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With its alluring blend of fictional drama and real life characters, The Crown has long captivated audiences, becoming a major hit for Netflix. Yet this season more than any other has prompted outcries of historical inaccuracies and perhaps unfairness towards some of the real life 'players', from the Duchess of Cornwall (then Camilla Parker Bowles) to the Queen herself.

That said, audiences still find themselves Googling the storylines of each episode hungrily after watching, with Wikipedia reporting a surge in activity on its site in the past week.

Unsurprisingly, two of the most fundamental new characters this season saw a large increase in traffic to their pages - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, played by Gillian Anderson, and Princess Diana, played by Emma Corrin. Their pages were two of the most visited on the site, with 3 million views combined.

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People also found themselves turning to Wikipedia to find out more about Thatcher's husband Dennis, and children Mark and Carol, after an episode dedicated to the family's dynamics.

Yet the figure who garnered the most increased attention was Michael Fagan, the Buckingham Palace intruder, whose story plays out in episode 5. With the action taking place two decades ago, it is unsurprising that many might have forgotten the incident, and were intrigued to discover more. The episode on Mr Fagan, who broke into Buckingham Palace twice, prompted a 78,000 per cent increase in daily page visits.

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Another more marginal figure whose Wikipedia presence increased was Edward Adean, Prince Charles Private Secretary, with viewers no doubt questioning if the portrayal of his slightly frosty relationship with Princess Diana was accurate.

Other who round out the top 10 people Wikipedia saw a spike in traffic on related to the series include Koo Stark, Prince Andrew's ex, Lord Mountbatten, whose death is covered in the season premiere, and of course, the Queen herself.

The pages for real life incidents covered by The Crown this season also saw renewed interest, including the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, and the Falklands War, which appears in an episode about Margaret Thatcher's son Mark.

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This is the surprising person The Crown viewers Googled the most after this series - Tatler