Queen Elizabeth II’s unhappy birthday
The assumptions behind Queen Elizabeth II’s monarchy are dissolving before us
ByPrincess Diana
October 1997: How will we remember her?
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Princess Diana’s kinder Britain
A new biography plays down the royal’s cultural impact – but she softened the hard edges of the Thatcher era.
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When did The Crown get so boring?
The new series of the Netflix show is more Hello! magazine than history – and no more exciting for it.…
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What is there left of Princess Diana, 25 years after her death?
Twenty-five years after her death, Diana Spencer has been eclipsed by monuments and myth.
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What Charles and Camilla’s dirty phone call taught us about the English language
In The Crown’s reimagining of the intimate exchange, the future King’s longing for linguistic purism caught my ear.
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We should celebrate Charles and Camilla’s very modern love story
The two lovers were torn apart by antiquated notions of morality that now seem not just sexist, but downright cruel.
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From Diana to Meghan – why do the British problematise displays of emotion?
It’s not victimhood to express feelings – it’s good for your mental health.
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The Princess is a radical new take on the very familiar story of Diana Spencer
Documentarian Ed Perkins shifts the focus away from the royals’ story to examine the people who helped create it: us.
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Pablo Larraín’s Spencer is a bone-headed reassessment of Princess Diana
The grand biopic opts for heavy-handed symbolism over any grounding in reality.
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