What 'The Crown' Season 4 gets wrong about the Troubles in Northern Ireland

When you're watching The Crown, there's always one question that springs to mind: did that actually happen? 

There's no shortage of drama in the fourth season of the Netflix show, but just how historically accurate is this on-screen dramatisation of the events that have defined the royal family's lives? 

Well, when it comes to The Crown's portrayal of The Troubles in Northern Ireland — three decades of violent sectarian conflict between unionists and nationalists from the late '60s to late '90s — in Season 4, episode 1, there's a number of pretty crucial historical errors.

The opening episode of the new season centres on the assassination of Louis Mountbatten (Charles Dance) by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland in August 1979. Mountbatten, known throughout much of the series by his nickname "Dickie," was Prince Philip's uncle and a mentor and "honourary grandfather" to Prince Charles.  Read more...

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