Actually The Crown lied, trust me bro—says tabloid hack

It's a 'myth' Tony Blair had to convince Buckingham Palace to give Diana her Westminster Abbey funeral… plans were being drawn up before anyone from the government EVER attended a meeting, claims ROBERT HARDMAN This runs contrary to the version of events depicted in the 2006 film The Queen and later in Netflix's The Crown, where the government took the initiative in pushing for a large public ceremony.