Diana Tells The Queen About The BBC Interview | The Crown (Elizabeth Debicki, Imelda Staunton) 

😂 no it was the truth

she did what was right.

Yes. Above all else she should have thought of her children who would grow up to see how ugly their parents were to each other. Everyone involved behaved badly at some stage. She needs to take responsibility for that too, instead of manipulating the media to make herself out to be this fragile victim. I understand she was manipulated herself by Basheer, but it was a terrible mistake she herself regretted eventually. Unfortunately her son has the same petty, vindictive and impulsive streak she did, and look how it’s turned out for him. Only now does he possibly see what a mess he’s made of his life.

Emotionally depressed egoistic family. Queen Elisabeth didn't care about people. Just her reputation. Wearing stolen treasures from colonies. Is far worse than exposing truth. Elisabeth is the mentally manipulating Diana. Her partner is a nazi sympathizer with blood relatives married to nazi leaders.

Yes. She should have been exiled.

The actress playing the queen did an excellent film on abortion many years ago.

Vera Drake. Imelda Staunton was nominated for an Oscar.

No disrespect and it’s just my opinion but I felt Claire Foy and Olivia Colman were both better suited for the role of Queen and their voices were probably the biggest reason. We all interpret things differently of course. I found myself losing interest in this series slowly but surely starting with Season 5. Too many actor changes. Again, I understand the reasons for it and I absolutely loved this show for a long time. Very well done overall.

@@Gagalover1569 I'm not sure how old you are or what kind of movies you're into, but the fact that Imelda Staunton was an amazing choice for one of the most hated Harry Potter characters is a huge hurdle for me. To see her in a sympathetic regal role is very jarring for anyone who absolutely despises Delores Umbridge.

@@brianmurray7980 I’m 55. I wasn’t familiar with Imelda Staunton prior to The Crown. I just said on another post from this series that I really need to start from the beginning now that I know what to expect and just try to focus on the storyline, paying less attention to the actors. Not sure if I can do it but it may be a good winter challenge. I just started watching Peaky Blinders and it seems promising. When super model Stella Tenant committed suicide I had no idea that she came from an aristocratic family. Her grandmother was Deborah Mitford. Just in the last year or so I discovered documentaries on The Mitford Sisters and have been caught up in that. I’m not a huge movie buff per se, but when I’m drawn into something I tend to go hard trying to learn everything about that person or that history or whatever that something maybe. At 55 I’m really enjoying history. I’ve always loved Queen Elizabeth the 2nd and I was 12 years old when Charles and Diana married. I also want to go back and watch more of the classic movies and read more classic books. I am finding it harder to stay focused when reading though. Thank goodness there are more and more docuseries and documentaries and movies based on history and true stories coming out. Audiobooks too! RU-vid is great for all of that. Peaky Blinders has released the first 3 episodes so far (just recently too). So much to learn! I’m not sure how much of this series is factual /fictional. Diana Mitford is a character who appears in 3 episodes I think.

Cheating is expected in that social circle.

Dian chose to accept all the privileges of the royal family but rejected the privilege's complement, the rotten morality.

@hera7884 Or maybe they should both have stopped? Remember that Diana had about 9 affairs. Like most troubled marriages, it wasn't all one sided.

@@michaelmontagu3979 Charles always had the other woman. Camilla was always in the picture, from the beginning of his marriage to the very end. Diana never had a choice in the matter. Who do you think started it first? You don’t get the right to choose if your spouse cheats on you or not if you cheated on them first, from the beginning. Your comment makes no sense

@@hera7884 Actually, Diana admitted that she started to have an affair before Charles and Camilla started again. It wasn't all one sided.

They thought the press would be on their side? Please.

But it was fair enough bcs she got to tell her side of the story. Bashir's actions and intentions might be wrong but the result was satisfaction for Diana atleast.

@JoanMorrison-vq2jc Diana admitted to the affairs. Further, she grew up in a home where she was exposed to abuse over and over agiain. In the end, Charles and Camilla were in the wrong. They both were way older and knew better. They should have put their foot down. The Queen Mom supported the relationship. The Queen also put her foot down when it came to marrying who she wanted. They both used her as a shield and she was expected to remain steady and devoted to Charles and the crown.

