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Diana: In Her Own Words

  • TV Movie
  • 2017
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
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Princess Diana in Diana: In Her Own Words (2017)
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This documentary uses the recordings Princess Diana made for the book that was written by Andrew Morton. She narrates her life and the events that surrounded her.This documentary uses the recordings Princess Diana made for the book that was written by Andrew Morton. She narrates her life and the events that surrounded her.This documentary uses the recordings Princess Diana made for the book that was written by Andrew Morton. She narrates her life and the events that surrounded her.

  • Directors
    • Tom Jennings
    • David Tillman
  • Writers
    • Tom Jennings
    • David Tillman
  • Stars
    • King Charles III
    • Princess Diana
    • Prince Harry
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Directors
      • Tom Jennings
      • David Tillman
    • Writers
      • Tom Jennings
      • David Tillman
    • Stars
      • King Charles III
      • Princess Diana
      • Prince Harry
    • 21User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    King Charles III
    King Charles III
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    • (archive footage)
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    Princess Diana
    Princess Diana
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Prince Harry
    Prince Harry
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Queen Camilla
    Queen Camilla
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    • (archive footage)
    Queen Elizabeth II
    Queen Elizabeth II
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    • (archive footage)
    Frances Shand Kydd
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    • (archive footage)
    Earl John Spencer
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Prince William of Wales
    Prince William of Wales
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Prince William)
    Grace Kelly
    Grace Kelly
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Tom Jennings
      • David Tillman
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      • Tom Jennings
      • David Tillman
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    7T_Boone_Pickens_Esq

    Trading Happiness for Destiny

    This is a great food-for-thought documentary. I can't promise you'll side with Diana or not, it leaves you to build your own opinion.

    What struck me was that Diana knew what she was getting into, but marched inexorably forward as if she was powerlessly drawn to a destiny she'd chosen for herself as a child.

    There's a compelling inevitability to the whole thing that reflects our own lives, and our own choices, back at us. How many times have you known that a certain course of action will bring you pain and suffering, and yet you continue down the path without heeding your better instincts? Perhaps that's the compelling factor in Diana's story.
    9Erik_Stone

    The Truth

    Finding out that Diana was the epitome of a pouty, immature, spoiled, mentally unstable, young girl, was a fun experience for me.

    When she died, I had no idea who she was. To me, she was just another, ugly, rich person. I wondered why people found her so fascinating and why people cared about her death.

    Seeing, "The Crown," season 4 and this documentary was eye opening.

    This movie is well done and it's brilliant to be able to hear someone who is honest in their opinions . . . this is really why Princess Di was loved by so many.

    Most of us are not best suited for any particular life, but we adapt. It's great to hear and see that "having everything," doesn't always mean what you think it means.
    10kate_buckley

    Such a tragic tale

    Diana really was the people's princess. She showed a human side lacking in the rest of the royal family. This documentary is well made and excellent because it gives us Diana's side of the story in her own words. If you only watch one Diana documentary it should be this one.
    8DVK1234

    The People's Princess

    This documentary solidifies what I read in Andrew Morton's book many years ago. One wonders Diana's motivation for bringing out into the public all the intricacies of her private life. I imagine she felt completely alone, and I learned from the film that many in the monarchy blamed her for her failed marriage. This was a way for Diana to be heard. It really does make me look at Charles and the Queen as completely unaware, selfish people who completely disregarded (or didn't care) that Charles was marrying a child who may have needed more time and care to grow into her role as princess. He was too busy swanning off to his lover, Camilla.

    In time, Diana was able to find her role in the monarchy: the People's princess. She seemed to have a genuine concern for the downtrodden, the marginalized. She related to them. So sorry that she left us so soon.
    9RosanaBotafogo

    Excellent documentary,..

    The more we watch movies, series and documentaries about Lady Di the more we realize the abusive relationship and the toxic male that Charles has always been, cowardly, selfish, ugly, poor in spirit, stingy, poor Ladi, and alienates parentally by both families who should support her... Excellent documentary, practically only with lines from the Princess herself...

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      The red Austin, registration MPB909W, in which Princess Diana is seen driving was first registered in November 1980 and with a year of manufacture of 1980 is an 998cc petrol engine whose "Date of last V5C (logbook)" was issued on 21st October 2005 and its last "Road Tax due-date" being 31st October 1990.
    • Quotes

      Interviewer: Right, questions, here we are. Yeah, has anything come up since the last meeting? Any after thoughts?

      Princess Diana: Well, only about being accused very early on of stopping him hunting and shooting.

      Interviewer: Let's now go back to the other life before this life, as it were. Your first memory after being born, so anything as a child.

      Princess Diana: I mean it was an unhappy childhood. I remember seeing my father slap mother across the face and I was hiding behind a door. And she was crying.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sky World News: Episode dated 7 August 2017 (2017)

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    • Release date
      • August 14, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • network website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Diana: Hennes egna ord
    • Filming locations
      • Hotel Ritz, 15 Place Vendome, 75001 Paris, France(archive location footage)
    • Production company
      • 1895 Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 52m(112 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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