Truth, Lies, Diana
Charing Cross Theatre, in rep until 14 February
John Conway’s sensationalist play, Truth, Lies, Diana, is a forensic re-examination of the circumstances surrounding the princess’s death in 1997.
The issue of Prince Harry’s paternity, which earned the play much advance publicity, reaches no conclusions. James Hewitt co-operated with the show and Conway portrays him as a decent twerp ruthlessly smeared by shadowy puppet-masters (‘men in suits,’ Conway calls them), who set out to destroy his credibility. Hewitt admits that his trysts with Diana began at least a year before Harry’s birth. But is the Cad the dad? Hewitt’s keeping mum.
Conway’s research into the crash revives various antique rumours: Diana was pregnant; the accident was staged; she survived the impact but was murdered in the ambulance. But he casts plausible doubt on the alleged drunkenness of the driver, Henri Paul. The post mortem revealed that he had the liver of a sparing tippler not an alcoholic.
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