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Death of a Princess (Arabic: موت أميرة) is a British 1980 drama-documentary produced by ATV in cooperation with WGBH in the United States. The drama is based on the true story of Princess Mishaal, a young Saudi Arabian princess, who was executed, by shooting, [1] along with her lover who was beheaded for adultery upon her reported confession.
In 2005, PBS aired Death of a Princess on Frontline, the successor to World, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original broadcast. King Khalid was said to have offered $11 million to the network to suppress the film. [6] According to director Antony Thomas, there was no trial or official execution: [2] It wasn't a trial.
Yoshiko Kawashima (川島 芳子, Kawashima Yoshiko, 24 May 1907 – 25 March 1948), born Aisin Gioro Xianyu, was a Qing dynasty princess of the Aisin-Gioro clan. She was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
In 1768, after the death of Marie Leszczyńska, the Queen of France, Madame Marie Adélaïde supported a match between her father and the dowager Princesse de Lamballe, Marie Thérèse. [ citation needed ] She, reportedly, preferred a queen who was young and beautiful but lacked ambition; who could attract and distract her father from state ...
Among the prime sources of speculation were the claims that the British royal family was involved in orchestrating Diana's death, that the princess was under surveillance by the British ...
In their ITV documentary “Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy,” the late princess’s sons, Prince Harry and Prince William, shared that they spoke to their mother for the last time in the ...
How old was Princess Diana when she died? At the time of Princess Diana’s death, the mother of then-15-year-old Prince William and then-12-year-old Prince Harry was just 36 years old.
It had been restored to her by 1525, [12] [47] when Margaret was reappointed governess to the Princess at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. [48] [49] Margaret and the Princess spent the Christmases of 1529 and 1530 at court. [50] During her time as governess, Margaret became like "a second mother" to Mary. [51]