Diana and Meghan

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This episode contains references to suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. In 1995, Diana, Princess of Wales, made a decision that was unprecedented for a member of the British royal family: She sat down with the BBC to speak openly about the details of her life. On Sunday, her younger son, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan, told Oprah Winfrey of their own travails within the family. Today, we look at the similarities between these two interviews.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is a paid advertisement from BetterHelp Therapy Online.
0:04.7	When you're at your best, you can do great things, but you can't be at the top of your
0:09.2	game all the time.
0:10.8	Working with a therapist can get you closer to the best version of you.
0:14.9	BetterHelp can provide access to over a thousand mental health professionals with a wide
0:19.0	variety of expertise.
0:21.0	Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com slash daily pod.
0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Babbaro.
0:32.6	This is a daily.
0:40.2	Today, in two explosive interviews, separated by a quarter century, Princess Diana and
0:48.0	Megan Margel forced the royal family to confront ugly truths about itself.
0:54.5	My colleague, Sarah Lyle, on how in the process, they encouraged British society to do the same.
1:14.0	It's Thursday, March 11th.
1:21.0	Sarah, where were you in your career as a reporter when this now famous interview with
1:28.3	Diana, the Princess of Wales, first, heirs?
1:31.6	It was 1995, and I just moved to London from New York.
1:35.8	I'd gotten married to a British person, and I'd been assigned by the paper to cover an
1:40.2	interview that Diana, the Princess of Wales, wife of Prince Charles, the heir to the throne,
1:45.5	was about to give on television about the state of their marriage and her relationship to
1:50.7	the British royal family.
1:53.0	Here's what you need to understand about what was going on at the time.
1:56.5	Her marriage to Charles was in total disarray.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The New York Times, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The New York Times and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.