The Crown goes back in time as Hull street is transported to 1947 - the year of Queen Elizabeth's wedding - as the Netflix show continues to cause controversies

A street in the northern town of Hull has gone back in time as The Crown films wartime scenes in the 1940s.

Crew for the hit Netflix show, which has continued to stir controversies for its coverage of particularly touchy storylines for the Royal Family, were seen filming takes at night on Monday.

The team are set to film in Hull for three days this week, on Alfred Gelder Street, Queen Victoria Square and inside Hull City Hall. 

Turn back the clocks: A street in the northern town of Hull has gone back in time as The Crown films wartime scenes in the 1940s

Turn back the clocks: A street in the northern town of Hull has gone back in time as The Crown films wartime scenes in the 1940s

Big names in the show were not seen taking part in the scenes on Monday night, with plenty of extras completing the takes instead.

It appears that they were set in 1947, the year Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth married, although it is not confirmed what story the time-travel is aiming to retell.

Set designers completely transformed the area to imitate Britain during wartime, including posters underneath the Queen Victoria statue on the Square, and sandbags at the bottom.

A shop was turned into an old-fashioned one, as well as 1940s lampposts and various other identifiable olden-times street features.

Wartime: The team are set to film in Hull for three days this week, on Alfred Gelder Street, Queen Victoria Square and inside Hull City Hall

Wartime: The team are set to film in Hull for three days this week, on Alfred Gelder Street, Queen Victoria Square and inside Hull City Hall

The extras wore 1940s outfits, with plenty wearing their Sunday Best including ball gowns for the ladies and bow ties for the men in suits. 

An old red bus with the words 'WEDDING SPECIAL' at the front as well as the year 1947 displayed at the top was parked in the areas where filming.

Motorists were not allowed on Alfred Gelder Street while the filming was going ahead and the same will be true on Tuesday afternoon. 

It comes after hit series is reportedly set to cover the hours before the Princess Diana's tragic death in Paris in August 1997.

The show is already facing criticism over other storylines set to feature in the new series, including depicting the then Prince Charles as a disloyal schemer who plotted against his mother and Prince Philip 'pursuing an affair' with his close friend Penny Knatchbull.

Crew: Crew for the hit Netflix show, which has continued to stir controversies for its coverage of particularly touchy storylines for the Royal Family, were seen filming takes on Monday

Crew: Crew for the hit Netflix show, which has continued to stir controversies for its coverage of particularly touchy storylines for the Royal Family, were seen filming takes on Monday

William Shawcross, the Queen Mother's official biographer, branded the series 'odious' and 'deliberately hurtful'  over an apparently invented scene where Charles tells the Queen she should be 'thrown... into jail' for being a 'bad mother'. 

Last night, Netflix risked adding fuel to the fire by refusing to add a disclaimer to the series stating that the scenes, branded 'malicious' by one royal expert, are not fact but fiction.

Meanwhile, according to The Sun, even crew members are concerned in relation to the scenes depicting the lead-up to Diana's death, with one reportedly saying: 'It feels as though a line is being crossed.'

Closed off: An old red bus with the words 'WEDDING SPECIAL' at the front as well as the year 1947 displayed at the top was parked in the areas where filming

Closed off: An old red bus with the words 'WEDDING SPECIAL' at the front as well as the year 1947 displayed at the top was parked in the areas where filming

Wartime: Set designers transformed the area to imitate Britain during wartime, including posters underneath the Queen Victoria statue on the Square, and sandbags at the bottom

Wartime: Set designers transformed the area to imitate Britain during wartime, including posters underneath the Queen Victoria statue on the Square, and sandbags at the bottom

One source close to Prince William last night told the paper that they expect the Prince of Wales will be angered by Netflix's move to ­reproduce his mother's final days for entertainment purposes.

Netflix insists Diana's death, in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in central Paris, will not be recreated in the new series.

But one set source reportedly told The Sun: 'To be going back to Paris and turning Diana's final days and hours into a drama feels very uncomfortable.

