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Netflix rejects calls to add disclaimer to The Crown

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A traditional double decker red bus with an advert for "The Crown" drives through central London, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Britain's Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden in a newspaper interview published Sunday Nov. 29, 2020, said he thinks "The Crown" should come with a disclaimer as it's a work of fiction with historical liberties taken in the Netflix drama about the British royal family. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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LONDON (AP) — Netflix says it has "no plans" to add a disclaimer to "The Crown" stating that its lavish drama about Britain's royal family is a work of fiction.

Netflix said Saturday it has always presented the drama as just that. A drama.

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Netflix was urged last week by British Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden to add the disclaimer, in the wake of the broadcast of the drama's fourth series.

Charles Spencer, the late Princess Diana's brother, was one who had called on Netflix to add a disclaimer.

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