Prince Harry is reportedly in talks to produce a documentary about Princess Diana to mark the 30th anniversary of her death, and he has approached her friends and her brother, Earl Spencer, about taking part. Nothing is confirmed yet, and sources say he’s weighing several ways to honor his mother’s legacy. If the project moves forward, it would likely be produced by Archewell Productions, Harry and Meghan’s company, and land on Netflix under their existing deal.
The timing is doing a lot of work here. Earl Spencer’s new book,“Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,”was released Tuesday, and it arrives in the same news cycle as the rumored film. Reports also suggest Prince William is unhappy about the potential documentary and frustrated by his brother being linked so closely to their mother’s legacy while the two remain estranged. One source put it plainly: Diana was the mother of two boys, and William is just as much her son as Harry is.
Diana died on Aug. 31, 1997, at age 36 in a car crash in Paris while being pursued by paparazzi, which makes this anniversary a heavy one for everyone involved. The deeper question underneath all of it is simple: who gets to tell her story? Her sons, her brother, or the press that the world has spent three decades blaming? That debate isn’t getting settled any time soon.
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