'The show always tried to present a fictional version of royal history with as much sensitivity as possible. But lately, as things get closer to the present day, it feels harder to strike that balance.'

The storyline where Charles plots to oust his mother was branded a 'barrel-load of malicious nonsense' by former prime minister Sir John Major as those close to the new monarch called for a boycott.

Hit show: Big names in the show were not seen taking part in the scenes on Monday night, with plenty of extras completing the takes instead

Hit show: Big names in the show were not seen taking part in the scenes on Monday night, with plenty of extras completing the takes instead

Critics argue the show should carry a warning that the 'false, unfair and deeply wounding' scenes are fiction, which not all viewers realise.

Yet The Crown has confirmed that series five will air from November 9 without a disclaimer.

Meanwhile, the Queen Mother's official biographer called the series 'odious' and 'deliberately hurtful'.

Mr Shawcross, in a letter to The Daily Telegraph, said that the programme is 'filled with lies and half-truths encased in lace and velvet'.

He also accused creator Peter Morgan of organising 'a campaign to abuse' the monarchy and 'to destroy by lies a vital institution'.

Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries said that it was only fair that the show regularly displays such a warning, as is common with other programmes.

The Tory MP added: 'If a programme is purely fiction as this series of The Crown obviously is, in the name of fairness and transparency it should clearly state so.

Period outfits: The extras wore 1940s outfits, with plenty wearing their Sunday Best including ball gowns for the ladies and bow ties for the men in suits

Period outfits: The extras wore 1940s outfits, with plenty wearing their Sunday Best including ball gowns for the ladies and bow ties for the men in suits

Night filming: Motorists were not allowed on Alfred Gelder Street while the filming was going ahead and the same will be true on Tuesday afternoon

Night filming: Motorists were not allowed on Alfred Gelder Street while the filming was going ahead and the same will be true on Tuesday afternoon

'It's quite bizarre that it would feature people who are alive today but are bound by protocol and unable to rebut false impressions and invented scenarios, knowing that many viewers would believe them to be real.'

Royal insiders have previously described the programme as 'trolling on a Hollywood scale', and last night no one was said to have been dissuaded from that view.

But Buckingham Palace has not formally commented on the row as it is believed officials want to rise above the fray with dignity.

A spokesman for the series said: 'The Crown has always been presented as a drama based on historical events.

Criticism: Netflix is facing fury over plans to dramatise Princess Diana's final moments before her tragic death in Paris in its new season of The Crown (Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in The Crown, season five)

Criticism: Netflix is facing fury over plans to dramatise Princess Diana's final moments before her tragic death in Paris in its new season of The Crown (Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in The Crown, season five)

Series Five is a fictional dramatisation, imagining what could have happened behind closed doors during a significant decade for the Royal Family – one that has already been scrutinised and well-documented by journalists, biographers and historians.'

The new series, set in the 1990s, opens with Charles – then the Prince of Wales – lobbying then prime minister Sir John in a bizarre attempt to force the Queen's abdication.

The prince, played by Dominic West, actively briefs against the Queen, whom he believes is out of touch.

But Sir John told The Mail on Sunday that the meeting did not happen and the 'improper subject' was never discussed. His office said that not one scene is 'accurate in any way', adding: 'They are fiction, pure and simple.

'They should be seen as nothing other than damaging and malicious fiction – a barrel-load of nonsense peddled for no other reason than to provide maximum – and entirely false – dramatic impact.'

In another scene, Charles says: 'If we were an ordinary family and social services came to visit they would have thrown us into care and you [the Queen] into jail.'

While the new series was written at least a year before the Queen died and filming completed months ago, the timing of its release may lead to criticism.

Sources close to the Palace have said the Queen's death just six weeks ago makes the scenes particularly hurtful.

Divided: The Crown has released two new posters to promote the fifth season, following backlash towards the show for blurring the lines between fact and fiction

Divided: The Crown has released two new posters to promote the fifth season, following backlash towards the show for blurring the lines between fact and fiction

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