Diana Anniversary Documentary Plans
Prince Harry Explores Potential Documentary for Princess Diana's Thirtieth Anniversary
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Prince Harry is reportedly exploring ways to mark the 30th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in 2027, including a possible documentary, and has approached people who knew her, including his uncle Earl Spencer. No documentary has been announced or confirmed, and reports of efforts to recruit Spencer rely on media sources and royal commentator Tom Sykes, who has speculated about Harry’s motives. Spencer’s memoir about Diana has drawn attention for claims about the royal family; Buckingham Palace has disputed the reliability of some recollections, while Spencer says he recorded what he remembers. Spencer has also said Harry was comfortable with the book’s publication. Prince William has reportedly declined offers to take part in Diana tribute films and may mark the anniversary privately, reportedly to avoid a project that could set him against Harry.
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Royal journalist Tom Sykes speculated that money, rather than a close emotional bond, may explain Prince Harry’s reported efforts to involve Earl Spencer, arguing Spencer’s name would lend a documentary credibility. This is Sykes’s interpretation, not a confirmed motive.
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Sykes also speculated that a potential film could present Harry as “the true inheritor of Diana’s legacy” and as someone who stood up to what he characterized as a cruel royal family; no documentary or such editorial approach has been confirmed.
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Earl Spencer has said he worries about Harry’s security, compared aspects of the media’s treatment of Harry and Meghan with the treatment Diana faced, and said he does not take sides between Harry and Prince William.
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Friends of Prince William reportedly say the 2027 anniversary will be difficult for him and that he remains very emotional about his mother’s death; William was 15 when Diana died.
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