Johnson worked for both Edward VIII and Mohamed al-Fayed, playing a crucial role on both men’s lives
to secure a BBC Panorama interview with Diana which aired in 1995, and the elusive Sydney Johnson, a Black valet who was the footman to Edward VIII until Edward’s death in 1972.—this is the first time we hear from the show’s first prominent Black character.Johnson features in episode three as a young Bahamian man working for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor while they are in the Bahamas.
“I met him at the Windsors’ house in Paris in 1989. He was a delightful man, with a lovely smile, and great human sympathy. He was clearly very fond of the Duke and Duchess and spoke of them with understanding,” says Hugo Vickers, royal biographer and author ofAs King Charles III Sets Out to Win Hearts and Minds, The Crown Dredges Up His Darkest Chapter
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