Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MVP Home Entertainment, Inc.
• VHS Release Date: September 23, 1997
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304667590
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,689 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Using Princess Diana's somber funeral as the frame, this video ("The Official BBC Commemorative Video," the packaging boasts) takes an admiring and elegant look at the world's most photographed woman. Thrust into the public eye at age 19, the aristocratic teen married into the royal family and became, as has been much quoted, the People's Princess. These well-narrated video segments (yes, BBC footage) are from official and public events: from photographers' pursuits of the child-care worker to her engagement to Prince Charles to her magnificent wedding (seen by more than 5 million viewers) to Prince William's birth to her many royal tours, duties, and speeches. The Diana who captured the public's fancy, who held hands with AIDs patients, who embraced the homeless, who championed land-mine victims, who departed from the stuffy royal ways, is respectfully captured here. While the controversial Andrew Morton book and her separation and subsequent divorce from Prince Charles are covered, the producers elected to steer clear of the more sensational and gossipy aspects of her fulfilled, though difficulty-plagued, life. Whatever the Buckingham Palace spin is--that Charles is experiencing renewed popularity, that his longtime mistress is gradually being accepted, and that Diana, by those in Charles's camp, was "crazy"--it cannot detract from the remarkable and impressive legacy Diana unselfishly left for Britain and for her sons, one of whom will one day be king. --N.F.Mendoza

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DIANA, A MEMORIAL VIDEO, October 21, 2001

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"wsgwtw" (conshohocken, Pa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diana: The People's Princess (1961-1997) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This tape goes over the basics of Diana, The pricess of Wales life from engagement to death. No one subject or area of her life is given preferential treatment, nor is it an in depth study of her life. But a must see for all Dianaholichs. This was produced rather quickly after her death with the proceeds going to the Princess of Wales Fund Established by the royal family. It is very interesting to hear how her friends viewed certain episodes in her life.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very lovely & tastefully done videotape., July 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Diana: The People's Princess (1961-1997) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Diana, The People's Princess is one of my favorite videotapes out of all the Diana tapes I own. It contains a lot of very recent video footage of the Princess just prior to her death, such as her attendance at the Gianni Versace funeral. The background of classical music gives the tape a haunting, ethereal quality. One of the only drawbacks is at times the sound quality is a little inconsistent and it seems that the tape was put together quickly as it was one of the first ones to come out after her death. However, other than that it's a lovely tape and one I have watched many times. A great value at $12.71. END

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Would've been 4 stars without some of the people interviewed, December 9, 2001

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A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diana: The People's Princess (1961-1997) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I thought this video was pretty interesting, covering the Princess's life as it did. Some of the footage isn't often seen, that's a plus. Some of the 'friends' interviewed, such as Penny Thornton, could've been left out in my opinion which would help the program along. (...)