Shortly before her death, Lady Diana had big plans: She wanted to emigrate to California with her sons and pursue a career in Hollywood. A close confidante of the princess said that in an interview.
The fact that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan quit their service for the crown and emigrated to the United States caused a quake in the British royal family. A similar incident could have happened around 25 years ago. As a close friend of Princess Diana revealed in an interview with the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, William and Harry’s mother was already considering leaving Great Britain and moving to California.
“There were a number of big projects she got involved with and offers made,” said Stewart Pearce, who had been Diana’s voice coach since 1995, preparing her for public appearances and speeches. Accordingly, the Princess of Wales showed great interest in Hollywood. However, she didn’t want to be active as a producer in front of, but behind the camera. Diana thought about making documentaries about charities that she supports. An idea that her son Harry is now implementing in a very similar way with the streaming provider Netflix.
Diana, however, did not see herself as an actress, although actor Kevin Costner approached her in the mid-nineties to win her over for a sequel to his film “Bodyguard”. In the 1992 strip, Costner played on the side of singer Whitney Houston. “She was a lover and avid supporter of the performing arts, especially dance, however [die Schauspielerei] wasn’t something she saw as her new creative career, “said Pearce.
Diana’s partner Dodi Al-Fayed was a film producer
He believes that Diana’s interest in the film industry was sparked by her then significant other, Dodi Al-Fayed. The Egyptian has produced several films, including the Oscar-winning drama “The Victor’s Hour”. In addition, the princess maintained a friendship with the British film producer David Puttnam. He also had excellent contacts in Hollywood.
Diana’s plans to move to the US were apparently so specific that she wanted to take her sons William and Harry with her too. Dodi Al-Fayed bought a beach villa in Malibu a few months before his death. Diana also wanted to rent a property in California, according to Pearce. “She had planned to spend a lot of time in Hollywood. She also wanted to live by the sea with her two boys. Diana was a passionate swimmer and enthusiastic about water sports,” said the 68-year-old.
That Lady Di toyed with the idea of emigrating to the USA has already been confirmed by her former butler Paul Burrell. “She said, ‘This is our new life, wouldn’t it be great? Just think about the boys’ lifestyle. Nobody here in America is biased, there is no class system, no establishment,” Burrell said in an interview with ABC in 2007 News.
But Diana was unable to put her move or her film plans into practice. She and Dodi Al-Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997.
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