Welcome to Part 2 of Books, films, exhibits and television programs about Diana.
The Previous topic can be found here. Books, films and television programs about Diana (http://www.royalinsight.net/forum/index.php?topic=87246.0)
So this will have to tide us over till the board comes back. What did you all think of the 2 recent specials about Diana?
Dancing with Diana: Princess wowed audience in surprise appearance
Dancing with Diana: Princess wowed audience in surprise appearance - 48 Hours Videos - CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/dancing-with-diana-princess-wowed-audience-in-surprise-appearance/)
Where is the Diana forum?
Princess Diana's Pride and Joy: How William and Harry Stayed Close and Grew Up Into the Men Their Mother Intended Them to Be | E! News (http://www.eonline.com/news/854782/princess-diana-s-pride-and-joy-how-william-and-harry-stayed-close-and-grew-up-into-the-men-their-mother-intended-them-to-be)
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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: First viewings of Spencer, a harrowing new film about Diana, have caused outrage, with Hollywood star Kristen Stewart portraying the Princess as an emotionally unstable woman who self-harms and breaks down in front of a young Prince William.
But writer Steven Knight claims his screenplay is informed by 'first-hand accounts' from people who were intimately acquainted with 'those involved'.
Speaking after a screening at the Curzon Mayfair, Knight says he 'promised not to reveal their names', but adds that there is 'oddness in every family in the world'. The film is about 'distilling the madness of this particular family'.
Let's hope the Queen doesn't take back Knight's CBE.
Who?s ?outraged?? The innumerable self proclaimed ?royal experts? and ?tabloid commentators? that crawl out of the woodwork at every opportunity, giving us their breathless opinions, mainly on the Sussexes? Or who? The reviews I?ve read of the film aren?t overwhelmingly critical. In fact they aren?t bad at all, praising various aspects of the film, including Stewart?s acting, and criticising others, the work of dispassionate film reviewers doing their job.
If the British (and US, Commonwealth) public want to go and see the film then they?ll go and see it, regardless of the opinions of the self-appointed media defenders of Diana and her sons. Their indignation is in itself is both hilarious and ?hypocritical? (an accusation often levelled by the above at Harry for years.) If they don?t like the look of it then the public won?t go to see it and the film will fail.
As for the RF, the Queen won?t be taking any action, and neither will the rest. There?ll be almost certainly no public statement. Harry and William are unlikely to watch this or any other film about their mother. They have their own memories.
Another one
Diana (2021) - IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com ? title
18 hours ago ? The dazzling and devastating life of Princess Diana takes center stage in this original musical, filmed in advance of its official Broadway opening.
Rating: 4.5/10
Netflix claims their subscription went up.
'Diana: A True Musical Story' Details: Everything to Know About the Princess Diana Broadway Show (https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a20139088/princess-diana-broadway-musical/)
QuoteDiana: A True Musical Story, a new production about the late Princess of Wales, had to postpone its opening due to the coronavirus outbreak. While originally set to open March 31, 2020 the show is now scheduled to debut on Broadway this November. The musical originated at the La Jolla Playhouse in California and later this year, it will play at the Longacre Theatre to a much larger audience. However, you'll be able to see the new musical from your own home at an earlier date. Here is everything we know about Diana:
The musical premiered on Netflix ahead of the Broadway opening.
A filmed version of Diana is now available to stream on Netflix. The new Diana movie was filmed in 2020 without an audience at the Longacre Theater and features the original Broadway cast.
?The chance to share our show, first with Netflix?s global audience, and then welcoming a live audience back on Broadway, is something we?ve all been dreaming about for more than a year. We could not be more thrilled to finally share both the film and the Broadway musical with the world,? the Diana producers said in a joint statement.
@TLLK, Thank you for the mention of
Diana: Princess of Wales by Penny Junor.
Why? That book only went up to the birth of Prince William and, according to Goodreads readers, contained very little that hadn?t been published before. Penny was always a Charles fanatic and even what she wrote in 1982 was full of innuendos about Diana?s instability, moods etc. I have Junor?s book ?Charles, Victim or Villain?? and it?s more of the same.
