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Viewers of Emmerdale could see more dark scenes ahead for Tom King, as he appeared to eye up two new targets on Friday.

One of them could face serious danger, as the villain vowed to “deal with him” and gave a sinister look with it clear he was plotting something. Woman abuser Tom is now targeting children, terrifying his young cousin Carl Holliday and now he’s plotting against Moira Dingle’s young son Isaac Dingle.

Tom faced pressure this week as wife Belle Dingle reported him to the police for domestic abuse, after months of coercive control, cruel mind games and violence. Belle has revealed how he has been spying on her with cameras, while he claimed it was for her safety.

After Belle attacked him with an axe after he tried to kill her, she realised that she needed proof of his abuse. She’s now desperate to find his missing iPad which she believes contains evidence of him recording her against her knowledge and consent.

Tom is keen to find it before the police do and on Friday he finally realised who had taken it. His young cousin Carl was acting oddly, before admitting he’d taken it to play games.

As Tom demanded it back he revealed Isaac now had it at his home. Tom lost his temper and screamed at little Carl who was clearly scared, with cruel Tom lying that Carl could face prison.

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As Carl promised to get the tablet back, a moment saw him spot Isaac in the village with his mum Moira. He was with Tom and told Tom he’d ask him then and there for the device.

But Tom stopped him, obviously realising that if Moira knows about the iPad, she might realise her sister-in-law Belle needs to see it. Moira had seen the footage and left a message for Belle, telling her she had something bad to show her.

But Moira suffered a seizure following her recent brain tumour diagnosis, leading to her forgetting what she’d seen. She couldn’t even remember her message for Belle, or that the iPad was in her house.

When Carl suggested they speak to Isaac with Moira, Tom realised it could stop him getting the iPad so he stopped Carl from running over. But he appeared to allude to a dark plan for the child, hinting at danger ahead as he vowed: “I’m sure I will think of something… don’t say anything. I will deal with Isaac when I decide.” So what will happen to Isaac?

Viewers tuning into Coronation Street on Friday night saw a familiar face back on the ITV soap.

Damon Hay was shown in prison, visited by former love rival and enemy Adam Barlow. Adam wanted to get to the bottom of a voicemail message Damon had left for his ex Sarah Platt.

Sure there was more to it, Adam paid him a visit to find out what he wanted. Amid spoilers revealing Damon would make contact with Sarah, his true reasons for the message and his true intentions for his ex were revealed in the latest episode.

Adam had heard a message on Sarah’s phone where Damon claimed he wanted to help her, amid daughter Bethany Platt’s hospital dash. Bethany was fighting for her life after a botched cosmetic procedure.

With her family needing to raise money for her treatment abroad and to bring her home, Damon had heard about the situation and made contact. But is Damon really keen to help Sarah, or could be have something else planned?

Adam feared it was the latter and that Damon was up to no good. Worried, he went to see Damon and asked him what he wanted and if he was trying to mess with Sarah’s head.

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Adam asked: “I want to know what you are playing at. Does this money exist or are you trying to mess with Sarah’s head?” Damon fumed at him and suggested he was still bitter over Sarah cheating on him with Damon.

Damon then said: “You need to let this go mate… this, us. You still think we’re fighting over Sarah. Its over we both lost her. But I still love her. Whatever you think of me and whether you trust me or don’t, it doesn’t matter.

“The only thing that matters is I can get my hands on some money to help Bethany. So either you tell Sarah or I will have to pick up the phone and tell her myself.” Adam then decided he would tell Sarah, and that Damon was being genuine.

As he told his uncle Daniel Osbourne, Bethany’s partner, he was called out. Daniel reminded him the money was from an armed robbery and it should not be used.

Adam was told by Daniel to delete the voicemail message off Sarah’s phone and not say a word. But given Bethany’s situation and the family’s desperation for money, will he really keep it from Sarah?

Jesse Chadwick will soon return to Coronation Street in the wake of Bethany Platt’s ordeal over in Turkey – but could there be more to his comeback?

