Diana: In Her Own Words

BFBS Extra, Wednesday 9th August, 6.50 pm

Documentary featuring footage of Princess Diana speaking candidly on a range of subjects. The programme draws on a unique historical archive: video tapes recorded by Diana's speech coach Peter Settelen, who she hired to help her publicly present her own account of events and reinvent her public persona. The footage that Settelen captured at Diana's private residence in Kensington Palace in 1992 and 1993 shows Diana rehearsing her speaking voice and also reflecting at length on her own biography, offering revealing insight into her upbringing, her courtship with the Prince of Wales, her marriage and her public life. Further insight is provided by in-depth interviews with those closest to Diana, including her former personal protection officer Ken Wharfe and former private secretary Patrick Jephson, as well as some confidants who are speaking on the record for the first time.