Every Bashir interview I’ve seen, he’s pissed off or rewrote the interview with editing.

Having lived in the limelight for most of their lives, and knowing the reputation of the media, they were not suspicious of giving such interviews? The term "media hounds" should really be "media wolves". They should have known better.

In my opinion, she and Maggie Smith are Britain's best actresses!

@@barbie-li2995 And Dame Judi Dench!

​@@Crinkle.Stilt.Skin.Indeed, three wonderful Dames!

She was a terrible ruler and worse leader. Ruined the lives of her own family members with her bad judgement.

lol ok fanboy

I don't know how much the events and characters correspond to reality but jesus,this series is well written. You can clearly see how Elisabeth has to live two lives behind her stoic face.Each word is fitted between two characters.She as the person and she as the Queen. In addition of that,it's hard to tell which one of them is talking at any given time.Simply,genius writing and acting.

She’s a Aussie actor and a brilliant one

Then why didn't the queen want to give her a proper royal funeral? Why did the queen take 8 days before going to Aberfan? She never "ran" a country. She was just PR. More vacations than a retired monk.

​@michelletodd4893 the Queen was someone who was "by the book". She expected for diana and fergie to be happy. They, after all were married to naval officers. She saw her parents as having a great marriage, as well as her father being a loyal naval officer. She saw the same thing in her own with Prince Philip.

@@branflakes12341 The Queen did not want to help her. It was not about her generation. We can’t blame her failures as a mother figure in her family on her generation. My Mum was of same generation and if she was that cold and uncomplimentary of her son, it would not be overlooked.

@@lekenaackerman9367 things much easier for the Queen and she never realized it.

@MTknitter22 I have to disagree. She had to find a balance between being a good mother and being the queen. Charles and Anne are two that she did not understand. They are very different in terms of personalities. She had good mothering instincts, however because she was a mother figure to Lady Sarah. That all being said, I think she thought that if you are married to an officer, you are doing something good. It is pretty much all she has known. Diana was on another level altogether. She (diana) had people working against her: Camilla, the press, Princess Anne, The Queen Mom, Princess Margaret, her brother, her mother and her grandmother. That is a lot and I am sure that because the Queen had this "bound by duty" attitude, she didn't know how to help Diana. I think that Diana was looking for a mother figure. She had a father figure in Prince Philip, but it wasn't enough for her.

Queen Elizabeth was quite small

And Diana was very tall obviously. I once saw footage of the real Diana bowing to the emperor and empress of Japan, 2 short people. Diana had to take a deep lunge but it was graceful.​@@martino2794

I saw the Queen and she was tiny

@@martino2794Elizabeth Debicki is also quite tall.

Yeah I met our late Queen and she was tiny, and I'm only a 5'9" guy!

It's a drama 'everything behind closed doors I imagined' the writer has said that

She did not say she didn’t suffered she said the enemy was in her head because she thought they were plotting against her, Diana was paranoid at the end and tricked into the interview

The way I look at it, Diana had to learn what Harry needs to learn; when you are a member of the Royal Family you don’t belong to yourself but rather to the nation. There are a lot of benefits that come with being in the Royal Family but there are also sacrifices to be made. I feel that a lot of people will ask me if Diana was to live in misery and I will say no. But she had two choices: Either conform to the rules or get out. Same goes for Harry.

This 'saint', she's no 'saint'... what does that mean? Wasnt the husband cheating?

It was a bit different for Harry in that it was Meghan who did not want to confirm to the idea that the press had the right to mock her then unborn child by portraying him as a monkey with her having to simply take that gross insult in silence. For her there was no choice but to get out of a system that would allow such blatant disregard of her child but Harry was understandably torn. He loved his blood family, quirks and all, but he had a wife and children to protect and defend when no one else in the family seemingly would. Like Diana, Harry spoke and wrote his truth and it hurt many he loved but it was his experience so I respect him for sharing it. Reconciliation seems impossible but I'm hopeful that time will heal the wounds on both sides, at least for the sake of the children who shouldn't be punished for adults behaving badly.

I get your point It’s thought she had borderline personality disorder, which is hard enough but the one thing he sought, closeness, was never going to happen in that family.

