{"id":317112,"date":"2021-08-06T18:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/princess-diana-opens-a-window-to-her-world-in-pbs-docuseries\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T18:00:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:00:52","slug":"princess-diana-opens-a-window-to-her-world-in-pbs-docuseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/princess-diana-opens-a-window-to-her-world-in-pbs-docuseries\/","title":{"rendered":"#Princess Diana Opens a Window to Her World in PBS Docuseries"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Princess Diana Opens a Window to Her World in PBS Docuseries<\/a><\/strong>”<\/p>\n

If ever there were a worthy subject for the In Their Own Words<\/i> series \u2014 which has previously profiled Muhammad Ali, Jim Henson, and Pope Francis \u2014 it\u2019s Diana, the glamorous People\u2019s Princess whose life was filled with so much strife. This moving, insightful documentary tells her story as one of both tragedy and triumph, recounting a troubled childhood and the doomed marriage of \u201cShy Di\u201d and Prince Charles, but also celebrating all she achieved along the way.<\/p>\n

Diana\u2019s trials were numerous: Her parents went through a bitter divorce (teased in the exclusive sneak peek clip, below); she married a man who was in love with another woman, Camilla Parker Bowles; she suffered from depression and bulimia; and any sense of privacy disapp<\/a>eared once her association with the royal family began.<\/p>\n

But as this film points out through interviews with both historians and those who knew her (among them biographer Andrew Morton and close friends James Colthurst, Stewart Pearce, and Debbie Frank), Diana used all that she went through to fuel her desire to help others. \u201cI\u2019m not a political figure. I\u2019m a humanitarian figure, and always have been and always will be,\u201d she says in the opening sequence.<\/p>\n

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(Credit: Courtesy of PBS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The film champions her causes, including her work to clear land mines, which has since been taken up by her younger son, Prince Harry. Footage showing her advocacy for AIDS victims is particularly touching \u2014 it feels good to relive her compassion as she shakes hands unreservedly. \u201cHIV does not make people dangerous to know,\u201d Diana declares at one point.<\/p>\n

Quotes are used as a touchstone throughout, her words appearing onscreen to punctuate the milestones of her life. \u201cI sometimes wonder what on earth have I gotten myself into\u201d follows the seeming fairy tale of her July 29, 1981, wedding.<\/p>\n