Tragedy, rumours, conspiracies and conjectures are some of the words that surround the event that occurred on August 31, 1997, in which the car driven by the driver Henry Paul fatally collided with a column in a tunnel in Paris. A quarter of a century ago, the princess Diana of Wales died at the age of 36 along with his partner, the Egyptian millionaire Dodi Al-Fayed.
The expertise found Paul’s high level of alcohol while driving, but the responsibility for reckless homicide fell on the photographers who were chasing the Mercedes Benz carrying the couple on their way out of the Ritz Hotel. Lady Di was transferred to Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital where, after two hours of operations, he died at four in the morning from his serious injuries.
The freshness of Lady Di surprised the United Kingdom as never before had happened with a princess. However, it was the death of Diana Spencer, already divorced from Prince Charles, the one that shocked the world and impacted the British Crown. During the week between the accident and his funeral, the United Kingdom plunged into unprecedented national pain that shook the monarchy.
Icon that rejuvenated the old and worn English crown, the death of Lady Di contrasted with the cold silence of Buckingham Palace at the time of her death, and put the highest figure of royalty in check. Isabel II. “She was born a lady. She became our princess. She died a saint,” she captioned. TheDailyMirrorwhich reflects the feeling of the time.
From that transition, the life and death of ”The People’s Princess” would be remembered in numerous acts, events, journalistic reports and documentaries. The cinema was also one more link in the chain of this captivating story of birth of the myth. Some productions are remembered, while others had little impact, but in both cases they are equal in the outstanding performance of the cast and their sensitive biographical account.
Spencer (2021)
The film takes us to a transcendental passage in the life of Lady Di, the moment in which she must make the decision to move away from the Prince carlos and the royal family, on one of their last Christmas vacations in the house of windsor at his estate in Norfolk.
The Chilean director Paul Larrain summoned Kristen Stewartfor the role of Diana Spencer, which received rave reviews at the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The leading role earned the actress from the Twilight Saga be nominated for the 94th edition of the Oscar awards.
Diana (2013)
Directed by German filmmaker Oliver Hirschbiegelthe feature film focuses on the last two years of the Wale’s princess after her divorce from Prince Charles. In that transition, her romance blossoms with her surgeon, the Pakistani Hasnat Khan.
The relationship with her last lover, the Egyptian businessman, also appears on the scene. Dodi Al-Fayed. British-Australian actress naomi wattsprotagonist of films like “Mulholland Drive” Y “21 grams”is in charge of interpreting Diana with sensational similarity.
The Queen (2006)
The film with the highest plot quality and acting appreciation on the legacy of the Princess of Wales, does not have her as the physical protagonist, but, on the contrary, the story focuses on the political events that occurred after the death of diana spencer.
The work of Stephen Frears focuses above all on the conversations between Queen Elizabeth, played by a brilliant Helen Mirrenand the Prime Minister Tony Blairrepresented by michael sheen, to reach an agreement on the popular demand for a state funeral. Acting consecration of Mirren awarded by the hollywood academy.
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