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It means that someone is a traitor (disloyal) to "the Crown", which is legalistic jargon for the British government. Originally, it meant the monarch (King or Queen).

The song Banna Strand is about an Irishman who was accused of being a traitor to the Crown (back when Ireland was part of the UK).

In Shakespeare's historical play "Henry VI Part 3", both the late Earl of Salisbury (father of the Earl of Warwick) and the Duke of Exeter are accused of being traitors to the Crown, the latter because of his allegiance to King Henry VI, whom the Earl of Warwick calls a usurper. In this context, the Crown is being used to represent whom the speaker regards as the "true" or "rightful" King, rather than the ruling one.

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