Of all the bios published about Diana that I?ve read I?d place Junor?s only slightly ahead of Lady CC?s and that?s only because of the latter author?s downright lies about her subject as well as her bias. Junor?s merely has her bias oozing out of every page.
Quote from: Curryong on October 13, 2021, 11:11:21 PM
Why? That book only went up to the birth of Prince William and, according to Goodreads readers, contained very little that hadn?t been published before. Penny was always a Charles fanatic and even what she wrote in 1982 was full of innuendos about Diana?s instability, moods etc. I have Junor?s book ?Charles, Victim or Villain?? and it?s more of the same.
Of all the bios published about Diana that I?ve read I?d place Junor?s only slightly ahead of Lady CC?s and that?s only because of the latter author?s downright lies about her subject as well as her bias. Junor?s merely has her bias oozing out of every page.
@Curryong-
@LouisFerdinand had asked the board in his earlier post which was in the Part 1 thread, if anyone knew which were some of the first books written about the Princess of Wales and this was the one that I'd found.
You can find his post on Page 16 and my reply on page 17 the old thread. Books, films and television programs about Diana (http://www.royalinsight.net/forum/index.php?topic=87246.0)
Ooh, right, TLLK. Sorry I misunderstood the question. I didn?t read the last posts in Part 1.
Having said that, and I do apologise for it, I stand 110% behind what I said about Junor?s book. I was a fan of Diana from the beginning, before the engagement, and read everything I could about her. I remember the first Diana bios were very much cut and paste jobs from press reports about the engagement, wedding etc, and to a certain extent that remained true until after the mid 1980s when rumours about the Charles/Diana marriage were gathering apace.
In other words, the Press kept a tight handle on the fairy tale narrative until it became impossible for them to do so, and so my advice to anyone regarding Diana bios is to stay away from very early ones except for contrast and compare coverage purposes.
@Curryong-Apology accepted. :shake: Perhaps you could recommend early biographies of Diana that you found to be better?
No, I can?t I?m afraid. Most of the early bios were generic and peddled the fairytale aspect. I remember getting one of the wedding from the library which must have been published early and had photos and recounted details I?d forgotten. No jumping on the Internet for clips on YouTube or other streamers in those days!
And we didn?t get a really full rounded picture of Diana?s life from the Press or anybody else until after the mid 1980s when the tabloids had lost control of the ?everything is marvellous? narrative and things started to come out which gave a picture of the true state of affairs.
I was exactly the same as everyone else and thought it was all wonderful until stories started appearing of Charles spending a great deal of time away from his family. I didn?t swallow the KoolAid about the fairy tale marriage after more vivid accounts of the couple?s lives together began appearing. And I didn?t and don?t totally believed Morton?s book either. Don?t like completely one-sided accounts of anyone. To me the Housekeeper?s Diary (banned in Britain) was more authentic.
If Junor had more information than she wrote in that early account I don?t know. However I?ve never read any book of hers about Diana and Charles that hasn?t ever so subtly shaded Diana while seemingly praising her or that hasn?t made copious excuses for Charles?s behaviour during his marriage.
Did any of the authors who wrote a book about Princess Diana actually interview her father Earl Spencer?
Prince William and Harry to find Spencer film 'uncomfortable' | Royal | News | Express.co.uk (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1514361/prince-william-news-prince-harry-spencer-film-princess-diana-friend-kristen-stewart-vn)
Quote from: LouisFerdinand on October 14, 2021, 10:43:36 PM
Did any of the authors who wrote a book about Princess Diana actually interview her father Earl Spencer?
Wasn't he still recovering from a stroke when she was married, and he died before their marriage ended, so probably not.
Quote from: LouisFerdinand on October 14, 2021, 10:43:36 PM
Did any of the authors who wrote a book about Princess Diana actually interview her father Earl Spencer?
QuoteWhen her dad had stroke since 1978 till 1992 for 14 years and he died in 1992 due heart attack and pneumonia
In 1978, Spencer had suffered a severe stroke, from which, at one stage, he was not expected to recover, and which kept him in hospital for eight months. Shortly before his death he was hospitalised for pneumonia.He died of a heart attack in 1992, and was succeeded by his son Charles.
