Netflix has been urged to apologise over a scene in The Crown.
A royal expert branded the scene, which depicts Prince Philip in his teenage years, "shockingly malicious" and insisted the streaming giant should issue an official apology.
The Crown's four series so far have followed the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II, her marriage to Prince Philip, and their history up until the late 1980s.
During the second series, fans were treated to a flashback scene, in which we got to see Prince Philip in his younger years following the death of his sister Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark in 1937.
She had died in a plane accident aged just 26, with her younger brother Philip 16.
Amid the drama it's suggested that Andrew, their father, blamed Philip for her death.
Andrew confronts his son during Cecilie's funeral and says: "You are the reason we are all here, burying my favourite child."
The show implies that Cecilie took the plane in the first place because Philip was banned from visiting her in Germany due to his behaviour at school.
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Cecilie decided to fly to England instead, but died in the crash.
Now a royal biographer has hit out at the scene and claimed the Duke of Edinburgh learned of it and was deeply hurt.
Sally Bedell Smith told The Daily Mail: "[Philip] had nothing to do with his sister's death…Cecilie did die in an air crash but that's the only thing that was true. Everything else was invented in a shockingly malicious way.
"The whole thing about Cecilie, which he did learn about, was terribly upsetting to him."
She added: "[Netflix] should emphatically apologise and I think a disclaimer is necessary more than ever. Now that he is gone, what they have done to his reputation is in even sharper relief."
Netflix has declined to comment.
Prince Philip died on Friday at the age of 99.
A statement from Buckingham Palace said that Queen Elizabeth, to whom he had been married for 73 years, felt "deep sorrow" at his loss.
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"It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh," the statement read.
"His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.
"Further announcements will made in due course.
"The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss."
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