Peter Morgan has revealed why Meghan Markle will not be depicted in the final series of his hit Netflix series The Crown.
The screenwriter told The Hollywood Reporter that Meghan and Prince Harry’s story would not be shown in the final season of the show, which ventures into the early 21st century.
“Meghan and Harry are in the middle of their journey, and I don’t know what their journey is or how it will end,” he shared.
“One wishes some happiness, but I’m much more comfortable writing about things that happened at least 20 years ago.”
Peter revealed that he has a “20-year-rule”, adding that time frame gave “enough time and enough distance to really understand something, to understand its role, to understand its position, to understand its relevance”.
He continued: “I don’t know where in the scheme of things Prince Andrew or indeed Meghan Markle or Harry will ever appear. We won’t know, and you need time to stop something being journalistic.”
“And so I don’t want to write about them because to write about them would instantly make it journalistic. And there are plenty of journalists already writing about them.”
“Once something has a metaphorical possibility, it can then become interesting. It’s quite possible, for example, to tell the story of Harry and Meghan through analogy and metaphor, if that’s what you want to do,” he said.
“There’ve been wives that have been married into the Royal family that have felt unwelcome and that they don’t fit in. So there are plenty of stories to tell without telling the story of Harry and Meghan.”
He also confirmed that season four of The Crown was almost completely filmed before the lockdown and it was still due to be released in November.
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