I don?t think Diana interview her dad it?s Andrew Morton
Quote from: Princess Cassandra on November 05, 2021, 06:09:56 AM
Wasn't he still recovering from a stroke when she was married, and he died before their marriage ended, so probably not.
Yes her dad never missed his four children got married and birth of grandchildren till his death in March 1992 before Diana and Charles got separated in November 1992 after Diana?s dad death
I don?t think that anyone seeing Earl Spencer escorting his daughter down the aisle at St Paul?s on Diana and Charles?s wedding day would have said that here was a man in top physical condition. One of the reasons that John Spencer was so devoted to his wife Raine, appalling though she was in several other respects IMO, was that she expended huge amounts of time and energy in getting him well again after his stroke. There was nothing she wouldn?t try to get him back to normal.
Unfortunately I don?t think he was the same man after his stroke in 1978 in spite of all the TLC. Between 1978 and 1981 I believe his and his wife?s sole focus was in getting better. Although he was always very jolly when encountering people and talking briefly about Diana in the run up to the nuptials I don?t think he would have been capable of a long sit down interview.
His speech, memory and comprehension had to be brought back to scratch, and that was so for several years. Courtiers who met him around the time of Diana?s engagement described him as nice, jolly but rather ?out of it? for much of the time.
In those first busy years of Diana?s marriage she and her father probably didn?t meet that often for long discussions on her marriage. Afterwards, as the union disintegrated Johnny probably didn?t want to do interviews about his daughter and son in law.
Quote from: Curryong on November 05, 2021, 07:58:48 PM
I don?t think that anyone seeing Earl Spencer escorting his daughter down the aisle at St Paul?s on Diana and Charles?s wedding day would have said that here was a man in top physical condition. One of the reasons that John Spencer was so devoted to his wife Raine, appalling though she was in several other respects IMO, was that she expended huge amounts of time and energy in getting him well again after his stroke. There was nothing she wouldn?t try to get him back to normal.
Unfortunately I don?t think he was the same man after his stroke in 1978 in spite of all the TLC. Between 1978 and 1981 I believe his and his wife?s sole focus was in getting better. Although he was always very jolly when encountering people and talking briefly about Diana in the run up to the nuptials I don?t think he would have been capable of a long sit down interview.
His speech, memory and comprehension had to be brought back to scratch, and that was so for several years. Courtiers who met him around the time of Diana?s engagement described him as nice, jolly but rather ?out of it? for much of the time.
In those first busy years of Diana?s marriage she and her father probably didn?t meet that often for long discussions on her marriage. Afterwards, as the union disintegrated Johnny probably didn?t want to do interviews about his daughter and son in law.
Absolutely I?m agreeing with you
Royal experts demand Prince Harry axes his Netflix deal over The Crown's portrayal of Diana | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10175467/Royal-experts-demand-Prince-Harry-axes-Netflix-deal-Crowns-portrayal-Diana.html)
Princess Diana news: Jemima Khan furious at Netflix for 'disrespectful' The Crown script | Royal | News | Express.co.uk (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1517758/princess-diana-news-jemima-khan-netflix-crown-script)
Prince Harry urged to 'tear up' ?100m Netflix deal as Diana's pal quits The Crown - Mirror Online (https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/prince-harry-urged-tear-up-25402499)
Prince Harry urged to ditch ?100million Netflix deal after Diana's close pal quits The Crown (https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/16665230/prince-harry-100million-netflix-diana-crown/)
Harry doesn?t have any influence over Netflix productions like ?The Crown? and what so-called ?Royal experts? (who appointed them, lol) demand is of no relevance whatsoever. Neither Harry, the producers of ?The Crown? nor the audience who view it, won?t be losing one moment of sleep over what this ragtag collection of Journalistic hacks and commentators want to happen or not happen.
