My favourite The Crown blooper so far was the one recently spotted by a Telegraph reader: ‘As Head of the Armed Forces and Colonel-in-Chief of four Scottish regiments, the Queen would not choose The Atholl Highlanders with which to pipe her guests into dinner […] It is inconceivable that the Queen’s Piper would play any incorrect notes – nor would he march to a 6:8 time signature while playing at the speed of a slow air.’
Yup. We all spotted it. ‘How could they have permitted such a glaringly obvious mistake?’ we all cried as we writhed on our sofas, face-palming in utter incredulity.
Mind you, one mistake that really did give me pause – and this time I’m not joking – was when scriptwriter Peter Morgan inserted the words ‘blood sports’ into the Queen’s mouth.
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