Married at 20, mother at 21, divorced at 35 and dead at 36, Diana's life as a woman was short and intense.
M6 devotes a special evening to him in tribute to his disappearance on August 31, 1997 following the terrible accident that occurred under the Alma bridge in Paris.
Once is not custom, "Forbidden Zone", presented by Ophélie Meunier, inserts in her documentary fictional passages during which the Franco-British actress Camille Lockhart takes up the exact words of the princess with a charming English accent.
Selected from the recordings of 6 audio cassettes with tapes, these hours of testimonies presented for the first time on French television, Tuesday August 23 in
Diana Confidential,
form a unique and explosive testimony to the drama of her life, which served as the basis for the publication of Andrew Morton's book, Diana told by herself.
Unpublished interventions from his close entourage complete his statements: those of his teenage friend, his bodyguard, his sports coach, his astrologer, his valet or even his chief of staff.
The docu-fiction follows like a spy novel as the collection of these confidences resembled a dangerous game.
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A sham royal wedding
Diana Confidential
reveals the dark side of a fabricated modern fairy tale, where Lady Di, who ticked all the boxes of lineage, education and freshness, appears as selected by two grandmothers, the queen mother Queen Mum and her lady-in-waiting, Lady Ruth Fermoy, grandmother of Diana.
The girl was 16 when she first met Prince Charles.
“He looks sad”
is his first impression, perhaps the most realistic.
At 18, she revises her statement: “He had a crazy charm.
He jumped on me, really”.
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Joyful and very good company, Diana was however quickly going to expose her own wounds to the amorous indifference of Charles.
As a child, she was marked by her parents' divorce, her father drank and the couple tore each other apart:
“I remember seeing my father slap my mother in the face.
I was hiding behind the door and my mother was crying, crying very often,”
she confides.
The feeling of abandonment (their mother loses custody of the children) is followed by that of isolation in the face of "Acid Rain", the nickname given by the Spencer children to their stepmother.
The Bracelet of Discord
As Britain gets excited about the prospect of marriage, Diana discovers three days before her union that Charles has given Camilla Parker-Bowles a bracelet engraved with F & G, Fred and Gladys, affectionate little nicknames that lovers s were given.
"I found my sisters and told them I can't marry her,"
but nothing can stop the official fairy tale anymore.
The day before her wedding, Lady Di experiences a violent crisis of bulimia.
At Balmoral, the wedding night is sinister:
“In bed it was very weird, very hard”
.
For a long time, Diana will hope to retain Charles, who hides two photos of his mistress in his diary.
At 3 months pregnant, pregnant with William, she throws herself down the stairs.
She then recounts:
"We had to induce the delivery on the day that suited Charles, between his polo matches"
.
Even the charm and charisma of his wife overshadows Prince Charles who goes from indifference to hostility.
Lady Di confides:
“I ended up taking his penknife from the chest of drawers, I started scratching myself, lacerating my chest and both thighs, there was blood everywhere.
Even there he remained completely unmoved
.
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Marion Mertens, co-director with Alfred de Montesquiou of
Diana Confidential
, explains their approach:
“There is a dramatic intensity in Diana's life that speaks to each of us.
A summary of a woman's destiny, which questions the place of all women in our society.
And even, behind her facade smiles, a disruptive force that makes the rebellious princess, in her own way, a pioneer of the cause of women.
Thanks to editor Michael O'Mara, we had access to the secret recordings
.
A global icon
The docu-fiction looks back on the incredible transformation of a bulimic and uncomfortable young woman into a fulfilled and sexy woman.
As early as 1985, the young woman had a relationship with her bodyguard, whom Charles had fired.
The Prince will reveal to her his death in a motorcycle accident in Cannes, during their climb of the famous steps.
Other lovers will follow, Diana sees an astrologer, struggles against her troubles, surrounds herself.
Her only fear is losing her children.
When in 1995, she confides without filter to the BBC, the divorce is inevitable.
On August 28, 1996, Lady Di is a freewheeling woman who becomes a world icon.
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We also learn that her relationship with Dodi Al-Fayed was no longer in good shape and that the princess was eager to find her children.
"I'm not going to make old bones"
she would say sometimes.
A brighter comet than the others, Lady Diana has certainly contributed through her personal trajectory to modernizing and making the British monarchy more human.
Other appointments with Princess Diana
Thursday August 25, on C8:
Diana, story of a princess
.
Friday August 26 on RMC Story:
Lady Di, investigates a tragic destiny
.
Monday August 29 on France 3: "Secrets of history":
Diana, this illustrious stranger
, offers a historical and psychological approach to better understand the dreams and disappointments of the princess.
Wednesday August 31 on Histoire TV: special Lady Di evening with three unpublished documentaries:
It's a plot!
Lady Di: is it murder?
;
Diana, the one you can't imagine
and
Diana, the interview of the century
.
Wednesday August 31 on W9: Minute by minute: Lady Diana, the tragic end of the princess of hearts.
Monday September 5 on France 5:
Diana, the seven days which followed her death
, documentary which gives the floor to princes William and Harry.
Around November on Netflix, fans of the series
The Crown
will find Diana in the guise of Elizabeth Debicki, in season 5.
At the cinema, August 31 and September 4,
The Princess,
a documentary by Ed Perkins, takes a fresh look at how Lady Di helped to change the British monarchy.
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