ShortHand: The Death of Princess Diana

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True Crime

4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

As one of the most influential, beloved, and reported figures in recent history, the death of the Princess of Wales caused an international state of mourning. But as the dust settled, a narrative started to develop; one in which Diana’s death was no accident, but instead a cold-blooded murder ordered by the crown.

So what really caused the death of Diana Spencer? Find out in this week’s episode of ShortHand.

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0:00.0	Music
0:12.0	Hello, Happy New Year and welcome to the first short hat of the year 2023.
0:19.0	We are still recording this in December, but Happy New Year. Happy New Year.
0:24.0	We thought we'd come back with a bit of a bang the news season of the crown came out. I were watching it over Christmas with my parents because they are obsessed with that show.
0:33.0	I wonder if people will still be bothered about the Harry and Meghan documentary by the time this comes out.
0:37.0	Jesus fucking Christ, because they are really bothered about it right now.
0:40.0	Everyone's so every fucking newspaper website and I, it's like 75% of the articles are all on Harry and Meghan.
0:47.0	I was watching BBC headlines yesterday and they were talking about it. I was like, what's happening? Why? I don't care who made who cry, where?
0:57.0	Or if Kate can ever forgive Meghan again. That is just so painful.
1:01.0	But in that vein, we do hope you care about what we're going to tell you about today because it is very royally themed.
1:08.0	We are of course talking about the life and death of Princess Diana.
1:13.0	So let's get started because she is the only royal. One of the few royals that I have had time for.
1:19.0	I love Princess Margaret. She's fucking bad.
1:21.0	Yeah, no, she's alright. Princess Diana though. People's Princess Lady Di, Princess Di. She's the one.
1:27.0	Just don't give Harry and Meghan the fucking views, don't watch her.
1:31.0	So who was Princess Diana? Well, she was of course the first wife of our current king, Charles III.
1:37.0	She grew up as Lady Diana Spencer. So she wasn't just born rich but she was also born into serious nobility.
1:45.0	Making her a very appropriate match to be the wife of the next monarch who went out with her sisters on.
1:50.0	Yes, yes, yes, yes.
1:52.0	But when Diana first started dating Charles way way back in 1980, she was living in a flat with three mates and working at a preschool.
2:01.0	And that was very much the part of the story that the media chose to focus on.
2:05.0	Despite the fact that she had been known to the royal family her entire life, the tabloid press framed her as being something of a commoner.
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