Widow criticises The Crown over avalanche episode
by Mattha Busby from on (#5AQB5)
The wife of Hugh Lindsay, who was killed while skiing with Prince Charles, had asked show not to feature the disaster
The widow of a British army major who died in an avalanche while skiing with Prince Charles has criticised the producers of The Crown as unkind" for dramatising the disaster against her wishes.
Major Hugh Lindsay, a former Queen's equerry, was skiing off-piste at the Swiss resort of Klosters in 1988 with a group including senior royals when disaster struck, with his friend the Prince of Wales and others reported to have dug snow with their hands in a vain attempt to save his life.
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