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After "The Crown", Princess Diana, star of documentaries

2020-11-22T13:07:19.650Z


Have you already completed "The Crown" series? And Lady Di fascinates you? To go further, we have selected four documentaries not


She is the queen of the new season of "The Crown".

With her deep blue eyes and delicate face, actress Emma Corrin, who plays Diana, is turning the heads of fans of the Netflix series.

From her candid youth to her wedding with great pomp, we dive back into the tragic fate of this young school assistant who charmed thousands of people around the world and made the head of the celebrity press.

Have you already devoured all ten episodes?

Here is our selection of documentaries which lift the veil a little more on the “Princess of hearts”, as the press had nicknamed her, to see in replay or on the platforms.

Diana told by herself

The voice is very weak, like that of a child.

How confusing to hear Diana tell her own side of the story.

In 1991, the Princess of Wales took part in a series of secret interviews with journalist Andrew Morton for an unpublished biography that caused a stir.

This achievement is based on these carefully preserved recordings.

Lady Di reveals in her own words her difficulties as a princess, from her meeting with Charles to her obsession with her mistress Camilla Parker Bowles.

With the feeling of entering into her intimacy, we understand the hidden side of her romance when she feverishly evokes her marriage, followed and admired by millions of people, which she describes as "the worst day of her life".

From the start, only 19 years old, Diana falters, suffers and falls into bulimia.

Harassed by the press and abandoned by her husband jealous of his own popularity, she modestly returns to her feeling of having been "sacrificed like a lamb".

We let ourselves be lulled with delight by this very soft tone that reveals itself without make-up.

That of a bit of a woman much stronger than she thought herself.

Astonishing.

EDITOR'S RATING: 4.5 / 5

“Diana, a mysterious icon”,

British documentary directed by Tom Jennings and David Tillman (2017).

Available on myCanal, Netflix and Disney +.

1h53.

Duel with the queen

The rivalry has long been kept a secret in an environment where appearances matter more than anything.

It is an understatement to say that Queen Elisabeth and her daughter-in-law Diana did not get along.

This fast-paced documentary from the “Duels” series examines the origins of this enmity, which arose quickly after marriage.

Or how a fairy tale turned into a Shakespearean drama.

Elisabeth II and Lady Diana did not (really) get along.

/ DR  

With the help of testimonies from relatives of the two women (bodyguard, press officer, biographer, journalists, all British), we slip into the privacy of the most famous royal family in the world.

Like the day when Diana arrives in Buckhingham in tears, a few months after her marriage to Charles and confides in the Queen.

His majesty, marble, advises him to continue to smile and to manage with his sensitivity, too exacerbated for his taste.

This is the shift.

The point of no return.

Diana changes her hairstyle, multiplies the trendy clothing looks… and newspaper headlines.

The film, very documented, dissects with rigor this “Beatles mania with a diadem”, as summarized one of the witnesses, which will make waver the British crown, until its tragic fate.

A punchy documentary, with a few touches of humor, which can be devoured like good English rock.

EDITOR'S RATING: 3.5 / 5

“Elizabeth II-Lady Diana, royal duel”

, French documentary by Caroline Benarrosh (2015).

52 minutes Available on Salto.

And the crown wavered ...

It begins with an image, still indelible today.

A hulk of a black Mercedes, under the Alma bridge in Paris, one night in August 1997. Then tearful faces, mountains of flowers in front of Kensington Palace and funerals followed around the world.

Why did Diana's death have this global impact?

asks the director of this documentary.

How did this Princess of hearts conquer the English, by blowing a wind of modernity on the British monarchy?

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Through the relevant analyzes of historians, media specialists and English civilization, powerful archive images, we understand that the crown was not far from collapsing.

We often talk about the emotional aspect of Lady Di's death.

But this film deciphers in depth the mechanisms of the British royal power, metamorphosed by this drama.

He explains to us French Republicans what a monarchy and the relationship between the royal family and its people entail.

We then understand why the gesture of Elizabeth II, who bows her head slightly as the coffin of her daughter-in-law passes by, so hated, is not trivial.

EDITOR'S RATING: 3.5 / 5

“The Death of Lady Di, the press against the Crown”

, French documentary by Katia Chapoutier (2017).

25 minutes.

Available on Arte.tv until January 17, 2021.

Princesses of hearts and causes

Prince Charles and Lady Diana./Netflix  

Diana didn't just have an undeniable aura.

Some pictures show that she was much more than that.

In 1987, the Princess of Wales hugs a teenage boy with AIDS.

A simple snapshot for immense reach.

At this time, some still think that this pathology is contagious.

This gesture is shared in articles around the world.

Despite some lengths at the beginning, the shots of this documentary, with the omnipresent face of the princess, magnetize.

Among the witnesses and relatives, his brother speaks wonderfully well of his little sister who loved to pose since childhood.

We are quickly fascinated by the precise story of this perfect fable which crumbles.

Diana's smiles at the photographers give way to harsh looks.

The violence of the paparazzi who, without regret, strafing her while she is pregnant, freezes the heart.

But soon, the committed woman succeeds the innocent creature.

Conscious of her media power, she was the first to begin a march on a minefield in Angola to raise awareness of this scourge in 1997. By refusing the role of docile wife that the crown had prepared for her, she shaped a destiny for herself.

His.

EDITOR'S RATING: 3.5 / 5

“The Story of Diana”

, American documentary by Rebecca Gitlitz-Rapoport (2017).

Two episodes of 83 min.

Available on Netflix.

Source: leparis

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