Background and production
The film followed on the heels of revelations published in May 1992 in Andrew Morton's book Diana: Her True Story. [4] The executive producers were Frank Konigsberg and Larry Sanitsky, who had previously worked together on Surviving: A Family in Crisis (1985) and Act of Vengeance (1986). They went on to produce Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994) and Titanic (1996) together. [5]
Oxenberg, who played Diana, is a daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and a third cousin of Charles. [6] She had played the part of Diana once before, in The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982). [7]
Oxenberg commented on playing Diana again:
"Diana's life has changed so much since her marriage it was like playing another person. There's so much more information about her now. The character I played the first time was quite one-dimensional, the fantasy of a young girl falling in love with a prince. There was no emotional or psychological drama or struggle or anything. It was what it was. This new film has a lot of levels, dimensions and textures. It's more human." [8]
Gladys Crosbie was also repeating her part, having played Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in Britannia Hospital (1982), and was considered to be a "dead ringer" for Her Majesty. [9]
ABC's first airing of the film on US television was on 13 December 1992, [1] and was well-timed, coming four days after British prime minister John Major had announced in the House of Commons the "amicable separation" of Charles and Diana. [4] [10]
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