Sarah Horsley horrified to watch the story of the accidental death of Major Hugh Lindsay on The Crown TV series!

The story of the late Major Hugh Lindsay will be portrayed in the series The Crown. But his widow said that she will not watch it because it horrifies her. The Major was killed in an avalanche.

MAJOR HUGH LINDSAY AND HIS DEATH PORTRAYAL IN THE CROWN

The Crown series has discussed and portrayed several tough issues related to the royal family. There have been four seasons of the series and now they will be portraying the accidental death of Prince Charles’ friend Major Hugh Lindsay.

The Crown episode on Major Hugh Lindsay's death [Source: News Au]

But his widow, Sarah Horsley has said that she is too horrified to watch the show about her husband’s death and would avoid it. Hugh’s family had hoped that the series writers would not portray details of his death out of consideration for the great grief that his family is in for him.

SARAH HORSLEY AND HER INTERVIEW

The widow of the late Major Hugh Lindsay, Sarah Horsley gave an interview to The Sunday Telegraph and said that the thought that the show creators were adapting the 1988 disaster for TV horrified her. She had requested them to reconsider not adding the accident event in their fourth season of the series. She said:

“I wrote to them asking them not to do it, not to use the accident. I suppose members of the royal family have to grin and bear it, but for me it's a very private tragedy."

Sarah Horsley [Source: ET Canada]

The show creators wrote back to her on it and Sarah, 67 thought that their letter was rather kind. The letter read that the show creators and writers are very much aware of her concerns. But despite their understanding of her situation, they would not be able to heed to her request. They wanted her to know that they would be dealing with that difficult and tough aspect of her life with great care, integrity, and sensitivity.

SARAH ALSO REFUSED AN EARLY SCREENING

The show producers also offered her to view an early screening of the show part related to her husband’s death but she refused. She elaborated and revealed that she was more worried about the impact of that particular episode on her daughter. When the Major died, Sarah was pregnant with her daughter. Sarah said:

"I won't be watching it, it's just too upsetting to see something like that. Perhaps at some point in the future, Alice and I will watch it quietly together. It will be tough. My daughter has only heard about the accident from me because she wasn't even born when it happened."

"I'm very upset by it and I'm dreading people seeing it. I think it's very unkind to many members of the family [to dramatize the accident]."

Major Hugh Lindsay [Source: The Guardian]

It was in March 1988 when the skiing accident occurred near Klosters in Switzerland. The episode is called Avalanche and Prince Charles played by Josh O’Connor and Princess Diana played by Emma Corrin have to decide then about their future together. The accident bit is symbolic of their collapsing marriage. In the accident, Prince Charles was saved and so was his friend Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson. The latter had severe leg and lung injuries. But Major succumbed in the accident. Both Princess Diana and Sarah were with the group on their ski trip but did not go for skiing. Instead, they remained back at the lodge.

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