DAN WOOTTON: Jemima Khan's loyalty to Diana should shame Prince Harry into cutting ties with Netflix | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10178469/DAN-WOOTTON-Jemima-Khans-loyalty-Diana-shame-Prince-Harry-cutting-ties-Netflix.html)
Critics brand Spencer a 'horror movie' about 'fragile woman held captive in a spooky mansion' | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10177371/Critics-brand-Spencer-horror-movie-fragile-woman-held-captive-spooky-mansion.html)
Roy Greenslade's stepdaughter lands a part in The Crown | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10176113/Roy-Greenslades-stepdaughter-lands-Crown.html)
The Crown's Elizabeth Debicki Wears Princess Diana's Revenge Dress | PEOPLE.com (https://people.com/royals/the-crown-princess-diana-revenge-dress/)
The Crown recreates Princess Diana's famous 'revenge dress' moment against Prince Charles - Mirror Online (https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/crown-recreates-princess-dianas-famous-25396661)
Jemima Khan quit Netflix's The Crown over pal Princess Diana... but Harry's on mute (https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/16676220/jemima-khan-quit-the-crown-princess-diana/)
RICHARD KAY reveals that Princess Diana is the victim of yet another travesty in Spencer | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10179661/RICHARD-KAY-reveals-Princess-Diana-victim-travesty-Spencer.html)
Prince William 'will be enraged after The Crown filmed Diana scene 800 yards from his bedroom' | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10202125/Prince-William-enraged-Crown-filmed-Diana-scene-800-yards-bedroom.html)
Diana's brother Earl Spencer rejected The Crown request to film at Althorp | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10203547/Dianas-brother-Earl-Spencer-rejected-Crown-request-film-Althorp.html)
Diana's brother Earl Spencer rejects Netflix request to film at family home | Royal | News | Express.co.uk (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1521721/princess-diana-brother-earl-spencer-netflix-the-crown-latest-news)
Prince William fury as The Crown films Princess Diana dress moment near home | Royal | News | Express.co.uk (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1521447/prince-william-the-crown-filming-princess-diana-scene-kensington-gardens)
The Crown films dramatic Princess Diana scene in Prince William's ?front garden? - Mirror Online (https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/crown-films-dramatic-princess-diana-25457855)
Princess Diana's brother rejects The Crown's request to film at family estate - and won't even watch Netflix show (https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/16738225/princess-diana-brother-rejects-the-crown-film-family-estate/)
I understand from Diana?s brother and Duke of Cambridge wanted for protection on Princess Diana and no shooting the crown at althorp without permission of Earl Spencer,Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex but can?t bring Late Diana,Princess of Wales back due conversation roles of late Diana,Princess of Wales out respect for Diana?s brother and her two boys
Well I can understand why Earl Spencer has declined Netflix request to film at Althorp. It's a private estate and he can choose who can film there.
Now as for the the filming at Kensington Gardens, well there isn't much that Prince William can do about that one seeing that it is a public space and it's the location for the Serpentine Gallery. Serpentine Galleries (https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/)
Quote from: TLLK on November 17, 2021, 12:18:19 AM
Well I can understand why Earl Spencer has declined Netflix request to film at Althorp. It's a private estate and he can choose who can film there.
Now as for the the filming at Kensington Gardens, well there isn't much that Prince William can do about that one seeing that it is a public space and it's the location for the Serpentine Gallery. Serpentine Galleries (https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/)
I?m agreeing with you but althorp is so private property without permission from Earl Spencer and don?t forget about Kensington palace is also private property
@sara8150 -Technically Kensington Palace is an interesting mixture of both public and private spaces. However like all of the dwellings that the royals officially reside in, Kensington Palace is owned by the state and has parts that are open to the public. Of course permission would have to be granted for any company that makes a request to film there.
Kensington Palace is one of the six Historic Royal Palaces. Official Site | Historic Royal Palaces (https://www.hrp.org.uk/)
QuoteHistory of Historic Royal Palaces
Historic Royal Palaces was established by the government in 1989 in order to care for five royal palaces. We later became an independent charity and in 2014 took over the management of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
Quote from: TLLK on November 17, 2021, 04:26:28 PM
@sara8150 -Technically Kensington Palace is an interesting mixture of both public and private spaces. However like all of the dwellings that the royals officially reside in, Kensington Palace is owned by the state and has parts that are open to the public. Of course permission would have to be granted for any company that makes a request to film there.
