THE CLOWN!
Queen Olivia larks about – as Burrell backs Di portrayal
IT has always been assumed that Prince Philip is the joker in the royal pack. But no one appears to have told Olivia Colman.
She decided it was the Queen’s turn to play for laughs, gurning and highkicking as she corpsed her fellow actors on the set of The Crown.
Miss Colman, 46, shared an image to a fan page showing her dressed in pink during filming.
Her antics drew laughs from Marion Bailey as the Queen Mother, Josh O’Connor as Charles, Tobias Menzies as Philip and Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret.
Miss Bonham Carter shared a photograph of her in the bath wearing a tiara and surrounded by crew as they
‘She became a victim’
prepared to film a scene. Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell said yesterday that the fourth series, which aired from Sunday, is an accurate dramatisation of the Royal Family’s treatment of her.
Burrell, one of Diana’ closest confidants, said The Crown showed ‘the truth in many ways’, portraying a lonely and isolated Diana as she moves into Buckingham Palace and gets used to her new life as a royal.
The 62-year-old told ITV’s Lorraine: ‘I think it’s the best series yet. It is spectacular. This is just a peek behind the doors of Buckingham Palace, that perhaps the palace don’t want you to see. It’s a fair and accurate dramatisation of what happened.’
He praised Emma Corrin’s ‘stellar’ portrayal of Diana, adding: ‘I watch it from profile and I think it is her.
‘I think she has got it exactly. Her mannerisms and the way she talks.
‘I am feeling it again. I am feeling her personality being dismantled behind the scenes by these people who don’t really care.
‘They didn’t take care of her. They didn’t give her praise. She only got negativity. She became a victim.’