I agree 100%. It was basically an arranged marriage. The one thing the Queen got wrong.

If Charles loved Camilla so deeply, he ought to have married her before she married someone else. If Camilla loved Charles so deeply, she ought to have waited until Charles was ready. They both need to accept responsibility.

@@artforlifeladyIn addition to the other thing she got wrong- raising her children without love and warmth. Another thing she got wrong is organising the dismissal of Australia’s Prime Minister, Mr Gough Whitlam.

Charles wanted to marry Camilla way back when, but his Godfather, Lord Mountbatten, was against it and convinced Charles, who respected him more than his own father, and the Queen and PP to go along...he didn't think Camilla was good enough or pretty enough for him...and Camilla ended up quickly moving on and married, basically the first person to come along and started a family...then shortly thereafter, it's horrible to say, but Lord Mountbatten was assassinated....of course, how would Charles know that was going to happen....

You’re so right.

I agree. The Panorama interview, as well as Andrew Morton's book, set forth a chain of events that led to Diana's death. She died 20 months after that damned interview.

If anything it finally ended the marriage

@@kevq761 🤣😂what marriage are you talking about? A paper doesn't make a marriage.

@@potocatepetl oh yes it does, historically marriage was just that - a paper.

@@MarianDown they didn't marry centuries ago for this statement to make sense. He pretended to love her for the entire world to see and he brought innocent children into this world without a second thought. He is responsible for all the mess that came afterwards.

It must've been so difficult for her late Majesty to understand that the whole "grin and bear your cross silently" approach was highly unhealthy and potentially counterproductive. It must've been further difficult for her to understand that this approach is even unhealthier for people who aren't brought up that way... and/or people whose very nature goes against it.

@@Essenceofblood5238 There’s a difference between stuffing feelings and regurgitating them without restraint on anyone in earshot. There’s a middle ground.

I hardly believe she had any idea what was going on around her most of the time. She was an immensely simple woman, despite anything this series claims.

Stop calling her that. Stop celebrating a dictatorship.

No they didn’t deserve her

@@Christi-bt5ef Not a question of deserving. Just a bad match from both sides from the start.

@@gabrieleortiz5041 yes. Remember the Muslim doctor she was deeply in love with but he would not marry her? He and his family realized she had big problems and although he loved her, he understood marriage is serious and Diana was all about HER needs.

@@AndyBluebear-fi9om think of this perspective they manipulated her. I’m Team Diana

@@Christi-bt5ef I'm not sure they did...but she was manipulated into giving the interview.

How many "side pieces" did Diana have? Did anyone keep count? She even admitted she was the first to stray, as even she mentioned that Charles and Camilla had no "contact" until 1986 when Charles could see that Diana was involved with Hewitt (two years after Harry was born in case anyone wants to start in on that).

She in indeed the Queen. Queen Camilla 🫅

Were AND are

I think the representation was closer than most would like. Elizabeth kept herself walked off from all but a trusted few and I had the feeling she was so adept at it she even forgot who she was as she became absorbed by the mythical Crown and Country trope. The girl she was died the moment she was crowned and through many trials she became the enigma many loved and mourned.

Walled off, not walked off lol. Darn autocorrect 😂

Yes it was an incredibly selfish thing to do to her children, esp William who was at such an awkward age. Did she even brother to tell him in person before it aired?

I do understand where you are coming from but Diana was known to be an incredibly irritating attention seeker.

@@jonathanlandau-litewski7405tbh so was Charles and the queen incredibly out of touch and self indulgent privileged inbreds

​@@jonathanlandau-litewski7405yep she was a ridiculous spoiled drama queen.

@@marietighe6328 the only queen she was ever gonna be!

​@@jonathanlandau-litewski7405 was she really? Or you just like to see it that way.

HER PAIN ?! SHE WAS LYING IN THIS INTERVIEW TO DAMAGE THE REPUTATION OF CHARLES ! HER INTENTION WAS TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR CHARLES TO BECOME KING ! DIANA WAS AN IMMATURE GIRL WHO REFUSED TO GROW INTO THE ROLE SHE MARRIED INTO. BECAUSE OF HER, THE MONARCHY HAS TURNED INTO A SOAP OPERA !

