The latest season of "The Crown" has renewed public interest in the troubled relationship between Princess Diana and Prince Charles and sparked anger among some royal family members. Darren McGrady, a former royal chef who worked at Buckingham Palace for 11 years and catered for Princess Diana and Prince Charles, condemned the show. What a mess, they really went for artistic license," McGrady told Us Weekly. (Open in new tab)

The chef specifically called out the show's coverage of the couple's 1983 royal tour of Australia and New Zealand, which is depicted as an explosion behind closed doors. Sheff said, "In Australia they seem to be arguing and fighting, but there they were happy. It's like when we had the Gillies Ball at Balmoral Castle [in Scotland]." [I remember watching Prince Charles and Princess Diana dance together. And the princess loved to dance. So the princess took the flight and spun the prince around faster and faster, and he laughed louder and louder. And then you see 'The Crown' and you think, 'You don't know the whole truth.'"

As noted above, Mac Grady is not the first royal official to publicly criticize "The Crown": Princess Diana's brother, Count Charles Spencer (open in new tab), has repeatedly accused the Netflix show of relying on "much speculation and much fiction." Charles then suggested that the show should include a disclaimer (opens in new tab), saying, "This is not true, but it is based on some real events."

However, Diana herself admitted that she and Charles had at least some discord during their Australian tour. In a controversial 1995 Panorama interview with BBC journalist Martin Bashir (opens in new tab), the royal revealed that her growing popularity on tour caused Charles to become jealous (opens in new tab), which led to marital troubles She revealed that her growing popularity on tour caused Charles to become jealous (opens new tab), which led to marital problems. "For example, when we were going around Australia, all I heard was, 'Oh, she's on the other side,'" she said, explaining that she was disappointed that the waiting crowds approached Charles instead of Diana." They were not on the right side to wave or touch me."

"A proud man like my husband would be concerned if he had to hear it every day for four weeks. And instead of feeling happy and sharing it, he would feel down," Diana continued. Asked if she was "flattered" by the media attention, she replied, "No, not really," adding, "With the media attention came a lot of jealousy, which created a lot of complications."