Netflix’s latest show, The Royals, featuring Ishaan Khatter and Bhumi Pednekar, has been making new headlines ever since its release on May 9, 2025. Especially the grand sets, aesthetic costumes, majestic palaces with impressive Royals and their family dramas immediately became the talk of the town. Set in the fictional city of Morpur, it follows the journey of an Independent CEO who gets entangled with a fading royal family and its future king. While some people were impressed with the refreshing show with its grandiosity, others called it out for its inconsistent storyline, exaggerated drama and more. However, a new aspect has cropped up after Royal Fables criticised The Royals for showing ‘false narratives’ on the show.
Royal Fables slams The Royals for stereotyping Royal families in India
Royal Fables, is a platform founded by Anshu Khanna which focuses on presenting the real royals of India. They recently took to their Instagram handle and shared a long letter for Netflix India and The Royals’s makers to voice their concerns about the display of Royal families on the show. The letter written on behalf of 565 princely states of India criticised the show for presenting the Royals in India in a ‘misleading’ and ‘superficial’ way. Sharing how the show presents many false narratives, they penned:
“First off, royal families are not poor. They are not selling their palaces or making money from bat poop. They are land owners and inheritors of a rich legacy that they are monetising.”
