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The latest film to take on her story is Spencer, starring Kristen Stewart, whose performance is already generating Oscar buzz. Despite the palace’s opulence, Diana often sought the vibrancy of city life. Double Trouble goes by the pronoun they, and this is just a normalized and casual thing.
The character is also voiced by Jacob Tobia who is an actual nonbinary person.
Heaven knows they need it. In a UK context, this narrative recently played out on Channel 4 AIDS drama It's a Sin and the 2014 film Pride. A clip of Corrin from The Crown making a bashful face and playfully moving her eyes went viral after being shared by LGBTQ+ advocate Wayne David. Gay men were treated like pariahs, ostracized by family and fired from their jobs.
In fact, the most recent portrayals by Stewart and Corrin – two actors who are part of the queer community – are just one part of a wider queering of her legacy.
It might seem strange to hear someone like Diana – a presumably heterosexual and cisgender woman – being associated with the word “queer.” Particularly during her lifetime, it’s a word that was often hurled as an insult.
In fact, in 1995 she described her experience of bulimia as “like having a pair of arms around you.” This is yet another part of Diana’s life that we have learned more about since her death, which LGBTQ+ people are particularly likely to identify with.
Diana’s death forms a key part of the gay love for her – and the subsequent queering of her legacy.
She provided a blueprint for navigating hostile surroundings.
For LGBTQ+ people, the queering of Diana’s legacy feels like a way of resurrecting her, of telling her story the “right” way. The princess removing her gloves – a garment the Queen is known for wearing while greeting her subjects – created a symbolic closeness between Diana and gay men, which still exists today.
In 1991, Diana spoke at an AIDS conference.
As we reflect on her life, it becomes clear that Princess Diana was not just a royal figure; she was a symbol of hope and acceptance for countless individuals.
See the times the royal family showed their support for the LGBTQ+ community – from Princess Diana to Prince William
Pride Month is drawing to a close, and while it's always important to reflect on the progress made, it's still important to reflect on progress made.
One institution that has been trying its best to modernise is the royal family and while public statements from the royals on subjects such as LGBTQ+ rights can be scarce, there have been numerous times that royals have broken ranks and shown their support.
The late Princess of Wales made headlines when she visited the London Middlesex Hospital, which was treating HIV patients, in 1987.
While no one was confirmed to be any sexuality in season one, this episode had Adora and Catra dance together and showed Catra in what many viewed as a queer style of dress.
Learning that Bow had two dads
While season one didn’t have a lot of explicit LGBT moments as the series laid the groundwork, and, according to creator Noelle Stevenson, had to prove to the studio that the story needed representation, later seasons had more rep.
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In season two, it was shown that Bow had two dads named George and Lance.
"How many barriers you know, hateful words, persecution, all that and discrimination that might come, that's the bit that really troubles me. More widely, LGBTQ+ cinema is dominated by stories of tragedy and heartache, from Milk and Dallas Buyers Club, to Call Me By Your Name and A Single Man. Among the most intriguing aspects of her story are her clandestine adventures in London, particularly her connections with the LGBTQ+ community.
The fairytale narrative of being plucked from obscurity, as Garland was via her breakthrough role as Dororthy in The Wizard of Oz, is another story they share. Jacob Thomas, who works in Australia to reduce the suicide rate of the LGBTQ+ community said of Meghan's support: "Miss Markle said, and these were her exact words, 'This is a basic human rights issue, not one about sexuality'."
In 2019, the couple marked the start of Pride Month with a post that read: "This month we pay tribute to the accounts supporting the LGBTQ+ community - those young and old, their families and friends, accounts that reflect on the past and are hopeful for a deservedly more inclusive future.
Her life, marked by both privilege and personal struggle, reveals layers of complexity that extend beyond her royal duties.
It doesn’t feel like a coincidence that there is such interest in re-examining Diana’s life right now, in the midst of a public reckoning over how famous women like Britney Spears have been treated.
Emma Corrin also played the princess recently, taking home the 2021 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Netflix’s The Crown.