Princess Diana

Princess Diana was the most famous woman in the world, celebrated globally for her elegance and charm. But before she stepped out of the royal carriage at St Paul’s Cathedral, she spent nineteen years as the shy and awkward Lady Diana Spencer. How did this aristocratic ugly duckling become a beautiful royal swan?

Great Britain, 1961: Viscount Althorp, heir to the Spencer earldom, and his wife Frances welcomed a healthy, blonde baby. Diana grew up amidst her parents' chaotic divorce and didn't excel at school. After moving to London, she took on menial jobs as a cleaner, nanny, and governess. She found refuge in romance novels, dreaming of falling in love and being rescued by a handsome prince…

In royal circles, there was concern for the Prince of Wales. Charles was almost thirty and still unmarried; the right girl needed to be found, and quickly. She had to be young, from an aristocratic background, and come to the royal family without any past relationships.

Eighteen-year-old Diana Spencer was practically the only candidate. Her desire to be loved perfectly matched the royal idea of a suitable bride. But once the ruthless palace machinery of backroom dealings was set in motion, Diana faced challenges and mysteries she couldn't comprehend, from the oddities of life within the walls of the royal palace to a certain Mrs Parker-Bowles. Would her romantic dream survive the forces that turned her into a global icon?