Janet Street-Porter has said The Crown is ‘justified’ in turning real-life events into drama.

Ahead of the release of the fifth season of the Netflix drama next week, there’s been plenty of controversy surrounding the inclusion of events like the Queen’s ‘annus horribilis’ of 1992, which saw three of her children’s marriages break down and a fire severely damage Windsor Castle.

But speaking on Loose Women on Tuesday, Janet questioned why people were so up in arms about how this series could affect the Royal Family, but didn’t show the same reverence to others.

‘The fashion in drama at the moment, the most popular dramas in TV right are all based on real events, on murders, serial killers and violent crimes,’ she said.

‘We’ve got the Dahmer series about his dreadful killings and then we had Des Nilsen turned into a drama here which was very popular but nobody thinks then what about the families of all the victims and if the portrayal of the killer is like a real person or is it a bit of a fantasy.’

But Christine Lampard and Brenda Edwards said they didn’t agree with the decision to use the death of Princess Diana for ‘entertainment’.

Janet has put her support behind The Crown (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

While Christine labelled it ‘distasteful’ and that she doesn’t want to watch the series anymore, Brenda also said it was ‘distasteful considering Diana isn’t here and her sons are still going through it’.

While this season will not show the events leading up to Princess Diana’s death, which has seen Netflix come under fire for even including it in the storyline, a spokesperson for the streaming service has said the exact moment of the crash which killed Diana would not be shown next season.

The Crown has recreated Princess Diana’s infamous Panorama interview (Picture: Netflix)

However, Janet said the events shown this season, including the breakdown of Charles and Diana’s marriage and her infamous 1995 BBC interview with Martin Bashir, were justified in being recreated.

‘I think the heir to the throne and his marriage breaking down so spectacularly and her giving that astonishing interview to the BBC caused ramifications we still feel today and how the public subsequently saw Charles really changed after that,’ she added.

‘I think they are justified turning that into a drama.

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‘It’s certainly been on the stage about the Royal Family and so I don’t know why people are so stressed about it going on TV, they don’t have to watch.’

Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV.

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She said that the creators are ‘justified’ turning real-life events into a drama.