Kensington Palace is part of the Historic Royal Palaces. Official Site | Historic Royal Palaces (https://www.hrp.org.uk/)
You?re right about that
Charles Spencer could become 'movie mogul' after latest novel success | Royal | News | Express.co.uk (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1523062/charles-spencer-movie-hollywood-novel-success-earl-royal-vn)
I hope he does, as he is making a very strong effort to maintain and improve Althorp, and that is all so very costly. I hate to see those beautiful structures fall into ruin, and we know they cannot be replaced.
The Crown's producers have been told "no" by another British institution, Eton College has denied access to the television program's cameras to film on site as the series moves on to the "War of the Wales." Winchester College will be substituted for Eton in the series.
Eton refuses to let Netflix film The Crown at college ahead of new series | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10306179/Eton-refuses-let-Netflix-film-Crown-college-ahead-new-series.html)
QuoteNetflix was barred from using Eton College as a filming location for The Crown after the streaming giant was accused of publishing a 'sinister' tweet about the Royal Family, it has been revealed.
The ?14,000-a-term all boys school, in Windsor, Berkshire, said it wanted nothing to do with the hit series, which chronicles the lives of the British monarchy throughout the 20th century.
It comes after senior palace sources reacted with anger in December last year after Netflix posted a tweet inviting viewers to watch a documentary on Princess Diana which they claimed would provide 'answers' to criticism of its flagship drama.
Critics had said The Crown's account of the breakdown of Prince Charles's marriage to the Princess of Wales was 'distorted and at times downright inaccurate'.
'Eton didn't want anything to do with The Crown,' a source at the 581-year-old school told the Daily Mail.
'It's very much aware of the criticism of the series.'
Placing this here as it is related to the film Spencer.[/u]
Kristen Stewart, 31, lands her very FIRST Golden Globe nomination for playing Princess Diana | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10305441/Kristen-Stewart-31-lands-Golden-Globe-nomination-playing-Princess-Diana.html)
Razzies: Filmed Version of ?Diana? Stage Musical Tops 2022 Nominees
Other top nominees for the worst films and performances include 'The Woman in the Window' and the Taryn Manning starrer 'Karen,' the trailer for which went viral.
Razzie Awards 2022 Nominations Nominees List ? The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/razzies-2022-nominations-list-nominees-1235088052/)
Kristen Stewart has received her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her work in
Spencer. 2022 Oscar Nominations: Full List of Nominees | PEOPLE.com (https://people.com/movies/oscars-2022-nominations-list/)
QuoteBest Actress
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Pen?lope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
I gather that the film is pretty rubbish....
Diana: The Musical is tipped to win worst picture at the Razzie Awards | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10546997/Diana-Musical-tipped-win-worst-picture-Razzie-Awards.html)
QuoteDiana is also nominated for worst director (Christopher Ashley), actor (Roe Hartrampf), actress (Jeanna de Waal), supporting actor (Gareth Keegan), supporting actress (Erin Davie and Judy Kaye), screen couple ('any klutzy cast member and any lamely lyricized (or choreographed) musical number') and screenplay (script by Joe DiPietro, music and lyrics by DiPietro and David Bryan).
The Razzie winners will be announced on March 26, the day before the Oscars.
Diana: The Musical premiered on Broadway in November 2021, after being delayed by 18 months due to Covid. A filmed version premiered on Netflix in October.
It was met with scathing reviews and social media verdicts on both sides of the Atlantic.
Review of an exhibit about Diana that is currently in the U.S. I've never been to any exhibit about Diana and though I have been to KP's gardens and the nearby park to view the memorial garden and the fountain.
REVIEW: Diana exhibit gives fresh perspective into royal life ? Royal Central (https://royalcentral.co.uk/uk/review-diana-exhibit-gives-fresh-perspective-into-royal-life-174638/)
QuoteWhen I read about Princess Diana: Accredited Access Exhibition, I wasn?t quite sure what to think. It?s advertised as ?the world?s first-ever walk-through documentary experience,? and to be honest, I wasn?t entirely sure what it meant. As I have a fascination with the Royal Family, I was going to go to the exhibit one way or another, even if it didn?t include things like royal outfits and other historic memorabilia.
