Dominic West has revealed that he called for The Crown season 5 to ensure King Charles III was depicted to be a good father.
‘I remember the first day, when we did these camera tests, I walked onto the set with this incredible actress who was being brilliant. ‘I felt from what I heard and knew, he was a very warm father and very involved. Elizabeth really brings that out, I think.’ It was utterly intimidating, and I felt I had a lot further to go with my Charles. [Elizabeth Debicki](https://metro.co.uk/tag/elizabeth-debicki/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P4_LNK1)), West was determined to make sure his relationship with sons [Prince Harry](https://metro.co.uk/tag/prince-harry/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P4_LNK2) and Prince William displayed the royal’s gentle side. ‘I did have a few things, particularly with Charles and his relationships with his sons, that I think did change slightly as the scripts progressed,’ West tells us.
Dominic West told this week's Radio Times that after he was cast in The Crown, Camilla made a cheeky comment to him when the pair saw each other at a party.
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Dominic West has revealed how his understanding of the infamous 'tampongate' phone call between the then Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles changed ...
What I’m trying to say is that it’s much harder for me than Elizabeth.” He was on a losing ticket the whole time.” Imagine how awful that is.
The actor, who plays King Charles in the fifth series of the Netflix drama, said the King raised no objections about his new role portraying the monarch.
She later referred to the year as her 'annus horribilis' No guidance or opinion, however, was expressed in the letter. Pictured: King Charles in Ukraine, 1996 Dominic West reveals King Charles was 'relaxed' about the actor portraying him in Netflix's The Crown... It's nothing to do with us.' [ Radio Times](https://www.radiotimes.com/) that he received a written response from the King's private secretary.
Dominic West, the actor who plays Prince Charles in the new series of The Crown, offered to resign as an ambassador to the Prince's Trust after accepting ...
Dominic West, the actor who plays Prince Charles in the new series of The Crown, offered to resign as an ambassador to the Prince’s Trust after accepting the role because of a potential conflict of interest. Dominic West offered to quit Prince’s Trust over Charles role in Netflix’s The Crown
Dominic West plays Charles in the latest series of The Crown and has revealed how filming the scene gave him a new outlook on one of the most scandalous ...
What I’m trying to say is that it’s much harder for me than Elizabeth.” He was on a losing ticket the whole time.” It’s much harder for me. Dominic also said that he believes it was “much harder” for him to get into the character of Charles than it was for Elizabeth to embody Diana. “There’s hours and hours of her speaking very frankly about everything, and in a way I think that Elizabeth had the easiest task because she could listen to all of these tapes. Imagine how awful that is. Elizabeth, 32, added that her portrayal of Diana’s famous line “there were three of us in this marriage” is “as close as possible” to the real interview. “My understanding of why she would choose to do it was an attempt to control a narrative that felt like it was otherwise spiralling out of her control,” she said. "And he was having to see the same thing happen to Camilla and I think that’s the hardest part of being the Prince of Wales.” “Peter was keen to show that and how he really couldn’t do anything right at the time.” “My memory of it is that it was sort of filthy and dirty and really embarrassing but actually in the playing of it, it was much more like two middle-aged lovers being sweet to each other.” Dominic expressed his sympathy for both Charles and Camilla, now Queen Consort, in the aftermath of the scandal saying: “In many ways Charles had witnessed how his position had destroyed Diana.
Dominic West has said that Camilla, Queen Consort, would not be treated as 'badly' as she was in the past after her relationship with King Charles III first ...
[King Charles](/latest/king-charles) when he was Prince Charles, in the upcoming fifth series of Netflix hit [The Crown](/latest/the-crown), has spoken out against the treatment of Camilla shortly after a private conversation between her and the King emerged back in 1993. It’s nothing to do with us.” Unlike Dominic, who had to play out the scenes of “Tampon gate”, his predecessor actor Josh O’Connor, reportedly made it a condition of his contract that he would not be forced to act in the reconstruction. Saying that the events of the Queen’s state funeral was a “goldmine” to help him get into the character, as filming for the six series of The Crown commenced, Dominic also gave insight into the Royal Family’s view on him taking on the role. Known as “Tampon gate” the actor declared to the [Radio Times](https://www.radiotimes.com/) that one of the reasons why the [Queen Consort](/latest/queen-camilla) was treated so badly was due to her being a woman. The actor finished by saying that he thought in actuality the moment was “very sweet” but the intensely personal conversation just was never meant for public consumption.
The British actor plays Charles in the upcoming fifth series of the Emmy award-winning Netflix show.
What I’m trying to say is that it’s much harder for me than Elizabeth.” He was on a losing ticket the whole time.” Imagine how awful that is.
The British actor plays Charles in the upcoming fifth series of the Emmy award-winning Netflix show.
What I’m trying to say is that it’s much harder for me than Elizabeth.” He was on a losing ticket the whole time.” Imagine how awful that is.
The actor, who plays the then Prince of Wales, claims he tried to resign as Prince's Trust ambassador over the role but monarch rejected it.
They include [Dame Judi Dench](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/10/19/crown-wont-unkind-king-charles-shows-creator-insists/), who said the series was “cruelly unjust” to the Royal family. “Most people, if they’re lucky enough, will have had conversations like that with people they love,” he said. West has been a Prince’s Trust ambassador for over a decade and said he had met the King on a number of occasions. He also believes the series is sympathetic to Camilla Parker-Bowles, as she was during the 1990s. It’s very useful to meet the character you’re playing, obviously,” he said. The Queen Consort, he told Radio Times, jokingly addressed him as “Your Majesty” at a party last year. [a disclaimer to the show’s YouTube trailer](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/10/20/crown-trailer-uses-dianas-disgraced-panorama-interview/), saying it is a “fictional dramatisation” which is “inspired” by real events. “I think that’s probably how [the King] regards it.” [the “Tampongate” affair](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/10/30/charles-camillas-tampon-call-cast-sympathetic-love-story-latest/), in which an intimate phone call between Charles and Camilla was covertly recorded by an amateur radio enthusiast and sold to the press. “I don’t think that would happen today. “It was, ‘You do what you like, you’re an actor. [West portrays the then Prince of Wales](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/10/17/controversies-new-series-crown-much-royal-familys-making/) in the 1990s, in storylines which cover his marriage breakdown, his televised confession to adultery, and the infamous “Tampongate” phone call.
English actor Dominic West sent a private letter to then-Prince Charles after he was offered the role of playing him on the upcoming season of The Crown.
While the royals have never commented on the TV show, a senior royal source told the Telegraph last month that the palace has “moved to protect” the new King, with the official emphasising the show is “a drama, not a documentary”. The Wire actor told how the Queen Consort referred to him as “Your Majesty” when they ran into each other at a party last year. The 53-year-old TV star had close ties with the British royal family as an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, a charity founded by Charles in 1976.