The Crowns creator admits to making up Princess Margarets boozy White House scene in Netflix drama

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THE Crowns creator has admitted to making up another central storyline in the Netflix drama one that takes a further swipe at the Queen.

Writer Peter Morgan says he invented the scene where Princess Margaret gets drunk and tells filthy limericks on a diplomatic visit to the US President in the White House.

A scene in The Crown showed Princess Margaret sharing filthy limericks with President Lyndon B. Johnson

There is no proof that Margaret and husband Lord Snowdon behaved so outrageously when they visited the White House in 1965

There is no proof that Margaret and husband Lord Snowdon behaved so outrageously when they visited the White House in 1965

She and husband Lord Snowdon did take a trip to Lyndon B. Johnson in Washington DC in 1965 , but he had no proof the royal behaved outrageously in an embarrassing bid to eclipse her sister.

Peter said: I really wanted her to have a victory and for it to sting for the Queen. But sometimes we have to use our imagination.

I have no idea what Princess Margaret might or might not have done at the White House. I have a very large research team and not one of them suggested limericks may have happened.

I did feel that what she was able to do, naturally, is what the Queen could never do. And by not having that responsibility of being the sovereign she could be herself.

In the second episode of The Crown, The Queen asks Princess Margaret to go on a delicate mission to the US which required her to be on her best behaviour.

Creator Peter Morgan has said sometimes they have to use their imagination when creating the scenes

Creator Peter Morgan has said sometimes they have to ‘use their imagination’ when filming

The storyline takes a further swipe at the Queen

The storyline takes a further swipe at the Queen

But after arriving, she starts by slating the previous president, John F Kennedy, before playing boozy games with Johnson and telling rhymes – including one about a woman who uses a stick of dynamite as a sex toy.

Its a particularly humiliating scene for the Windsors as The Crown is hugely popular in the US, and American viewers may assume the princess really did behave so shockingly.

The latest controversy comes after The Crown also suggested the Queen had an affair with her horse trainer, Lord Porchester, and claimed the Queen Mother and Lord Mountbatten conspired to split up Prince Charles and Camilla.

American viewers may assume Princess Margaret did behave as shockingly as portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter and on-screen husband Matthew Goode
American viewers may assume Princess Margaret did behave as shockingly as portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter and on-screen husband Matthew Goode