Actor John Thomson was first introduced as the electrician and children’s entertainer in December, 2008, before becoming a regular character in 2009 and dating Corrie veteran Eileen Grimshaw, played by Sue Cleaver, who will most likely have a lot to say about him cosying up to her arch nemesis Gail.

The pair were once romantically linked when Jesse rocked up Weatherfield but their relationship ended when he was caught with Eileen’s half-sister Julie Carp and the pair chased him out of the Rovers Return Inn, before he eventually packed his things and fled Corrie.

But with his sudden return come many suspicions about his true motives, while Gail is happy to have her travelling buddy by her side. Could tensions also be sparked with Eileen once again? And will he be the reason Gail eventually leaves Coronation Street after actress Helen Worth quit the ITV soap?

Jesse Chadwick returns to Coronation Street next week

It all begins when Eileen herself returns to the cobbles from Thailand, when she bumps into her ex-boyfriend Jesse. She’s stunned to find out that he came back with the intention of seeing Gail.

The Weatherfield veteran, who made her Corrie debut five decades ago, arrives back on the Street and she is just as shocked to see Jesse greet her. She then reveals to Eileen that the pair had met years back in Thailand. As Jesse insists he showed up to check Gail was okay, she ushers him into No.8, leaving Eileen with many questions.

Much like Eileen, the Platts are all baffled with Jesse’s arrival and the returning character starts off his second stint on the cobbles with a huge faux pas when he spots Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) chatting to Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) about Damon Hay’s hidden money.

Jesse puts his foot in his mouth when he states he recognises Adam from Sarah’s wedding pictures. After meeting Jesse in the café, Shona Platt (Julia Goulding) urges Sarah and David (Tina O’Brien and Jack P Shepherd) to sit down and talk to him. But will they agree? Elsewhere, Jesse catches up with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) over a pint and opens up on why he’s really here. Could something sinister be looming?

John Thomson claimed his Coronation Street comeback after 14 years has been a real whirlwind and he said of his first few days back on the show: “I was a bit shell-shocked because I’d forgotten the speed of the turnaround, so it was an absolute baptism of fire. But everyone has made me feel so welcome. I just feel secure and proper looked after.

“Helen and I are absolutely thrilled to be working together, and everyone is good company. It was a bit like a crank handle starting a car after all these years but the laughs have got us through.”

The actor accepted the role after Sean Wilson, who previously played Gail’s husband Martin Platt, left the set after just a couple of days. John said Ben Price, who plays Nick Tilsley, had teased him about not being able to keep up with the pace.

He revealed: “Ben said to me, ‘You do know we’re all always word perfect, don’t you?’ and I thought, ‘Oh no,’ but thank God he was winding me up. My ability to learn lines at speed is getting better and better again so it’s not as daunting as it was.”

The BBC has signed TikTok star Niall Gray on Strictly Come Dancing’s spin of show It Takes Two.

Niall Gray, 28, who has garnered a legion of fans on the social media platform, will be giving viewers an insight into behind the scenes gossip of the BBC show His coverage of backstage of Strictly will be aired during weeknights. Speaking about landing the role, Niall said: “I’m really excited to be the backstage reporter for It Takes Two! Getting up close with all the behind the scenes action – it’s going to be great fun. As a Strictly fan I cannot wait to bring all the backstage gossip to the viewers!”

Niall’s access to all areas of the show appears to know no bounds as he is also able to peek in at the celebrities during the training sessions. Elsewhere on the show, Nick Knowles finally broke his silence after he was forced to bow out from the BBC show, this weekend.

The DIY SOS host had been a favourite of this series but suffered an injury at the beginning of the series, which marks 20 years. The star had injured his shoulder while fixing a car tyre after the initial episodes. And while he was given the all clear by medics ahead of the second show, it seemed the gruelling training regime set his recovery back – and so he bowed out of the show this weekend.

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Speaking of his departure Nick took to X: “I’m absolutely gutted and feeling very very sad.” Earlier, he took to X and Instagram to share a post by Strictly, that read: “Unfortunately, Nick Knowles sustained an injury during rehearsals and as a result, will not dance this weekend. As per the rules of the competition, Nick and Luba will receive a bye through to next week when he is hopefully able to dance again. Everyone at Strictly Come Dancing wishes Nick a speedy recovery.”

