''The Murder of Princess Diana'' is a 2007

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movie, directed by

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and starring

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as an American reporter. The film was based on the book by

Noel Botham Noel Botham (23 January 1940 – 23 November 2012) was a British tabloid journalist and prolific author. He wrote books on the love-life of Princess Margaret (''Margaret: The Untold Story'' and ''Margaret: The Last Real Princess'') and the dea ...

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and Emma Reeves wrote the

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Cast

: Rachel Visco *

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: Thomas Sylvestre *

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: Charles Davis *

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: Bertrand *

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: Lucille Lechaim *

Raymond Coulthard Raymond Anthony Coulthard (born 3 September 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Alasdair Sinclair in ''Emmerdale'' and restaurant manager James Schofield in '' Hotel Babylon''. Career Coulthard's television appearances i ...

: Anthony *

Denis Braccini Denis Braccini is a French actor. Career In films, Denis Braccini plays in action movies (by Luc Besson, Florent Emilio Siri, Bob Swaim...) and intimate movies (by Christine Carrière, Laurent Tuel). On television, he appears in many series an ...

: Henri Paul *

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: Princess Diana

Reception

A review by Mike Hale in ''

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'' described it as being "a compendium of Diana conspiracy theories" and "an uneasy combination of crime thriller, romantic melodrama and snuff film, it doesn’t ask us to suspend our disbelief so much as overcome our gag reflex". Barry Garron of the

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previewed the film: "Although filmed on location, the production values are about what you might expect from a film school project".

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* 2007 television films 2007 films Films about Diana, Princess of Wales Lifetime (TV network) films Films based on non-fiction books 2000s English-language films {{US-tv-film-stub