Showing a different side. A previously unreleased portrait of the late Princess Diana is now being displayed at Kensington Palace.
16.02.2022 - 19:07 / variety.com
Todd Gilchrist The push-pull relationship between an individual developing his or her sense of self and the external forces trying to steer them — be they parental, professional, political or cultural — creates a tension that is common, and formative, to many people’s lives. Despite the wildly different stories that they tell, many of this year’s best picture nominees vividly illustrate this universal conflict, examining the challenge of retaining or asserting one’s identity while the world around them attempts to impose pressure or exert its influence.As perhaps the most fantastical of the nominees, “Dune” sends young Paul Atreides ( Timothée Chalamet) on a journey that owes no small debt to Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, but director and co-writer Denis Villenueve weaves a complex tapestry between the lineage into which the character was born, the overlapping but sometimes dueling ambitions of his mother and father, the feudal aristocracy of the film’s futuristic setting, and the almost primal sense of home and harmony that Paul feels once he arrives on the desert planet of Arrakis.
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Showing a different side. A previously unreleased portrait of the late Princess Diana is now being displayed at Kensington Palace.
Princess Diana is being seen from a new lens!
Princess Diana is being seen from a new lens!A never-before-seen image of the People’s Princess appears as part of the new exhibition, Life Through a Royal Lens, dedicated to the royal family, in Kensington Palace. In the black and white photo, Diana, who was thought to be 27-years-old at the time, looks away from the camera. For the occasion, the princess wore a sleek one-shoulder gown, with her hair feathered just below her ears.
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Princess Diana looks stunning in a beautiful and incredibly sophisticated new black-and-white image set to go on display at Kensington Palace.The portrait features the late Royal, who sadly died at the age of 36 following a car crash in Paris, during her younger years. Diana was photographed looking side-on with her blonde hair styled into a cropped bob, which is how she used to wear it in her mid-late 20s. Dressed in a a satin one-shoulder dress, the People's Princess accessorised her regal outfit with a pair of bejewelled drop earrings.
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