I attended the exhibit in Chicago at Oakbrook Center, a mall in the suburbs of the city. When you walk up, you?re automatically taken into the world of royal life. I picked up my audio guide. To be honest, there were a ton of pictures on the wall, but I didn?t realise how interested I would be in the stories behind them. The audio guide is led by Samir and Zak Hussein, photographers and the sons of Diana?s trusted companion and lifelong photographer, Anwar Hussein. For the first time in 60 years, the world is able to hear about the infamous moments of Diana?s life that were documented and what went on behind the scenes. As the Hussein family puts it, she didn?t do what she was told but instead ? followed her heart.
Princess Diana's Life Shown Through Footage in HBO's The Princess Trailer | PEOPLE.com (https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-life-footage-documentary-hbo-the-princess-watch-trailer/)
August 13 on hbo plus
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A modern woman. A historical monarchy. An uncontrollable public obsession.
#ThePrincessHBO, an original documentary and portrait of Princess Diana's life in the constant glare of the media spotlight, premieres August 13 on
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Prince William and Prince Harry's rift would have been dealt with by Princess Diana, says her ex-bodyguard | HELLO! (https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20220810147338/princess-diana-dealing-with-prince-william-harry-rift/)
Detectives who probed Princess Diana's death to speak for the first time in new C4 doc | The Sun (https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/19475593/detectives-princess-diana-death-documentary/)
August 21
Prince William and Prince Harry 'kept in dark' over Princess Diana documentary | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11102345/Prince-William-Harry-kept-dark-Diana-documentary-broadcast-anniversary.html)
Prince Harry and Prince William kept in the dark over bombshell royal documentary | Royal | News | Express.co.uk (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1653723/prince-william-prince-harry-princess-diana-documentary-channel-4)
Princess Diana's death to be explored in new documentary | Royal | News | Express.co.uk (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1653661/documentary-princess-Diana-royal-All-4-discovery-plus)
Prince Harry and Prince William 'kept in dark' over new doc about Princess Diana's death - Mirror Online (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/prince-harry-prince-william-kept-27716119)
Without Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex permission or consent to interview on his mother?s 25th death anniversary will be hurtful!!
Diana's bodyguard says she'd still be alive if he had been on duty the night she died | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11110157/Dianas-bodyguard-says-shed-alive-duty-night-died.html)
I was Princess Diana's 'Rambo' bodyguard - she would still be here if I'd been on duty on night she died in Paris | The Sun (https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/19502622/princess-diana-lee-sansum-bodyguard-paris/)
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His books will be in September 1
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Books will be in August 30,2022 eve Diana?s 25th death anniversary
Princess Diana HBO Doc Director Found Parallels to Meghan and Harry's Story (https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-hbo-documentary-director-parallels-prince-harry-meghan-markle/)
Princess Diana HBO Documentary: Most Emotional Moments from The Princess (https://people.com/royals/princess-diana-hbo-documentary-most-emotional-moments-the-princess/)
Is it absolutely necessary to get permission from Prince William and Prince Henry in order to write a book about Princess Diana?
no of course not.
Quote from: LouisFerdinand on August 14, 2022, 10:19:58 PM
Is it absolutely necessary to get permission from Prince William and Prince Henry in order to write a book about Princess Diana?
I don't think so yet there are endless books about Diana out there, what is left to tell the world? She will remain a beloved lady in her family forever and also for those fans of her's that loved her. She was not a perfect human(as none of us are) being as some would like to say or think yet she did a lot of good and sure showed her deep love for the boys.
I might take a look at this. It is chock full of 1980?s media reports of Diana from the first time that she emerged as a future bride for Charles. It shows the 19 year old being literally surrounded by reporters and photographers whenever she ventured out. What I?ve seen of it (short clips) appears a fascinating glimpse into another age.
The Princess | Official Website for the HBO Documentary | HBO.com (https://www.hbo.com/movies/the-princess)
From Roger Ebert, a review of the film and how the media viewed her.
The Princess movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-princess-movie-review-2022-2)
?I was blown away by the film?s use of mostly archival news footage after its premiere at Sundance earlier this year. Upon a second watch I found it even more compelling the way Perkins, and editors Jinx Godfrey and Daniel Lapira, expertly deploy this footage to tell not a biography of ?The People?s Princess,? but rather of the way the media shaped the perception of her public life. ?
