Prime Video has acquired exclusive UK and Ireland broadcasting rights for Diana: Her Secret Confessions, a three-part documentary series from Love Monday TV. Distributed internationally as Diana Unheard by Cineflix Rights, the project draws on five hours of intimate audio recordings made by Princess Diana in 1991.
Prime Video Secures UK and Ireland Rights for Love Monday TV Series
Streaming giant Prime Video has secured the exclusive UK and Ireland rights for a high-profile documentary series exploring the life and private reflections of Princess Diana. Announced during the MIPCOM market, the three-part production carries the localized title Diana: Her Secret Confessions while being launched to international buyers worldwide under the title Diana Unheard by global distribution partner Cineflix Rights. Alongside the UK and Ireland streaming agreement, the distributor confirmed that the series has already been acquired by a major network in the United States, alongside exclusive first-window rights secured in Australia.
Authored by Love Monday TV, an independent production house celebrated for royal content such as ITV’s Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors, Channel 5’s William and Harry: Love and Betrayal, and the US Prime Video talk show The Royal Beat, the project stems from this studio. The upcoming series is produced by an all-female team including executive producers Kerene Barefield and Naveed Chowdhary-Flatt, producer Emily Hirst, series editor Sophie Todd, and line producer Tara Benson.
Inside the Five Hours of Secret 1991 Audio Recordings
The core of the documentary rests on approximately five hours of intimate audio recordings made by Princess Diana herself during covert conversations with close friend Dr. James Colthurst in 1991. While portions of these tapes previously served as foundational source material for Andrew Morton’s blockbuster 1992 biography Diana: Her True Story, producers emphasize that the new series grants access to the complete, unedited archive for the first time.
It’s believed to be the first time where a single organization has received access to the complete archive of recordings at once, and Barefield noted they showcase Diana’s authentic character.
Kerene Barefield, Executive Producer via The Mirror
The creation of the recordings required intense subterfuge and caution. According to production details shared by the filmmakers, Diana and Colthurst operated on high alert while capturing the conversations, at times playing classical music loudly to mask their voices from listeners outside the door and orchestrating plans to smuggle the tapes out of Kensington Palace. Cineflix Rights is distributing the doc, which represents a major launch at MIPCOM.
The three parts of the documentary series are entitled Got To Get Out, You’re On Your Own, and Time Is Precious. Viewers will experience Diana’s vocal delivery like never before through privileged access to the entirety of these remarkable tapes, coupled with conversations featuring individuals acquainted with her. Spanning hours of raw, unedited, and protected audio captured personally by the Princess during dialogues with an intimate confidant, the recordings present her personal musings regarding resilience, identity, and purpose.
Challenging Longstanding Narratives About the Princess of Wales
Scheduled to premiere around August 31, 2027—marking the 30th anniversary of her tragic death in a Paris car crash—the documentary aims to shift public perception away from historical portrayals of vulnerability and isolation. Producers state that the unvarnished audio captures the late royal reflecting on her childhood, her marriage to King Charles III, her relationship with Queen Camilla, her hopes for Princes William and Harry, and her thoughts on succession and family members including Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
The media always gave us this tragedy that Diana was sad and lonely, and she was manipulated.
Kerene Barefield, Executive Producer via The Mirror
The series arrives amid renewed public discussions surrounding royal history, coinciding with recent claims made by Earl Spencer in his memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister. While the production touches on similar ground explored in her brother’s book, the creative team maintains that the primary objective is letting the Princess speak directly for herself.
The production team aims to reshape the discourse surrounding Diana almost thirty years following her passing. Barefield pointed out that Diana frequently faces depictions as an unfortunate casualty of circumstance, with influential men continuing to author and debate her legacy even today. By anchoring the program around the private audio files created by Diana personally, the initiative reclaims and reframes her life story using her exact words, casting her not as a passive recipient of fate, but as a resolute woman wagering everything to seize authority over her own legacy.
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