Remembered on film. Princess Diana’s life has been a subject of fascination for royal watchers — as well as filmmakers — for years.Just over a year after the late royal married Prince Charles in 1981, the first TV movies about the princess starting appearing.
Debuting in September 1982, The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana starred Catherine Oxenberg as the Princess of Wales.The film, which also starred Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland as the Queen Mother, was the most-watched primetime show of the week when it premiered on CBS, beating out a competing ABC production called Charles and Diana: A Royal Love Story.Oxenberg happened to be Charles’ cousin, so she actually met Diana before she portrayed her onscreen. “The only thing that the
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