I felt the Queen’s pain

She was a drama queen

Diana was so selfish

@@michellelaviolette574 me too

Queen Elizabeth's feeling towards Diana didn't matter. She was the mother of her grandchildren and had a duty to keep an eye on Diana for William and Harry's sake, however Martin Bashir convinced Diana through fake bank statements that the Royal Family were spying on her, which in turn made her ditch her RPOs. (Royal Protection Officers)

​​@@sickpup820 Very well said. Bashir's evil ability to play with Diana's head was very bitter and enormously cut throat for Diana. This interview was a disaster for both of them. The singer Michael Jackson wasn't too impressed by his interview with Bashir either.

An interesting take. I think the show, in general, casts her in an unflattering (at best) light. Someone who is emotionally distant from her family & arguably a poor mother. Someone who is out of touch with the common Briton, especially in the latter half of her reign. Someone who strives for quiet and tranquility yet unwilling to resolve the issues that create turmoil & chaos. Keeping in mind that the show is more fiction than reality, we can debate the causes of her personality & decision making but I finished the series with a sense of sadness - that while she was good at her day job, her family life suffered because of her (in)actions.

​@@robertdickson9319 and it's all presented in a "oh wow, how hard for her" manner every time.

I don't think she's cast in a good light here. She's gaslighting Diana. Of course the rest of the family perceived Diana as a showboat and a problem. They were used to a way of interacting with the press and being worshipped until Diana swooped in, basically from the future, to usher in an entire new level of access to the royal family and its problems.

Suspicious would be bashing the Queen, who was nothing but utterly dutiful and loyal to the country.

Really she was the villain to her sister Margaret when she forced her not to marry the man she loved because he was divorced… then the same character flaw came up when she forced Charles not to marry the one he loved because she was divorced… the Diana situation was a culmination of the Queen’s own failings and callous disregard for the people around her

Diana didn't go the the Queen to warn her before the interview. (Told by the staff of the palace)

I think she's definitely taller than the real Diana though

@@pazuzu126she is in heels yeah great Australian actress

@@pazuzu126she is, elizabeth debicki is 6’3 while diana was 5’10.

I also think she had post partum depression with one child. She also had anorexia nervosa.

​@@BunnyWatson-k1wYes

He was severely gaslighting her in their marriage and all those supposed therapists were to reinforce that. Ending his extra-marital affair and not being a spoiled brat who resented his wife for being popular would have been a far more genuine and fruitful attempt to help. I understand Charles has spent the past years putting considerable effort and money into his false victimhood PR - but I CANNOT understand people actually buying that about ‘Prince’ “do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?”. We also have video evidence of how much he has publicly humiliated Diana such as their engagement interview or that time he ‘joked’ about having two wives. Pathetic.

@@BunnyWatson-k1w No.. The late Princess of Wales was bulimic.. there is a big difference between the two disorders!

@@ElvenSkywalkerI think the only mistake Diana did was to think Charles was in love with her

@@JoanMorrison-vq2jc I don't think she married Charles just for a title. I do believe she loved him but it was a fantasy-romantic love straight out of Disney and she had no idea how to make a successful marriage. And while I never liked Fergie and thought she was a disaster as a member of the RF, I do believe she genuinely loved Andrew.

​@@01Mary02 And still does.

@@JoanMorrison-vq2jc I think Andrew & Sarah really do love each other. I don't like either of them, but they seem to want to stick with each other. As far as Diana is concerned, she was too young and too emotionally damaged to be able to be a good wife, especially as Charles was also emotionally damaged from his childhood. He couldn't give her what she needed and she couldn't give him what he needed. I believe Catherine really does love William, but I don't think Meghan has ever loved Harry. He was simply a tool for her to get that worldwide fame she's been after her whole life.

Diana was only 19 and it must be devastating to know that your husband loves somebody else. I still remember when asked if they were in love, Diana answered “of course”and Charles said “whatever loves means”. If he can respond like that in public, how do we know how he acts or makes her feel in private. A very “normal” person could easily develop mental health issues under those circumstances.

@@ruizhiqiu2109 I don't disagree with you entirely. I think the way he treated her certainly contributed to her mental health problems, but I believe it started when her parents divorced.

