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New detail emerges 28 years after Diana’s death.
Just ten days before her death, Princess Diana confided a painful regret to a close friend.
Last conversation
Speaking to People magazine, Diana’s longtime friend Rosa Monckton described a private discussion they shared while vacationing in Greece.
Monckton said the Princess of Wales was unusually reflective and admitted there was one decision she wished she could undo.
According to Monckton, Diana said: “She regretted it because she felt she had done a disservice to her sons.”
The panorama interview
Her regret centered on her 1995 BBC Panorama interview, one of the most explosive royal broadcasts in history.
In that conversation, Diana discussed her marriage breakdown, her struggles inside the monarchy, and famously remarked:
“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” referring to King Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
Monckton said Diana believed that, in hindsight, the interview had unintentionally hurt William and Harry, then only teenagers, by exposing private family conflict to the world.
Context before tragedy
At the time of their conversation, Diana was rebuilding her life after her highly public divorce from Prince Charles in 1996.
She had become globally admired as the “Queen of Hearts,” dedicating herself to humanitarian work while navigating intense media attention and speculation about her personal life.
Just days later, on 31 August 1997, Diana died at age 36 in a car crash in Paris alongside Dodi Al-Fayed.
Their driver also died, while a bodyguard survived.
Her death sparked decades of conspiracy theories, many tied to the pressure and harassment she faced from the press.
The interview itself later came under scrutiny when it emerged that BBC journalist Martin Bashir had used forged documents and deceptive tactics to secure it. Information Diana never knew at the time.
Sources: People Magazine, Super Express
