

James Colthurst is a medical doctor who became close friends with Princess Diana. James Colthurst a real person? Here’s what you need to know. He appears in episode 2 of the fifth season, where viewers see him answering a phone call from Diana, and it becomes clear that these two have been friends for a long time.īut, of course-as the British royal family likes to remind everyone- The Crown is ~technically~ fiction. James Colthurst, a good friend of Diana who was her go-between with writer Andrew Morton.

One character introduced this season is Dr. Season 5 of The Crownis out now and, naturally, people are once again pouring over details of Princess Diana’s life and which stories told on the show are real, and which aren't.
