Some people say that Diana had BPD, obviously I don’t know if that’s true but she had a lot of emotional baggage and attachment issues as well.
You do realise that the Islamic, African and Asian parts of the world have - for centuries - had a continuous dichotomous discourse about how they should relate to Europe and North America? It wasn't a sentiment that popped up last month. You have great philosophers and activists in each continent/region in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries who explicitly spoke on these issues.Sorry but I thought the line about not looking up to the west was ridiculous. It sounded like something a Netflix writer from 2023 would say, not Dodi Al Fayed who wanted to bang blonde supermodels, make Hollywood movies and hang out in various European locales in his super yacht. He never made any indication that he had any real connection to his homeland or Islam and Mohammed Al Fayed certainly wouldn’t imagine his son saying those things. Also this was supposed to be in 1998, far far removed from modern day politics.
Well, she didn't have any warmth or compassion at that time.I’ve watched all four episodes and have to agree with @emerald, it’s been a bit dull. I feel a bit underwhelmed by it. I remember Diana’s death really well and I just felt the show failed to capture the essence of the time. Diana’s ghost was laughable. The queen comes across as being a right witch as well, cold and uncaring. Absolutely no warmth or humanity.
I was not a fan of OC at all in Season 3 - in fact it is my least favourite season of them all.I didn't like Olivia Colemans portrayal of the queen I think she was more like queen Victoria and I don't particularly like imeldas queen either I think Leslie manville might have been a better fit and she's totally wasted as Margaret in the last series
You have unlocked a memory for me about the papers. This all happened when I was a child. We didnt know it had happened until late in the afternoon as my family had been on a caravan holiday somewhere in the UK and we were driving home for most of the day. My parents played music tapes in the car for most of the journey, it was only when we were about an hour Way from home that they put the radio on and it was announced on the news. We must have been some of the last people in the country to know.I was working a very early shift that day as a teenager somewhere that sold newspapers. I was awake getting ready when when it was announced she had died. Then went into work where there were a lot of first edition newspapers not one of them had a good word to say about Diana & Dodi - they were full of pictures slagging then off on that yacht. One even had a supplement dedicated to the pics. In hindsight I wish I had bought them.
I think they are being too kind to Charles in these episodes. Personally I can’t imagine him crying so much for her. Maybe for the impact in the short term for him and possibly the boys. But in the long term it probably helped his ‘situation’.
It crosses two months so people can't just sign up for one month to watch the series. They have to pay two months subscriptionI flew through them earlier. They were fine I guess although not very memorable. The last one broke me a bit though, I thought it was very well done. I don’t understand breaking them up though? Is the second part of the series next month also short?
I rewatched episodes 1, 2, & 4 at the weekend but found 3 too distressing to watch again.I didn’t mind the recent episodes. It’s certainly not The Crown S1/2 but if you look at it as a Diana drama instead, it’s quite good. The performances of Charles and Diana by the actors are excellent. Although it’s taken artistic licence it did give me a better understanding of how difficult the paparazzi were and how difficult it was to avoid them, especially when they were in Paris on that last day. I had always wondered why didn’t they let them take their photos and then they wouldn’t have had to drive so manically from them. The show does help me understand this better.