Saturday, April 10, 2021

13/52 - Diana: In Her Own Words

 

This one was a request from my daughter. We'd watched the Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex interview with Oprah Winfrey and that sparked an interest in learning more about the late Princess Diana. I was quite an engaged Royal follower back in the day and Princess Diana was a draw. Lots has been said about the parallels in experiences between both Diana and Meghan and that must be disheartening for the people who are going through this for the second time. This documentary also continues this unplanned theme of managing fame and stardom that has been running through my last few selections. Yes, it is clear to see that Princess Diana had a complicated relationship with the press, but at what point does a human being get to say, okay enough and have the cameras just turn away? Seems once it gets to that point, the cameras just focus harder on you to not miss the potential break down that follows. And this situation, just took it as far as one could, inevitably. The whole thing is just a tragic, terrible loss.  

Watching these documentaries, has certainly made me more conscious of what type of media and what type of story I am consuming. Being more mindful of the links I click on. Of course, that is a side note to watching this, being a Diana fan, I was already well versed in her version of events and we'd recently wrapped up the latest (Diana heavy) season of The Crown. If you are a fan of the Crown, this may be an interesting watch if only to compare the dramatized version of the story to Diana's version of the story.

This documentary features the recorded interviews that were used in the Andrew Morton book played over footage of Diana on royal tour, dropping the kids off at school and everything in between.

We watched this on Netflix.



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