Kristen Stewart’s Spencer has taken flak. But I know writing the royals isn’t easy | Bert Tyler-Moore

The Windsors has had its share of criticism for its comic portrayals, even though we always inject warmth into our scripts

For a good couple of years, writing The Windsors - Channel 4's satirical soap opera about the royal family - was my full-time job and it was odd to think how bound up my livelihood was with theirs. Once, when our special on Harry and Meghan's wedding was about to go out, I found myself jogging the Mall with Buckingham Palace in my sight. What if Harry were to emerge for a similar jog, I daydreamed, and somehow we got chatting and he asked me about my job? Would he want to give me a punch up the bracket? And if so, how would I talk him out of it?

Similar thoughts must have occurred to the creators of Spencer, the film about Diana, Princess of Wales, which is in cinemas now and tipped for an Oscar, not to mention The Crown, which has been in the headlines because one of the show's contributors, Jemima Khan, demanded her name be removed from the credits because of a lack of respect" and compassion" for her late friend - whom she wanted to portray accurately".

Bert Tyler-Moore is a screenwriter. The Windsors, which he wrote with George Jeffrie, is available on All 4, and The Windsors: Endgame will be touring in spring 2023