The Crown’s headless depiction of country life

sir – Regarding inaccuracies in the portrayal of country life in The Crown (Letters, November 19), if the stag’s head had been hung on the wall just a day or two after it was shot, there would have been blood on the carpet.

Well, perhaps there was – but not the stag’s.

Hamish Watson

Marlborough, Wiltshire

sir – The Crown is receiving a battering for inaccuracies, but I was heartened to see that the British geologists on South Georgia used Black’s Good Companion tents. A bit out of date and the worse for wear, but appropriate for an academic survey team of the time.

Credit where it’s due – Netflix must have a producer who experienced Scouts or the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in the Seventies or Eighties. Stephen Graham

Stockton-on-tees, Co Durham sir – I fear Sarah Lucas (Letters, November 18) is mistaken about the telephone number given in The Crown.

Numbers beginning 01 were in use in London from 1966 until May 6 1990, when the codes changed to 071 and 081. On April 16 1995 they changed again to 0171 and 0181.

Michael Bull

Grimsby, Lincolnshire

sir – I am sure the Queen never sulks (Letters, November 18), but I am even more sure that she would never treat a guest in her house with the rudeness shown to the Thatchers at Balmoral in The Crown. They were humiliated and treated with disdain, which made us gasp with disbelief.

Peter Morgan does not have the right to portray the Royal family in this way when it cannot defend itself.

Jane Manley

Byford, Herefordshire