Fans then rushed to comment. One fans said: “Hope you’re on the mend soon. What a shame you’re missing out on movie week.” Another wrote: “So sorry to hear that! I hope you are ok! #Strictly.” And a third person said: “Take Care Lovely, See you back next week.”

Just before it emerged that he wouldn’t be competing in this weekend’s show, Nick shared his desire to win enough points to carry him through to the following week. Another fan said: “Let’s hope you get through over the weekend fingers crossed.” And Nick himself replied with a string of fingers crossed emojis.

The scandal of disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards’ fall from grace is set to be turned into a bombshell documentary, according to reports.

The firm behind shows about Myra Hindley and Fred West is said to be ready to produce the programme and has reportedly been interviewing alleged victims of the former newsreader. The company behind the production, Blink Films, is seemingly set for a bidding war once it is complete, with Channel 4 and Netflix said to be among the frontrunners.

Ahead of the production, an insider said: “There is a long line of people who claim to have suffered as a result of Huw’s behaviour.”

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They continued to tell The Sun: “This will see many of them speaking on screen for the first time and it’s likely to produce some particularly shocking new revelations.”

The company has already produced to documentaries that have aired on ITV. One focused on serial killers Fred and Rose West, while another showed the awful case of child murderer Myra Hindley.

The apparent Edwards documentary comes just a month after the former BBC man, 63, was given a suspended jail sentence. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court last month for sentencing after he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children in July. The disgraced presenter was given just six months imprisonment, suspended for two years, with a requirement to complete a sex offender programme.

Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring also declined to make him the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, saying he “did not pose a risk to the public”. He said, however, that Edwards would be on the Sexual Offenders’ Register for seven years.

Mr Goldspring told the ex-News at Ten presenter: “The impact of child sexual abuse can be severe and lifelong.” He then told Edwards his “reputation is in tatters,” while starting his sentencing remarks. Mr Goldspring said: “Perhaps it does not need saying that you are of previous good character having enjoyed a very successful career in the media You were highly regarded for your dedication and professionalism, perhaps the most recognised journalist in the UK. Your reputation is in tatters.”

He went on: “I accept that your mental health at the relevant time and you had no memory of viewing any particular image and do not know whether you did. You did not store the images, you did not keep them and you did not distribute them.”

The sentence came after father-of-five was arrested in November 2023 following the findings of South Wales Police that he had been involved in a sick WhatsApp conversation with convicted paedophile Alex Williams, 25. The felon was said to have sent Edwards 41 images of child abuse between December 2020 and August 2021. Seven of the indecent images were Category A, which is the worst category of its kind.

Spoilers for the next episodes of Emmerdale have revealed what evil Tom King has planned for Isaac Dingle, after a sinister comment.

The villain is out to get the seven year old, after he got his hands on his iPad thanks to Tom’s young cousin Carl Holliday. Carl and pal Isaac were playing video games on Tom’s tablet, unaware the police are looking for it.

Tom needs it back as it has evidence of his torment towards wife Belle Dingle, with footage from when he secretly recorded her without her knowledge. Belle is trying to find it after axing Tom in the back last week, believing it’s the proof she needs that Tom was abusive in their marriage.

With Tom needing to get the tablet back, he fumed at Carl and even made him think he could go to prison for taking his iPad. When Carl revealed Isaac had it, Tom vowed to get it back.

When Carl asked how he planned to do this, he gave a sinister smirk towards Isaac who had no idea Tom knew about the tablet. He told Carl: “I’m sure I will think of something… don’t say anything. I will deal with Isaac when I decide.”

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With viewers now fearing he will hurt little Isaac, and it could lead to a murder twist, spoilers have revealed what Tom does next. Teasers have revealed what he has planned for little Isaac and what happens when he finally confronts him.

Next week Tom keeps his eye on the youngster and waits so he can catch him alone, out of sight of his mother Moira Dingle. Belle’s nephew Isaac is forced to tell Tom where the iPad is when he ask for it back, with him confirming it’s at his home.

Isaac even tells Tom about the spare key telling him he can go there himself to get it. Soon enough Tom sneaks off to Butlers Farm to find it, but risks getting caught out by Moira’s son Matty Barton.

