Netflix says it will not add a disclaimer to The Crown declaring it a work of fiction because its lavish drama about the royal family has "always been presented" as such.
The streaming giant was responding to a series of calls for it to warn viewers the show is, in fact, fiction.
Criticism the show's fans could get confused isn't anything new.
Creator Peter Morgan has long been accused of airing fictional storylines without warning viewers about it.
But while writers of drama depicting real events routinely imagine scenes that could have taken place, for some critics, Morgan has gone too far this time around.
In series four, released last month, The Crown turns its focus to the 70s and 80s.
This means the doomed marriage between the Prince of Wales and his first wife is in the spotlight.
In the most recent season, British actress Emma Corrin portrays the princess from her first meeting with Prince Charles, played by Josh O'Connor, as the young Lady Diana Spencer in 1977.
As the show develops, we watch her struggle in an increasingly unhappy marriage.
We also get a front-row seat for her former husband's infidelity with his now-wife the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles.
Who's calling for a disclaimer and why?
Quite a few prominent people have weighed in on whether the show requires a disclaimer.
The brother of the late Diana, Charles Spencer, has called for one.
He told UK TV station ITV: "I think it would help The Crown an enormous amount if, at the beginning of each episode, it stated that, 'This isn't true but it is based around some real events.'
"I worry people do think that this is gospel and that's unfair."
UK newspaper the Mail on Sunday has also backed the cause.
So have some Conservative MPs, including Culture Minister Oliver Dowden, who told the paper: "A generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact."
Neither the royals themselves nor their press offices have ever commented on The Crown, so there's no way of knowing how they feel about the way their family is depicted in the show.
But actress Helena Bonham Carter, who plays the Queen's late sister, Princess Margaret, has commented.
She has said the show has a "moral responsibility" to tell viewers it is drama, not historical fact.
Why has Netflix rejected the call for a disclaimer?
Netflix doesn't agree with the criticism targeted at the show.
In a statement, the streaming giant told has The Mail on Sunday it has always presented the drama as just that — a drama broadly based on historical events.
The paper reports it saying: "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."
Here's what royal commentators have had to say about it all
Royal author Penny Junor says the way the series shows Prince Charles continuing his relationship with Camilla throughout his marriage isn't accurate.
Junor, who has written biographies of both the Prince and the duchess, says: "They did not see one another for five years."
The show "makes Diana out to be a victim and Charles a villain" whereas "the truth is they were both victims", she adds.
Junor says she regrets the "damaging" storyline about the duchess and the Prince, who has spent his life waiting to succeed his mother.
And former Buckingham Palace press secretary Dickie Arbiter has described the show as a "hatchet job" against Prince Charles.
Royal biographer Hugo Vickers, meanwhile, has called it "totally one sided" in its depiction of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
But it's not all about Prince Charles and Diana.
Vickers says he dislikes the way the show portrays Prince Philip.
And supporters of late UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher have also criticised the way she is depicted in this year's season.
Historian and author Ioanis Deroide, on the other hand, has sided with Netflix.
He says the show's portrayal of the relationship between Prince Charles and Diana is "reasonable".
Deroide says the public response is due to the "emotional charge" still surrounding the events in the series — as well as memories of Diana's death still being fresh.
For Deroide, despite the "impressive mimicry", there is no way of mistaking the series and its star-studded cast, for fact.
"The Crown is just one element among many that will allow the British to make up their own minds about the royal family," he says.
"I don't think it alone can make Charles look like a nice guy or the other way around."
ABC/AFP
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