In the United Kingdom, season 5 of the series "The Crown" reacts

Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West, playing Princess Diana and Prince Charles respectively, in season 5 of “The Crown”.

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They are millions waiting for it.

is back on Netflix.

Season 5, highly anticipated, chronicles the 1990s, a turbulent period for the British royal family.

The episodes are released this Wednesday, November 8.

Two months after the death of Elizabeth II, the series has never been so watched and so criticized.

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With our correspondent in London,

Prince Charles pressures Prime Minister John Major.

The heir to the crown wants to overthrow his mother.

The controversy erupts before the release of the first episode.

In real life, even the former head of government took up the pen: this scene is totally false, he writes.

It's a disrespectful series given the recent death of Elizabeth II, adds Mr Major.

It is a fiction inspired by real events, insist the creators of

.

But we can see that certain voices are raised.

A warning should be added to the series, a way to prevent viewers from getting the wrong ideas about their new king.

Not worth it, for Maggie.

In a shopping street in London, the retiree presents herself as a fan, and she is not fooled, she says: “ 

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Charles III is not spared, in the Peter Morgan series.

His relationship with his mother is described as strained.

His union with Lady Di disintegrates.

The popularity of the royal family plummets.

And the princess gives a resounding interview on the BBC, in which she confides that they were three in the marriage.

►Also listen: All the cinemas in the world - "The Crown" returns for season 5 on Netflix

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