Princess Diana’s Revenge, Her Final Heartbreak, and More True Stories From ‘The Crown’

A special delivery from the Vanity Fair Archive View in your browser | Update your preferences Vanity Fair chronicled Princess Diana's painful separation and her hard-won reinvention in the 1990s, now playing out in season five of The Crown on Netflix. Diana's Final Heartbreak Princess Diana emerged from her divorce with a new style, a new crusade (banning land mines), and a new love, Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, whom she hid from the press for 18 months. But, as Tina Brown chronicled, Diana's superstar status—and her emotional scars—drove away the man she hoped to marry, sending her into the spiral that would lead to Paris. R E A D  M O R E » Diana's Revenge She overcame the whispers—and not a few shouts—about her own well-being and conduct to emerge victorious over the House of Windsor. In 1993 Princess Diana, though separated from the royal family, was perhaps its best hope for survival. Anthony Holden profiled the woman who had, after a lifetime of emotional disappointments, fashioned her own set of rules in one of the world's strictest households. R E A D  M O R E » God Save the Queen! In the '90s, most of her family could benefit from regular applications of spin control, but Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor never seemed to need it. For decades, she learned her lines and hit her marks flawlessly. Robert K. Massie reported on the secret of the queen's success. R E A D  M O R E » Diana Reborn Princess Diana's decision to auction 79 of the dresses she wore as the wife of England's future king was a powerful symbol of her changing life. Cathy Horyn delved into the story behind the clothes, while Diana, modeling her favorites one last time for Mario Testino, made it clear that the change was more than cosmetic. R E A D  M O R E » Diana's Last Dance In this excerpt from her book The Palace Papers, about the 25 years since Diana's death, Tina Brown described the impact the princess's press strategy had on her sons. R E A D  M O R E » Charles and Camilla, Together at Last Long the silent butt of tabloid brickbats, palace snubs, and popular derision, Camilla Parker Bowles always refused to defend herself. But then, finally married to the man she had loved for decades, the Duchess of Cornwall allowed friends to speak to Bob Colacello, who got an unprecedented look at the hurt and heartbreak, the campaign for acceptance, and the blossoming glamour and philanthropy at Prince Charles's side. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.