Quote from: LouisFerdinand on August 14, 2022, 10:19:58 PM
Is it absolutely necessary to get permission from Prince William and Prince Henry in order to write a book about Princess Diana?
You?re right about that without permission or consent from Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex its so hurtful for two brothers on loss of their mother the Princess Diana but in two weeks from Wednesday August 31 will be 25th anniversary of Princess Diana but its so very private for William and Harry on their grief loss of their mom the Princess Diana
Quote from: LouisFerdinand on August 14, 2022, 10:19:58 PM
Is it absolutely necessary to get permission from Prince William and Prince Henry in order to write a book about Princess Diana?
No it is not necessary. There are unauthorized biographies written all the time. The brothers can express their disappointment as they've done so in the past.
Quote from: TLLK on August 15, 2022, 03:58:27 PM
No it is not necessary. There are unauthorized biographies written all the time. The brothers can express their disappointment as they've done so in the past.
Yes
Princess Diana HBO Documentary Defends Using Controversial Panorama Clip (https://people.com/royals/makers-of-new-princess-diana-documentary-defend-using-controversial-panorama-clip-despite-prince-williams-wishes/)
Told you!! Without permission and consent from Duke of Cambridge,Duke of Sussex and lastly Spencer family but no authority for making documents of Princess Diana definitely hurtful
Quote from: TLLK on August 15, 2022, 03:58:27 PM
No it is not necessary. There are unauthorized biographies written all the time. The brothers can express their disappointment as they've done so in the past.
there have been no real bios of Diana in a long time.
Prince William news: Wish over Diana interview DEFIED by documentary creators | Royal | News | Express.co.uk (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1656102/prince-william-news-princess-diana-panorama-interview-bbc-martin-bashir-the-princess-hbo)
Duke of Cambridge looks so upset on HBO for warned not air on HBO without permission or consent from Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex
QuoteCalling for the interview never to be shown again, the future King added: "It is my firm view that this Panorama programme holds no legitimacy and should never be aired again.
the BBC vowed to never broadcast the controversial interview again or license it "in whole or part" to other broadcasters.
The BBC director general Tim Davie said: "Now we know about the shocking way that the interview was obtained, I have decided that the BBC will never show the programme again; nor will we license it in whole or part to other broadcasters.
Accordingly, the broadcaster did not license the clip for use in The Princess, PA said to have understood.
Rather, HBO is believed to have used the extract from the Panorama programme through fair dealing.
Princess Diana 'would have understood Prince William's path', biographer claims | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11124227/Princess-Diana-understood-Prince-Williams-path-biographer-claims.html)
Quote from: sara8150 on August 19, 2022, 01:46:42 AM
Princess Diana 'would have understood Prince William's path', biographer claims | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11124227/Princess-Diana-understood-Prince-Williams-path-biographer-claims.html)
Actually, the biographer said (in relation to his new book about Diana and her sons)
Now biographer James Patterson , who recently penned Diana, William, & Harry, has weighed in on how the late Princess of Wales would feel about the current state of her sons' relationship.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Patterson said: 'I think she would've been very sympathetic, totally sympathetic, for what Harry did, but I think she would've understood Will's path as well. She was that kind of person.'
I have such empathy for this poor soul. She loved, cared, and related to people and she was a very loving mother. But she was unhappy, and when I read about her relationships, with very few exceptions she would be frustrated with people and break off communication. Sometimes she would reconcile and sometimes not. I think she just had trouble with relationships, and it's likely she would have had such angst over this rift and would not have handled it well. Who knows what it would have been like between the three of them.
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I agree with James Patterson.
Quote from: Princess Cassandra on August 20, 2022, 04:05:14 AM
I have such empathy for this poor soul. She loved, cared, and related to people and she was a very loving mother. But she was unhappy, and when I read about her relationships, with very few exceptions she would be frustrated with people and break off communication. Sometimes she would reconcile and sometimes not. I think she just had trouble with relationships, and it's likely she would have had such angst over this rift and would not have handled it well. Who knows what it would have been like between the three of them.
