Princess Diana is soaking up the sun on a super yacht in the south of France. “It’s a little mad, if I’m honest,” she tells her worried therapist, Susie Orbach, who’s on the other end of the phone. Diana’s voice is slow and sloaney. She idly waves at her lover Dodi Fayed in the distance. It’s a rare moment of calm in episode three, season six of Netflix’s The Crown.
In the episode, which unfolds like a panic attack, Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) has the paparazzi on her tail constantly. She’s competing for press attention with Charles (Dominic West) and Camilla (Olivia Williams) – but at the same time resenting it. Dodi (Khalid Abdalla) has declared his undying love to her with a cheesy poem he wrote and engraved on a silver plaque. There is also the dysfunctional dynamic between Dodi and his Machiavellian father Mohamed (Salim Daw). And the unpleasant breakup of Dodi’s engagement – his ex is suing him. The world is watching Diana’s every move.
