Stthey passed 26 years since that tragic car accident which, on August 31, 1997, killed Lady Diana and partner Dodi Al Fayed. The event will be recreated in the near future The Crown 6the latest series of the popular saga Netflixbut for some time the English Royals no longer commemorate the loss of a royal who, in addition to being a fashion icon, had the most impact on the British court, forever transforming its protocol and traditions.
Princess Diana’s death remains a mystery
William and Harry will just privately remember the anniversary. And like every year, his brother Charles Spencer will close the family residence to the public on this very day Althorp, where the princess is buried on an islet. But, punctually, the doubts that still surround the accident return and, to talk about it to the microphones of God Save The Queenthe podcast of iO Woman dedicated to the Windsors, is the journalist Annalisa Angeloni, presenter of the TGR Campania and author of the book Diana Spencer, Death, Myth and Mysteries, published by Polidoro Editore and in bookstores this week.
Looking for the truth about Princess Diana
A painstaking excavation work, that of Annalisa Angeloni, who tries to shed light on the anomalies that emerged from investigations and trials. «In this book I have focused on the contrast between the two truths which, as in the Macbeth of Shakespeare, are opposed on the death of Diana» explains the author. «An official truth and the suspicious one of journalistic investigations. Actually, at the end of the tunnel of the Alma in Paris there is still no definitive light».
The starting thesis: was Lady Diana an uncomfortable character?
Diana was uncomfortable because she was a great testimonial of the campaign against landmines. You had crossed an only partially demined field in Angola because he wanted to put his popularity at the service of this humanitarian cause. She often said, “I don’t care what happens to me, we have to stop this carnage.”
Princess Diana in Angola in January 1997 (Getty Images)
Princess Diana’s dossier has never been found. Where have you been?
The princess was preparing a dossier and intended to title it Profit Out Of Misery (To enrich oneself from the misery of others). Traveling he asked questions, he investigated in his own way. She was a sort of special envoy. But who was doing business on the sale of mines? According to what she confided to some people close to her, the princess wanted to learn more about the role played by some high-profile English figures. But the file disappeared after his death.
And then there was also the great sentimental conundrum…
Was Diana still in love with the Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan or would she have accepted a marriage proposal from Dodi? Here too we have contradictory evidence. Diana had received a ring from Al Fayed, revealing that he only placed it in his right hand, as a sign of friendship and not love. But before leaving for the cruise on Dodi’s yacht, the princess had gone to see her Anglican parish priest, Father Frank Gelli, asking him if a marriage between people of different faiths was possible.
In a letter that will be auctioned in the coming weeks and written by Diana the year before her disappearance, the princess resigned from a charity expressing all her worries for the future.
Diana had entered the fairy tale but was betrayed by the fairy tale. He cleared emotions, not their ostentation but their centrality in life. She brought pain to the fore, and not in a sensationalized version. She had the ability to communicate with a look, with a gesture, with a dress.
The iconic “Revenge dress”, the dress worn by Diana in London, in 1994
The iconic velvet dress by Murray Arbeid comes to mind, which Sotheby’s will auction in London on August 31st. Or very low-cut Revenge dress, worn in 1994 to take revenge when Carlo admitted he cheated on her. Now Harry and Meghan say they are inspired by Lady Diana in their philanthropic activities. Am I up to it?
Harry has the immediate touch of his mother, he is a great communicator. Meghan has a very important past as an activist, a champion of women. But I notice a difference. Diana had a direct, immediate approach. The Sussexes, on the other hand, despite having immense potential, seem to belong more to the star system. Maybe they haven’t found a way to be themselves yet.
Prince Harry recalls the trauma of his mother’s death
Just in conjunction with the release of the book on Diana by Annalisa Angeloni, Harry is back to talking about the loss of his mother. The occasion is the launch of his new series Netflix dedicated to Invictus Games, the sports games reserved for war veterans, which he founded. The prince has never forgotten the trauma he suffered when he was just twelve when he heard the news of the accident. “I wasn’t able to cry at the time,” said Harry. “But when I returned from Afghanistan all the pain that I had been holding inside for years came out» And he accuses the Royals again: «No one in the family has helped me».
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