AceShowbiz - "The Crown" creator Peter Morgan has commented on criticisms toward the Netflix show. In a new interview, Morgan shared that critics, including Dame Judi Dench, would "feel rather stupid" after watching the sixth and final season of the series.

"All the criticism about the 'The Crown' 's attitude to the royals comes in anticipation of the show coming out," Morgan told Variety. "The minute it's out and people look at it - whether it's Judi Dench or John Major - they instantly fall silent. And I think they probably feel rather stupid."

Morgan added that it's almost impossible to have a sensible conversation about "The Crown" in the U.K. "Everyone in Britain, whether they acknowledge it or not, has that level of sensitivity and attachment to this family, which is why it is an absolute minefield for dramatists to explore," Morgan explained. "And yet dramatists are born to write about kings and queens. That's what we do."

Dench put "The Crown" on blast back in October 2022 in an open letter to The Times U.K. In her letter, she wrote that "no one is a greater believer in artistic freedom" than her but "this cannot go unchallenged." She added, "The closer the drama comes to our present times, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism."

The actress playing Queen Victoria in 1997's "Mrs. Brown" and 2017's "Victoria & Abdul" noted that "while many will recognise 'The Crown' for the brilliant but fictionalized account of events that it is, I fear that a significant number of viewers, particularly overseas, may take its version of history as being wholly true."

"Given some of the wounding suggestions apparently contained in the new series - that King Charles plotted for his mother to abdicate, for example, or once suggested his mother's parenting was so deficient that she might have deserved a jail sentence - this is both cruelly unjust to the individuals and damaging to the institution they represent," Dench, who also portrayed Queen Elizabeth in 1998's "Shakespeare in Love", continued.

U.K. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden was also among the critics, urging Netflix to put a disclaimer to the series since it's a work of fiction. "It's a beautifully produced work of fiction, so as with other TV productions, Netflix should be very clear at the beginning it is just that," Dowden said back in 2020. "Without this, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact."

In response to the backlash, Netflix issued a statement at the time. "We have always presented 'The Crown' as a drama - and we have every confidence our members understand it's a work of fiction that's broadly based on historical events. As a result we have no plans - and see no need - to add a disclaimer," the statement read.