I am neither a monarchist nor a republican. Mostly I don't even think about the royals, let alone have any particular interest in them. Yet after watching this excellent documentary almost by mistake (I put it on randomly while I was eating),I found myself hooked.

As documentaries go, it was one of the best I've seen - on any subject. Artfully edited, with unusually insightful, relevant, and intelligent contributions from the various talking heads (apart from Wayne Sleep who was a bit cringe-inducing),and impressively researched archive and photographic material that told the story of Diana's life more cohesively and coherently than I've ever seen done before.

Excellent narrative storytelling that sucked me in, and transported me back to those days in a way that few other documentaries have achieved. I went into it thinking I pretty much knew the entire story, having lived through it at the time, but by the end I felt newly enlightened and amazed at how much I'd not been aware of, either at the time or in the years since.

After watching this, I was suddenly keen to watch more documentaries about Diana and the other royals, and it says a lot that after three hours it left me wanting more. (The other documentaries that I watched were not nearly as good). Overall, I'm inclined to give this one top marks. I only docked it a star because of Wayne Sleep's contributions.

Part 1 was wonderful and tearful but it wasn't the story of Diana. It was more of 'The Story of Princess Diana'. We know nothing about her childhood except certain moments spoken by her brother.

Part 2: It's all about the stalking, shameless media and how it drove the Princess crazy and sad. This is more of the story of a Disgusting British media and the criminals of British islands aka 'Australian' media - the real murderers of Diana.

In Short, it's Not The Story of Diana. It's the story of her murderers - the Brit media, the Australian media and the flirty Charles & his pros mistress B*. Camilla.

Worth a watch though..

Shown over a two-day period (August 9 and August 10, 2017) on network TV, Diana Spencer is fairly portrayed as a fairy tale princess of our modern day who made the best of her situation. While she fought back the best she could against the infidelities of Charles during her marriage, her manipulative ways and her own infidelities tarnished her reputation. If nothing else, she was a goodwill ambassador for the British monarchy and was influential for the projects she was most passionate about. And, she was a wonderful mother. Perhaps, that is the saddest part of her story, that she never got the chance to be the wonderful grandmother that she could have been had she lived.