I?m agreed with you if Diana was here today from heaven and Diana not pleasure with Harry?s behavior and Diana very proud of her firstborn son William on path and mores but William learned from his mom the Princess Diana what right and what wrong
But Diana not happy with her two boys on rifts if Diana would alive today from heaven no seat together or whatever if Diana was here and she want truth!!
If Diana will embarrassed on Harry?s memoir she not pleasure with that don?t you remember her books in 1992 and Diana have no privacy and mores Andrew Morton Royal Biography get upgrade on Diana?s biography include Royals,Cambridges,Meghan Markles now Duchess of Sussex and celebrities
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This book from 1992 for 30 years
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James Patterson he best author in the world and also he best selling book but he carefully write book on late Diana,Princess of Wales but he is highest paid author books very respective
QuoteJames Patterson is the world's highest-paid author by a wide margin, and has been the world's best-selling author since 2001. He has sold more than 350 million books worldwide, and is most famous for the "Alex Cross" crime novel series.
QuoteJames Patterson dominates the list with his name showing up 408 times. This includes books he has co-authored with someone else. His first book was published in 1976 and he didn't hit the best seller list until 1993 with his eighth published novel.
Nobody knows what Diana would have made of Harry?s decision to depart the UK and leave the working BRF, or William?s reaction to it. Equally, nobody knows whether she would have got on well with Kate or with Meghan. Anybody who presumes that they know, whether best selling authors or not, is merely expressing their opinion, and that is all it is, an opinion.
Everybody has an opinion on the Sussexes and the Cambridges. However, unless journalists or authors have found some way of going up to heaven and interviewing Diana about her boys and their wives and not told us, lol, to state as a fact that Diana would have said this or thought that about the situation within the British royal family in 2022 is talking nonsense.
Quote from: Curryong on August 21, 2022, 12:32:50 AM
Nobody knows what Diana would have made of Harry?s decision to depart the UK and leave the working BRF, or William?s reaction to it. Equally, nobody knows whether she would have got on well with Kate or with Meghan. Anybody who presumes that they know, whether best selling authors or not, is merely expressing their opinion, and that is all it is, an opinion.
Everybody has an opinion on the Sussexes and the Cambridges. However, unless journalists or authors have found some way of going up to heaven and interviewing Diana about her boys and their wives and not told us, lol, to state as a fact that Diana would have said this or thought that about the situation within the British royal family in 2022 is talking nonsense.
You?re right about that and I?m agreed with that
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Yes, I think the article about Charles, for better or for worse, has been and will be defined by his relationship with Diana. I?m sure TPTB in the Palace thought, hoped, that as time went on Diana would be forgotten. That hasn?t proved to be so however, as her sons continue on. And, again for better or worse, Camilla isn?t some nice little widow he met a couple of years after Diana?s death. And she is tainted by her past with Charles as well.
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Anyone seen the TV programmes on Diana over the weekend, including one on the Paget report
Princess Diana had it out with Camilla at her sister's 40th birthday party, writes ANDREW MORTON | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11158097/Princess-Diana-Camilla-sisters-40th-birthday-party-writes-ANDREW-MORTON.html)
Quote from: sara8150 on August 30, 2022, 02:10:07 PM
Princess Diana had it out with Camilla at her sister's 40th birthday party, writes ANDREW MORTON | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11158097/Princess-Diana-Camilla-sisters-40th-birthday-party-writes-ANDREW-MORTON.html)
wow that is a real shocker. where does Andrew morton get these scoops from
Quote from: Amabel2 on August 30, 2022, 10:45:29 PM
wow that is a real shocker. where does Andrew morton get these scoops from
From Diana!
I think you mean from Diana 30 years ago. its ridiculous the ancient stories that are being announced as news.
did noone see the programmes on Channel 4 over the weekend about Diana, about her death and the Paget report?
during one of the programmes, a SUn reporter said that he had gone to talk to the staff of MAF's boat to find out about Dodi's affair with Diana.. and that while he had hinted at their being oh so in love, the truth was that they were at best just friendly affectionate to each other.. nobody saw any of these programmes?
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