While it doesn’t seem for now Tom will hurt Isaac, viewers think he might try something but that Isaac’s dad Cain Dingle, Belle’s brother, will take revenge on Tom. One fan theorised: “Cain will kill Tom if Moira doesn’t kill him first if he hurts Isaac. You’re playing really dirty.”

Another agreed: “Dare you Tom to do something to Isaac. A Glasgow Kiss from Moira, you’re not dealing with Belle now you lowlife.” A third added: “Tom don’t you even dare hurt Isaac or else Cain will murder you.”

Dee-Dee Bailey may be proven right as a bombshell discovery will put Joel Deering’s supposed death into question next week.

After tormenting Lauren Bolton and forcing her to secretly flee from Coronation Street, the duty solicitor played by Calum Lill was exposed for his vile deeds, leading him to be charged and lose his fiancée Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown), who has been relentlessly working to bring him to justice.

But in recent scenes of the ITV soap, Joel vanished from the cobbles and on Monday (September 30), DS Lisa Swain broke the news to Dee-Dee that Joel had most likely committed suicide after finding a note in his abandoned car, on the outskirts of Weatherfield.

However, Dee-Dee refused to believe Joel was really dead, particularly after finding his getaway car near the spot his vehicle had been found and spoilers have confirmed there’s a chance she and fans who have agreed with her could be right.

Kit Green makes a huge discovery in Joel’s files but Dee-Dee drops the biggest bombshell on him next week ( 
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In scenes due to air, Kit Green (Jacob Roberts), downloads the files from Joel’s laptop and he is horrified by what he finds, which prompts him to call Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) to offer an update. However, later on, Kit admits he’s struggling to make any headway with the Joel Deering case.

Luckily for him, Dee-Dee soon brings him some news and it could help him in his efforts to bring Joel to justice. In the cafe, the solicitor confides in Kit that she phoned the wedding venue and the holiday company to find out that Joel has already recouped their deposits – the perfect money plan for a criminal on the run?

Viewers of the Manchester-based programme have speculated that Kit Green could be Joel’s secret accomplice for several weeks. On Twitter, now X, theories swirled as one user speculated, “Looks like Joel gonna be back for xmas revenge storyline #Corrie”, while another declared, “#Corrie ah yes – Joel faking his death! ” A third suggested, “Kit has a hand in this Joel business. Mark my words. #corrie” Another voiced distrust: “Kit helped orchestrate that #corrie” and yet another expressed scepticism, “Don’t trust Kit at all… #corrie.”

Calum Lill was announced to be on his way out of Weatherfield during the summer. The former Hollyoaks actor joined the ITV soap last year as the duty solicitor and a new love interest for Dee-Dee Bailey and while he made a good impression on the fan favourite, viewers were immediately suspicious of him.

In recent months, it was then revealed that soap fans were right to doubt him as he was the cause of Lauren Bolton’s disappearance, tormenting the cash-strapped teen and fathering her new-born son. It has now been confirmed that the storyline will culminate in Joel’s exit from Weatherfield as the actor has quit the long-running show.

“Calum has made a huge impact as Joel over the last year but he always knew it would be for a fixed term”, a source told The Sun. Calum’s last scenes in the Manchester-based programme are due to air in the coming months as the insider continued: “He’s been great playing Joel but all good soap villains must get their comeuppance and Joel’s is coming very soon.” But has he gone on the run never to be heard from again?

One Coronation Street resident accused another character of knowing the truth about Joel Deering’s disappearance on Friday night.

Joel is presumed dead with the police believing he has taken his own life, after his car was abandoned and a note was found written by him. Amid speculation someone is involved in him going missing, his ex-fiancée Dee-Dee Bailey is convinced Joel is on the run.

She believes he has faked his death to avoid his crimes, after he tried to kill Lauren Bolton before trying to kill her unborn baby, while his other crimes include grooming young girls. With him set to face trial, the police believe he ended his life with his father Gus Deering also believing this to be the case.

