'It's laughable': Joanna Lumley slams Netflix series The Crown as close friend of Prince Charles insists 'I know the royals, so I know it's all made up' The Absolutely Fabulous star, 75, revealed she refuses to view the show, stating: 'I don't think they watch it and I never watch it' She added: 'All the poor actors who are doing their best to copy them, it's awful. Imagine somebody making up conversations they think you've had' The Crown has been widely criticised for its unfair portrayal of the royal family, and even the very first episode of season four featured inaccuracies By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 01:27 GMT, 3 December 2021 | Updated: 13:33 GMT, 3 December 2021 19 shares 5 Viewcomments Joanna Lumley, who is a friend of Prince Charles, has slammed Netflix series The Crown, branding the show 'laughable' and 'insane'. The Absolutely Fabulous star, 75, pointed to her close relationship with the royals, explaining: 'I know them [the royal family], so I know it's all made up and it's rubbish.' Speaking in a new interview, the iconic screen star also shared that she's certain the royal family don't watch the popular show and even went as far as to say she feels sorry for the series' actors. Hitting out: Joanna Lumley, 75, who is a friend of Prince Charles, 73, has slammed Netflix series The Crown, branding the show 'laughable' and 'insane' (pictured together in 2013) In an interview with Australian Women's Weekly, she told the magazine: 'I don't think they watch it and I never watch it.' Joanna added: 'All the poor actors who are doing their best to copy them, it's awful. Imagine somebody making up conversations they think you've had.' The actress, who attended Charles and Camilla's 2005 wedding, played by Josh O'Connor and Emerald Fennell respectively in season four of The Crown, also touched upon her great respect for 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth. She told the outlet that the public will feel as though they have lost 'a mothership' when the monarch passes away. Acting: Josh O'Connor (pictured in character) played Prince Charles in the last season of The Crown The Crown has been widely criticised for its unfair portrayal of the royal family, and even the very first episode of season four featured inaccuracies. Viewers saw Lord Mountbatten (played by Charles Dance) writing a letter in which he warns Prince Charles against bringing 'ruin and disappointment' to his family and insists that he drops Camilla. The Prince receives the letter in the days after Mountbatten was murdered by the IRA in August 1979, however there is no record of any such letter being written. Casting: Season four of The Crown saw Josh and Emerald Fennell play Charles and Camilla respectively Criticism: The Crown has been criticised for its unfair portrayal of the royal family, and even the very first episode of season four featured inaccuracies (Charles and Camilla in 2005) Despite this, the letter sets the scene for the episodes to come and Charles and Camilla's affair is portrayed as not just transcending the romance and engagement to Lady Diana, but as continuing throughout the marriage. In fact, Prince Charles had virtually no contact with Camilla for the first five years of his marriage to Diana, apart from formal encounters, and allowing for the Prince's role as godfather to her son Tom. According to biographers, physical contact between the two did not resume until 1986, by which time the royal marriage had, as the Prince himself famously put it in a TV documentary, 'irretrievably broken down'. The Crown's fifth series of the show will cover the royal family's history throughout the 1990s and has already been steeped in controversy before it airs, due to the fact it will cover the controversial Princess Diana interview with Martin Bashir. Season five of The Crown will be released on Netflix in 2022. Untrue: In season four, viewers saw Lord Mountbatten (played by Charles Dance) writing a letter in which he warns Prince Charles against bringing 'ruin and disappointment' to his family Separating fact from fiction in episodes 1-5 of season 4 Claim: Britain occupied Ireland in the late 70s: FALSE Princess Diana was dressed as a 'mad tree' for A Midsummer Night's Dream when she first met Prince Charles: FALSE Prince Charles called Lord Mountbatten a traitor in a telephone argument hours before his death: FALSE Duke of Edinburgh was jealous that Prince Charles saw Lord Mountbatten as a father figure: FALSE Royal Family are bloodthirsty and obsessed with hunting: PARTLY TRUE Margaret Thatcher was caught out by the Royal Family's Balmoral tests: PARTLY TRUE Prince Charles phoned Camilla Parker-Bowles to discuss Diana: PARTLY TRUE Prince Charles told Princess Anne he 'didn't know' Diana: PARTLY TRUE Charles proposed to Diana in the nursery at Windsor Castle: TRUE Princess Diana chose her own engagement ring: TRUE Princess Diana's grandmother taught her royal etiquette: FALSE Princess Diana was upset by Charles' 'whatever in love means' comment: MOSTLY TRUE Diana's bulimia flared up because she was lonely and neglected: FALSE Charles was cold and cruel to Diana from the start: FALSE Charles cheated with Camilla before the wedding: FALSE There was never any break in Charles and Camilla's relationship: FALSE Charles didn't love Diana and their wedding nearly didn't happen: FALSE Mark Thatcher went missing in Algeria at the famous Paris Dakar rally: TRUE Mrs Thatcher pursued Falklands War because she was upset about her son: FALSE Prince Edward was'bullied by pretty much everyone' at Gordonstoun: TRUE Princess Anne felt the media 'had it in for her' and hated Diana comparisons: TRUE Prince Andrew dated a 'young, racy American actress': TRUE Prince Charles verbally abused a heavily pregnant Diana: FALSE Prince Charles complained to Queen about Diana: FALSE Prince Charles regularly called Camilla during the early years of his marriage to Diana: FALSE Queen didn't support Falklands War: FALSE Queen sympathised with Buckingham Palace intruder Michael Fagan: FALSE Margaret Thatcher dismissed herself from an audience with the Queen to attend a victory parade: FALSE Advertisement Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility