The Princess Who Killed ‘The Crown’

Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in The Crown. (Netflix)
By portraying Diana as the perfect victim, the Netflix gem turns a flawed, fascinating woman into a mawkish caricature of goodness.
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For seven years and six seasons, Netflix’s The Crown has been haunted by the blonde, slim specter of a missing princess. At first, she was just a distant shimmer on the horizon of the narrative as it weaved its way through the royal tumult of the fifties and sixties. Then came Season 4, when we spotted her hiding behind a tree, hoping to catch a glimpse…
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