The Crown's Elizabeth Debicki saved it from disaster after her turn as Princess Diana saw 'sympathetic' Mohamed Al Fayed storyline pared down for TV By Alison Boshoff and Milo Pope Published: 06:45 EDT, 27 September 2024 | Updated: 06:58 EDT, 27 September 2024 e-mail View comments Elizabeth Debicki thanked The Crown writer Peter Morgan from the stage of the Emmy ’s when she won for her portrayal of Princess Diana earlier this month. But actually Morgan owes a debt of gratitude to the actress, 34, as she’s saved him from even worse embarrassment over the programme’s portrayal of Mohamed Al Fayed. In series six of The Crown, Morgan showed the Harrods boss – already by that point the subject of numerous complaints over sexual abuse – as a kindly, even fatherly figure for the Princess.
A number of the women who took part in the BBC ’s exposé of rapes and assault – titled Al Fayed: Predator At Harrods – said they decided to speak out over anger at how he was portrayed in the Netflix show. But, due to Debicki's performance being so good in the series, it forced him to re-think the entire story. The Crown writer Peter Morgan owes a debt of gratitude to actress Elizabeth Debicki Debicki won an Emmy award for her portrayal of Princess Diana earlier this month In series six of The Crown, Morgan showed the Harrods boss Mohamed Al-Fayed as a kindly, even fatherly figure for the Princess He said earlier this year: ‘If it hadn’t been for finding Elizabeth Debi.