I think she would have pushed harder for the marriage with Charles and Camilla

Diana was divorced and had no right to get the privilege of royal protection..

Respect is earned.

Very true. Diana was a supernova star and Queenie did not see it.

​@@mjremy2605yes

Charles 1 lost his head because he thought he was endorsed by god. Inbreeding gave Andrew's daughter a bent spine.

@@deserteagle-nx1hl- 'Charles I' was murdered because he kept the nobility in check and wholly did not appreciate their attempts at diminishing God-ordained royal power.

@@deserteagle-nx1hl what rubbish are you talking?

@@glen7318 Expand on why my reply is rubbish. If not, you are intellectually lazy.

There were two lengthy inquests: one in Paris and one in London. The family who was to blame for the deaths is the Fayed family. There should have been an escort vehicle. The chauffeur was proven to be drunk. The car was in poor condition. The only survivor was the bodyguard who was the only person wearing a seatbelt and should have insisted that everyone else wore theirs. The chauffeur was goading the paparazzi . . . the list goes on. The Royal family had no idea where Diana was, but thought she was on her way back to London to spend a couple of days with her sons before they returned to school. At the time of the accident, Charles had access and the boys were spending the summer at Balmoral as they did every August.

Lol

The British are cultists of the Queen, even the most poor and under the bus Britons venerate the queen, to me, very far removed from that world, think that the queenie was full of herself.

On the contrary. The Queen shafted Margaret by preventing her happy marriage to Peter Townsend, Equerry (Aide de Camp) to her father, while banishing him to a distant post never to see Margaret again. She drove Margaret to drink. Margaret was more beautiful and would have made a much better Queen being smart, saucy, pretty, and very charismatic as opposed to stodgy Elizabeth. More hypocrisy by Queenie when her daughter Anne, married the Equerry to Queen Elizabeth, Mark Phillips. The exact scenario again but this time Elizabeth did not prevent the marriage by threatening to cut off Anne from the royal family and funds if she married an Equerry. How's that for hypocrisy? Elizabeth was a terrible mother to Charles, who grew up very unhappy with little contact from his mother. She forced Charles to marry Diana who he did not love, and give up Camilla, who was the love of his life. This caused a huge rift between Diana and Charles. Diana divorced him, and was so desperately unhappy with royal servants spying on her and reporting back to Queenie, and being made to follow Charles around and not be free. This caused her to escape to other places and caused her demise. Charles ended up marrying Camilla after she was divorced from her husband. So now, Charles married a divorcee, but became king. How ironic because King Edward, Duke of Windsor had to abdicate when he married a divorcee. Isn't that bald faced hypocrisy by Queenie? Charles should be disqualified from being king since he married a divorcee too. Right? For all her disapproval of Diana, Queenie did not realize that her own star was dimmed by the brilliant light of Diana in the public relations dept. Diana was a supernova star on the world stage. Elizabeth paled by comparison. Diana could do more for the royal family than all the other members combined. She was never utilized for PR, given any respect, and made happy. So very stup*id of Queenie. Diana was never mentally unstable. She was a rock of endurance and tenacity. The Queen also was responsible for splitting up Fergie and Andrew who still love each other, and still live under one roof while being divorced on paper to suit the Queen. Andrew ended up a Pedo, and guess who brought him up? Yes, Your Queenie. Pedo son. But she forgave him and paraded him in visible royal public events. Hmmm. Finally, not having done enough mischief and damage to people's lives, Queenie managed to ruin her grandson's life with his new wife, Meghan. Harry was the spare, it mattered not one bit who he married. But nasty racist stuff about Meghan was published to the press by Charles, William, Camilla with Queenie's approval. This was a young couple starting out on their life, deeply in love, Meghan was a few years older and had the right mothering touch for Harry who lost his mum early in life. Meghan was a brilliant PR move for the royal family because she was non-White and this was a way to connect to all non-White people from previous colonies and empires. Meghan was the new Diana in fact. If Queenie had been smart and seen that, she would have used Meghan & Harry for all the tours in places like India, Africa, South America, etc. You had two sets of young royals: Will & Kate, Harry & Meg that would have injected life back into a dying institution that is more a habit than a need or desire. But again, Elizabeth showed poor judgement and banished them into exile, cutting off all funding and even security for their family. Absolutely damning move. A very politically damaging move too. Now you have Kate with cancer occupying William, and no Harry as backup, and Charles too old to do anything, with a wife everyone has not forgiven. See how badly this Queenie rules? Meghan is not a Narcissist. She is a self made, hard working woman who became a successful actress and has now snagged a top royal as her husband. She has made a lovely family, they support themselves with no parasitic living off British taxpayers. She has a loving relationship with her mother, Doria, and has cut off her half siblings and father who are frankly an embarrassment to themselves and trying to make money off her fame. Her sister, Samantha wrote a nasty book about Meghan for no reason at all. Did Meghan do anything to any of them? No. She kept to herself and she has a right to choose her friends. They have no right to defame her and Harry. Harry won his lawsuit against the British press, which proves they wrote lies. Anything else you want to be combative about? You are short on facts, and big on myths. Wake up and adjust to reality. The queen was a political disaster. She had no head for leadership or knowing who would be the best political allies in the royal family. She chased away three brilliant stars: Margaret, Diana, Meghan. She probably felt threatened by each of them. She tried to destroy them. Margaret died so conflicted. She loved her sister, but her sister tore up her romance. Diana died hounded by the press and made to look like the wandering wife, when in fact, it was Charles who was wandering into Camilla's garden. Meghan came with so much hope and wanting to please the royals, but she was humiliated, snubbed, and disrespected by them all till Harry had to leave to save his marriage. So, how smart is that for a political ruler whose only job is PR for the press? Elizabeth was a useless ruler and lousy leader.