Dee-Dee bumped into him at the police station during Friday’s visit to Weatherfield. As the pair spoke, Dee-Dee made it clear she believed Joel was in hiding and wasn’t really dead.

Gus fumed at Dee-Dee, calling her out for suggesting his son had faked his death as he struggled with the claim by police that Joel had taken his own life. He’d revealed the last time he saw Joel was two days before he vanished, with him keen for answers from detectives including DS Swain.

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Gus told Dee-Dee that in his last conversation with his missing son he was distraught about everything, and that he “talked about ending it all”. He then berated Dee-Dee over her claims about Joel, saying: “My son was suicidal. He could be lying dead somewhere.”

In that moment Swain came over and intervened, apologising to Gus before asking to speak to Dee-Dee in private. It’s then that Dee-Dee repeated her theory about her ex and what had really happened to him, before she suggested someone was in on it.

She believed Gus might be involved in Joel going missing, and said there was a huge clue that confirmed her thoughts. As DS Swain told her to leave Gus alone, stating he was grieving and believed his son had taken his own life, Dee-Dee claimed he was acting up.

Dee-Dee even urged someone to follow Gus around, believing he could be the key to what happened to Joel. She told DS Swain: “I don’t buy it. He is putting it on and he obviously knows something. Why don’t you get someone to follow him and see if it leads us to Joel?” Swain was having none of it – but could Dee-Dee be on to something?

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Elizabeth Debicki isn’t the first actress to give new life to the late Princess Diana, born Diana Spencer — see who else has captivated audiences over the decades by playing the People’s Princess

Elizabeth Debicki, Kristen Stewart and Naomi Watts. Photo: Netflix; Pablo Larrain/Neon/THA/Shutterstock; Ecosse/Kobal/Shutterstock

Over the years, several talented women have stepped into Princess Diana’s shoes to tell her story.

Diana’s likeness has been portrayed on screens and stages before and after her tragic death in 1997. Her love story and fallout with King Charles was dramatized by actresses like Catherine Oxenberg and Caroline Bliss in the ’80s. Decades later, big names like Naomi Watts and Kristen Stewart starred in big-screen biopics and dramas that explored Diana’s life in the spotlight.

Most recently, Elizabeth Debicki plays the beloved figure in seasons 5 and 6 of The Crown, a role she inherited from Emma Corrin a season earlier. As the hit series airs its final installment, see all of the stars who have taken on the role of Princess Diana.

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Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown (2022-2023)

Elizabeth Debicki in ‘The Crown’.Des Willie/Netflix

Debicki made her debut as the late princess on season 5 of The Crown, which followed the dissolution of Diana’s marriage to then-Prince Charles. In the sixth and final season of the series, Debicki — whose credits include roles in The Night Manager and Christopher Nolan’s Tenet — portrays Diana in the final years of her life, leading up to her tragic death in 1997.

Speaking to PEOPLE at The Crown‘s season 6 premiere, Debicki shared that she “learned a lot” playing the royal.

“I don’t think you come anywhere near sort of learning as much as I learned about this character and not feel that the only thing worth doing in life is putting love into the world,” Debicki said at the event in Los Angeles.

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Kristen Stewart in Spencer (2021)

Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in Spencer (2021). Shoebox Films

Having played Joan Jett in The Runaways and Jean Seberg in Seberg, the actress is no stranger to stepping into the shoes of real-life icons.

Pablo Larraín’s biopic takes place over three days in December 1991 as Princess Diana spends Christmas at Queen Elizabeth’s Sandringham estate and realizes she needs to end her marriage to Prince Charles. U.K. culture professor Pauline Maclaran tells PEOPLE that the Twilight star’s turn is “very likely to be a favorable portrayal for a younger audience.”

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Emma Corrin in The Crown (2020)

Emma Corrin in The Crown. SplashNews.com

Corrin channeled some of the Princess of Wales’s most iconic looks in season 4 of Netflix’s hit palace intrigue drama. According to Maclaran, “The Crown really favors Diana. It’s turning her into the heroine by focusing on her virtuous side.” (The role has likewise proven favorable for Corrin, whose interpretation garnered a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2021.)

