Critics who have condemned The Crown for its portrayal of the Royal Family have been told to ‘move on’ by one of the show’s stars.

Elizabeth Debicki, who plays Princess Diana in the upcoming season of the Netflix show, said it was an ‘interpretation’ of events and ‘we can maybe stop talking’ about the controversy.

The streaming giant was recently forced by the row to add a disclaimer to its trailer for season five saying it was a ‘fictional dramatisation… inspired by real events’.

It followed accusations of callousness amid reports the show will recreate the Paris car chase that resulted in Diana’s death and scenes of young princes William and Harry following their mother’s coffin in a future season.

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Crown’s Diana: Critics who have condemned The Crown for its portrayal of the Royal Family have been told to ‘move on’ by one of the show’s stars Elizabeth Debicki, who plays Princess Diana

The Crown recreates Diana’s Panorama interview with Martin Bashir

But Miss Debicki, who features in new photos as Diana in Radio Times, told the magazine: ‘I respect people’s points of view and I, being an actor in the show, understand the nature of what the show is.

‘It was always very clear to me that one can never know what happens behind closed doors and that a writer is interpreting what may have happened.

‘Now the disclaimer is up there, we can maybe stop talking about it and move on. If that’s helpful for certain people, so be it, and now the conversation can be returned to the creative endeavour of what the show is.’

She added: ‘There’s a huge amount of room for interpretation and that’s the value and beauty of The Crown as well, that you receive a different message depending on who you are. That’s good drama to me.’

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New series: It will document Diana’s split from the then Prince Charles. It includes a re-enactment of the moment the princess wore what became known as her ‘revenge dress’ (pictured)

The new series, which begins next week, will document Diana’s split from the then Prince Charles. It includes a re-enactment of the moment the princess wore what became known as her ‘revenge dress’ – an off-the-shoulder silk number by Christina Stambolian.

Diana wore it to a Vanity Fair party at the Serpentine Gallery in June 1994 on the same night a documentary was broadcast in which Prince Charles admitted to being unfaithful with Camilla.

Miss Debicki, who has replaced Emma Corrin as Diana, revealed she had been so nervous after accepting the role that she was unable to get on with simple chores at home.

The Australian-born actress said: ‘My sister would find me staring at the sink full of dishes and would go, “Oh my God, what’s wrong?” and I’d say, “I can’t do it. I don’t know how to do it.”

‘It was enormous pressure. It feels insurmountable until the scripts get delivered to you and the entire process begins.’

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Friends: Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip and Natascha McElhone as Penny Knatchbull, who bonded over a shared passion for equestrian sport

The upcoming series covers the 1990s and will reportedly include controversial scenes such as a re-enactment of the ‘tampongate’ phone call between Charles and Camilla.

Taped by an amateur radio enthusiast and leaked to the press, it recorded them discussing their intimate relationship.

Dominic West, who plays Prince Charles alongside Olivia Williams as Camilla, said his research on the 1993 scandal showed him ‘how badly Camilla was treated’.

‘I don’t think that would happen today. It happened for many reasons, one of them being she’s a woman,’ he added.

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Striking resemblance: Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in a gold sweater vest

‘I remember thinking it was a sordid, embarrassing discussion but, revisiting it, I found it was just an intensely personal conversation, and what was sordid was the prurient interest in it.

‘It’s very sweet, tender and gauche but, like any intensely personal conversation, just not for public consumption.’

The series will also air fictional scenes in which Prince Charles discusses the possibility of the Queen’s abdication with Sir John Major, which the former prime minister has dismissed as ‘malicious nonsense’.

New pictures also show Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip with his confidante Penny Knatchbull, the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, played by Natascha McElhone, on a carriage ride after the pair bonded in 1975 over their shared love for equestrian sport.