The Crown’s Emerald Fennell Admits It’s ‘Nerve-Wracking’ That Camilla Parker Bowles ‘Watches The Show’

Emerald hopes Camilla approves of her portrayal on the hit series.

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by Bonnie McLaren |
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Being an actor and playing real living people must be stressful - especially if they're members of the royal family. But that's just the pressures of the job for the cast of The Crown. It's long been rumoured that some members of the royals have tuned in to our favourite Netflix show - with varying reviews.

But one person who apparently doesn't mind her portrayal on the series is Camilla Parker Bowles, who is reported to have liked previous series of the show. While we don't know what her thoughts are on season four, where she's shown as the 'third person' in Prince Charles and Princess Diana's marriage, apparently she wasn't that worried before the current series aired. 'I imagine she’ll be tuning in with a glass of red wine to watch it,' an insider told Vanity Fair. 'She has a wonderful sense of humor and this won’t fuss her in the slightest.'

But one person who didn't know about Camilla's viewing habits was Emerald Fennell, the actress who plays the Duchess. When told about Camilla tuning in by ET Canada, she exclaimed: 'Does she?! I didn't know!'

'This is nerve-wracking,' she added. 'I didn’t realise that but I hope she approves.' (Whether or not Camilla approves, we certainly approve of Emerald in the series.)

According to recent reports, Prince Charles understandably isn't all too happy about series four of the show. Royal expert Kate Nicholl has said that she is 'absolutely sure' the 'sudden revived interest' in Diana isn’t worrying Charles - rather that the past is being brought up is an issue for him. 'I'm absolutely sure he doesn't see that sudden revived interest in her as a threat at all,' she told 9Honey{ =nofollow}, adding: 'I think [there’s] more a frustration that the past keeps getting dredged up when he is trying to move forward.'

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