Lady D: le verità nascoste

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.

This documentary brought me right back to the night of August 31st, 1997, when the news came of her car accident, and death soon after. So naturally, I had tears in my eyes throughout this.

It was fascinating and heartbreaking to hear her beautiful voice telling her life story. This documentary is very well done. If you are or were intrigued with the beautiful princess, I highly recommend this wonderful film.

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.

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.

Such a different approach to see her story in her own words. It's sad how her life turned out like that, in her death so young.