LONDON – More than two decades after her death in a car accident shocked the world, Britain’s Princess Diana has once again hit the headlines.
As season four of the hit series “The Crown” features her character for the first time this week, questions have also been raised about how the BBC got a landmark interview with Shahi 25 years ago.
Before her marriage to Prince Charles, dubbed the ‘Princess of the Two Peoples’, dubbed Lady Diana Dior, she captivated millions as she went from anonymous aristocrat to icon – almost overnight.
Released on Sunday, the “Crown” has followed Britain’s royal family since the 1970s as the “right” bride to inherit the throne, before the Fairytale Union came under control, seeking to protect the succession.
“Princess Diana was an icon and her impact on the world is profound and inspiring,” British actress Emma Corey, who plays a political role, said in a news release.
The royal family seemed “complicated” because humans “need to be fulfilled and loved” often demanded cornicide in a separate interview with NBC News, often with “jars”.
The Netflix show also features Queen Elizabeth II, played by Ol Livia Coleman in a conversation with Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister, played by Gillian Anderson.
Christina Lee, a North Carolina teacher, was fascinated by Diana’s “kindness” and “magic” and is eagerly awaiting the portrayal of the princess in the show.
He told NBC News, “He opened up the British monarchy in a way that I don’t think anyone else could have.”
Lee now runs a Facebook group for ardent fans of “The Crown” where they remember and dissect episodes. As time went on, Lee said she thought “most people still sympathize with Diana and her plight.”
He said one of his “best memories” of seeing the royal wedding in 1981 was late. Years later, when news of Diana’s death reached France, she returned to the screen.
“I remember what I wore, what I did … I cried the way I died like a family member.”
Two years before Diana’s death in a car accident in a tunnel in Paris in 1997, she surprised the country by sharing details of her unhappy marriage in an interview with the BBC, and told host Martin Bashir that “there were three of us at the wedding, so it was a little crowded. Was “- a reference to Charles who revives his relationship with his now second wife Camilla.
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The interview, viewed by more than 20 million viewers in the UK, was re-examined this week, following a new documentary, “Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess”, alleging that Bashir used dishonest tricks to gain the princess’ trust.
It claimed that Babir, currently the BBC’s religion editor, after a brief stint at ABC News and MSNBC, made a graphic-designer fake bank statement, which he allegedly persuaded Diana to spy on royal staff.
Diana’s brother Charles Spencer Babir has apologized to the BBC and demanded an independent inquiry into how he got the interview with his sister.
Royal commentator Camilla Tomini said the visit was international, it was so important because it was the first time Diana had recorded feelings about her royal life and marriage. NBC News.
However, the BBC called Bashir’s interview a “victory of the century’s journalism”, but it left Diana “alienated from many, many close friends, staff members”.
An internal investigation by the BBC at the time of the original broadcast concluded that Bashir had not pressured Diana to be interviewed and had not spoken publicly since the recent allegations were made.
He is currently recovering from heart surgery and complications of Covid-19, the BBC said in a statement.
“The BBC is taking this very seriously and we want to get to the truth,” said Director General Tim Davy. “We are in the process of launching a strong and independent investigation.”
A spokesman for the BBC told NBC News on Saturday that the broadcaster had also “found the original handwritten note of the Princess, the record of which is recorded in our period.” He added that the content of the note was not outlined but that it would “proceed to an independent investigation.”
Fans like Lee, however, fear that the lessons of press infiltration from Diana’s death have not been blamed much on paparazzi photographers.
He said the new pay generation of the Royals, including Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is surrounded by the media.
Adding, that she wished Diana’s life “didn’t end like her.”
“Her memory will always be supreme in my life,” he said.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Keer Simmons, Michelle Newbert and Sarah Harman Contributed.
