Remembering Princess Diana

Before her death, Diana had started opening up in interviews

With August 31 marking the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death, Britain has had extensive print and television tributes to the beloved Princess of Wales. Hilary Mantel wrote a piece for The Guardian in which she was far more charitable than has been her record with writings on royals. Netflix re-issued The Story of Diana, a popular series that showcased the two phases of her life, as a young woman still finding her feet in Buckingham Palace, and later as a global celebrity battling a failing marriage.

But it is the BBC’s new documentary Seven Days that truly brings out the