Between 1992 and 1993, Diana, Princess of Wales was recorded in a series of tapes by Peter Settelen who was her voice coach. Channel 4 have used these clips in order to create a new documentary ‘Diana: in her own words’. Despite pleas from Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother, for Channel 4 to cancel the airing of the footage in order to show respect to the Princes William and Harry and to…
As the 20th anniversary of her death approaches, Buckingham Palace is set to host a tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, as part of the summer opening.
Beginning this weekend, visitors to the Queen’s ‘office’ in London will be able to step into Diana’s world…
Diana, Princess of Wales’s biographer, Andrew Morton, has revealed that the Princess secretly recorded herself describing her emotional distraught over the state of her marriage to Prince Charles. Andrew Morton said that the Princess found a way to contact him via a…
Speaking at the Diana Awards ceremony at St James’s Palace, Prince William gave a touching tribute to his late mother when he said she is still the inspiration behind “countless acts of compassion and bravery”.
Joined by his brother, Prince Harry, the Duke of Cambridge spoke warmly about their mother’s legacy, saying: “This summer marks 20 years since our mother died, and she achieved so…
A new exhibition displaying iconic images of Diana, Princess of Wales has opened at the Althorp Estate, Northampton, the princess’s final resting place and the family seat of the Earls of Spencer since 1508.
The images – fifteen in total, taken in 1997 by legendary…
New book on Prince Charles sheds light on his personality and relationship with Diana
4th April 2017
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith is set to reveal new facets of the heir to the throne in Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, publishing this Thursday, 6 April.
After four years interviewing 300 of the prince’s family members, friends…
New biography looks at issues between Prince Philip and Prince Charles
14th February 2017
In Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith digs deep into the relationship between Prince Charles and his father, the Duke of Edinburgh and alleges that the heir to the throne was ‘threatened’ into marrying young Diana Spencer.
In the upcoming biography, Bedell Smith investigates the role that Prince Philip played…
BREAKING: Princes William and Harry to commission a Statue of Diana, Princess of Wales
28th January 2017
Today, Kensington Palace released a statement on behalf of Prince William and Prince Harry that a statue of their late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales will be erected on the grounds of their home at Kensington Palace.
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry said: “It…
Prince Harry reveals how an Army Sergeant helped him find his confidence after the death of his mother
21st September 2016
Prince Harry has revealed he was ‘lacking guidance’ after the death of his mother in 1997 and that it was his Colour Sergeant at Sandhurst who helped him rebuild confidence in the wake of the tragedy. Prince Harry was only 12 years old when his mother died in a car crash…
#OnThisDay in 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales apologized for taking her sons to see a 15 certificated film
23rd June 2016
On this day in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales apologised for taking Princes William and Harry to see a 15 certified film.
The film was The Devil’s Own, and it had been accused as glamorising the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The problem was not with Prince William,then 15, seeing the film, but rather Prince Harry, who was only 12 at the time. Diana had persuaded cinema staff to allow him in…
