Prince Philip was reportedly ‘extremely upset’ over a scene in season one of Netflix’s The Crown that suggested he was responsible for his sister Princess Cecilie’s death.
Speaking on the Daily Mail’s Palace Confidential royal author Hugo Vickers told host Jo Elvin: “They tried to blame Prince Philip for the death of his own sister.
“They cooked up a scene at Gordonstoun, where a young Philip punches another boy. As a result, his half-term gets cancelled and his sister flies to Darmstadt, Germany.”
He added: ‘She is killed in a plane crash and Philip goes to the funeral. There, his father says to him: “I am burying my favourite child because of you.”
The show depicted a school fight at Gordonstoun leading to his sister boarding a fatal flight, but in reality, no such altercation occurred and he had no role in her tragic accident, the author said.
“In reality, there was no punch-up at Gordonstoun. He would never have gone to Darmstadt. Philip’s father actually came to Britain to take him home after the crash.
“I knew Prince Philip was extremely upset by it. Luckily, I went on the Today Show, Radio 4, and told the true story. He was listening, and felt to some extent that it had been put right.
“But he did go to his lawyers about it.”
