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Princess Diana’s ghost to appear in final season of The Crown
Insiders say character has ‘sensitive and thoughtful imagined conversations’ with Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth in days after her death
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The ghost of Diana, Princess of Wales will appear in the new series of The Crown in what Netflix insiders call “sensitive and thoughtful” scenes.
The Princess will be shown talking to the then Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth in the days after her death.
She reportedly thanks her ex-husband for sobbing over her body in a Paris morgue, saying: “Thank you for how you were in hospital. So raw, broken - and handsome. I’ll take that with me.”
She is also said to hold hands with the Queen, telling her: “As long as anyone can remember, you’ve taught us what it means to be British. Maybe it’s time to show you’re ready to learn too.”
A Netflix source said: “After her death, Diana appears as part of an inner dialogue in separate scenes with Prince Charles and the Queen who are both reflecting on their relationship with the late Princess.
“These sensitive and thoughtful imagined conversations seek to bring to life the depth of emotion that was felt after such a seismic tragedy struck at the heart of the family.”
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The scenes will feature in the sixth and final series of The Crown. The first batch of episodes, dealing with the Princess’s fatal crash in a Paris tunnel in 1997, will be released on Nov 16.
The second batch will follow on Dec 14, showing the Royal family coming to terms with their loss and culminating in the marriage of Charles to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
According to the Daily Mail, the imagined conversations with the late Princess will see her telling her former husband: “You know I loved you so much. So deeply, so painfully too. That’s over now. It will be easier for everyone with me gone.”
She then appears to the Queen, comforting her as the public mood turns against the Royal family. It is suggested that this prompts the Queen to travel from Balmoral to London, where she makes a televised address to the nation in a tribute to Diana.