Princess Diana docuseries picked up by Cineflix Rights

Princess Diana dancing with actor John Travolta at the White House in 1985

London-based distributor Cineflix Rights has acquired a three-part docuseries about Princess Diana.

Produced by Love Monday TV, Diana Unheard (3×60’) draws on hours of never-before-heard, intimate audio recordings of the late princess, recorded herself during conversations with a close companion.

In the recordings, Diana discusses the key moments of her life, from childhood and marriage to the now-King Charles’ long-term affair with the now-Queen Camilla, and her hopes for her own children, Princes William and Harry.

The docuseries is being coproduced with partners in the US, UK and Australia to mark the 30th anniversary of Diana’s death next year. Cineflix Rights will launch the series to international buyers at Mipcom next month.

Kerene Barefield, creative director of Love Monday TV, said: “In making Diana Unheard, we wanted to challenge the narrative that has too often portrayed Diana, Princess of Wales, simply as a victim of her circumstances. At the heart of the series are hours of intimate recordings that allow Diana to reclaim her own story, in her own words. With exclusive access to the complete collection of these extraordinary tapes, we hear Diana’s voice with a candour and intimacy that has rarely been heard before.

“This is Diana not as a passive victim of events, but as a woman taking control of her own narrative and risking everything to make her voice heard. Diana Unheard restores authorship of one of the most scrutinised lives in modern history to the woman at its centre. I’m delighted to be partnering with Cineflix Rights to bring this extraordinary story to audiences around the world.”