@@mjremy2605 Margaret reached the age where she could marry Townsend without permission. I think you forget that back in the day divorce was a scandal, and Townsend was divorced. The rules were changed earlier this century when not only Margaret but three of the Queen's children divorced. Townsend was sent away for a couple of years until Margaret reached the age where she could make the decision without permission. He returned and they were talking about marriage. However, Margaret understood that she would have to give up her title and entitlements to marry a divorcee, and felt that her lifestyle was more important than Townsend. Margaret most certainly would not have made a better queen. She had no sense of duty and life was just one long party for her. She took a trip to America and was roundly criticised by the Americans for her lengthy partying sessions.The monarch needs to be as you described QEII - not a party girl who was frequently drunk and didn't get out of bed every day until midday. She had charities she had to work for, but didn't seem to be bothered. Anne could marry an Equerry because neither party was divorced. There's a difference. The objection wasn't the equerry. It was the divorced equerry. In the day, divorcees weren't acceptable in society.

​@@mjremy2605 Diana was unstable and cheated on Charles like million times.

​@@mjremy2605 Diana cheated on Charles like million times

Diana was abusive to everyone around. Charles loved and still loves Camilla. Diana wrecked marriages and had it off with as much as she could. Sweet Diana? No wa.

Diana never deserved a prince.

It was her choice. Nobody held a gun to Diana's head. I wouldn't want to take on one of my sister's cast-offs.

Yes, correct. This is a fictional television show.

No...my understanding was this did actually happen...Diana even arranged the broadcast date as a surprise for the then prince Charles birthday and the queen and prince philips anniversary...

is English your second language?

She had mental health issues.

A bit

Why? Do you think they are responsible for a drunk driver getting behind the wheel of a car and driving 100 kph through city streets?

The family responsible for Diana's death was found to be the Fayed family - as well as the paparazzi.

Lots of women are and were jealous of her. Team Diana, always.

The queen had a tailored education by many tutors because her career was by the age of 10. She had a very successful marriage with Philip. All of the rumors of strife between the two of them are just idle gossip. They had a normal marriage and Philip was faithful to the end. accusations of affairs are simply ridiculous

@@marielfalk4537 people like you who are continual deny of reality are the main cause of stress and problems in families. You need to do a bit more research and reading instead of looking through rose tinted glasses.

I think she expected Diana to act like an adult when all she was was a selfish, damaged child.

@thechuckleshow2470 you'd be surprised. She had her dad in her. Meaning, she was more than capable of showing emotion. She and Diana didn't really get along. But, she was the queen. 🤷🏿‍♀️

Diana wasn’t important to her