted she “didn’t remember the real life events” depicted in the final season as the trio revealed how that affected their performances.

Part two brings the key university moment in the blossoming relationship between the current Prince and Princess of Wales to our screens.

Meg explained, “We were babies, we don’t really remember any of the actual events of this series.”

“I think that’s helpful because we could just look at it as a character on the page,” Ed added.

Reel Talk with Honey & Jonathan Ross is now on Global Player with new episodes every Monday.

The final episodes of the show debuted on the streaming platform on December 14, weeks after the first half of series six was released last month