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Jeanna de Waal in Diana: The Musical (2020)

Jeanna de Waal as Princess Diana. Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman/Murphy Made

The London-born actress began previews on Broadway in March 2020 before global lockdowns sent Broadway into an indefinite hiatus. But the show announced its return in August 2021, teasing that it would tell “The story you only thought you knew.”

Set in 1981, the musical follows de Waal’s Diana as she prepares to marry into the royal family, then explores the aftermath of that marriage, including Diana’s complicated relationship with the press and Prince Charles’s highly publicized affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles (later titled the Duchess of Cornwall through her marriage to the Prince of Wales).

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Naomi Watts in Diana (2013)

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The Australian actress’s turn as the beloved royal was less than adored. In fact, Maclaran tells PEOPLE, “It was widely panned.”

Watts had put in the work — training with a dialogue coach for six weeks, watching interviews repeatedly and physically transforming with the help of wigs and prosthetics — and she even claimed Diana had visited her in a dream to give her permission, but “her portrayal was seen as fairly wooden,” says Maclaran.

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Lesley Harcourt in William & Catherine, A Royal Love Story (2011)

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Harcourt donned a wig to channel Diana in the opening scene of this 2011 Hallmark movie. From there… Princess Diana figured very little into the love story of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — but royal watchers who tuned in hoping to see the Queen and Kate Middleton playing Wii Tennis were in luck!

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Genevieve O’Reilly in Diana: Last Days of a Princess (2007)

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O’Reilly played the People’s Princess for this TLC documentary, which reenacted Diana’s interviews and the days leading up to her tragic death in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

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Amy Seccombe in Diana: A Tribute to the People’s Princess (1998)

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Released just one year after Diana’s death, this Tribute followed the royal through her final months, delving into her romances with Dodi Al Fayed and Hasnat Khan, and highlighting her meetings with landmine victims along with other charitable endeavors.

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Julie Cox in Princess in Love (1996)

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Based on the biography by Anna Pasternak, the tell-all TV movie detailing Captain James Hewitt’s affair with Diana showed that “her story contained all the elements of fairy tale and tragedy,” says Bastin.

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Serena Scott Thomas in Diana: Her True Story (1993)

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Based on Andrew Morton’s biography of the same name, which was covertly recorded when the princess was unhappy in her marriage and raising her young sons, this TV biopic chronicled the dissolution of Diana’s marriage to Prince Charles.

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Caroline Bliss in Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)

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A year after 750 million people around the globe watched Diana’s wedding to Prince Charles, A Royal Love Story dramatized that momentous day. At the time, Diana was still viewed “as the fairy-tale princess, and the early, quite cheesy films reflect that,” says Maclaran.

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Catherine Oxenberg — Twice!

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The soon-to-be Dynasty star — who is actually the second cousin once removed of Prince Charles through her mother, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia — made her acting debut in 1982’s The Royal Romance and reprised the role of Diana 10 years later in Charles & Diana: Unhappily Ever After.

Though she’d scored an invite to Charles and Diana’s wedding in 1981, choosing to play her cousin-by-marriage did have its consequences. She told Closer in 2019, “The only thing that the film cost me was return visits to Buckingham Palace.”

Kate Middleton Wears Princess Diana’s Earrings (That Match Engagement Ring!) After Queen Jewelry Tributes

The Princess of Wales is known to honor her late mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law through jewels

Kate Middleton and Princess Diana wearing sapphire and diamond earrings. Photo: Richard Corkery/NY Daily News via Getty; Samir Hussein/WireImage

Kate Middleton shimmered in something special from Princess Diana’s jewelry box at her latest engagement.

On Wednesday, the Princess of Wales, 41, delivered the keynote speech at the Shaping Us National Symposium at The Design Museum in London, glittering in a pair of sapphire and diamond drop earrings that previously belonged to her late mother-in-law Princess Diana.

This isn’t the first time she’s shimmered in the accessories. Princess Kate has worn the earrings multiple times this year, from Trooping the Colour in June to the Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in March.

Prince William’s wife debuted the earrings for the first time in public at Trooping the Colour in 2022, where the fashion statement debunked a long-running rumor!

Kate Middleton at the Shaping Us National Symposium on Nov. 15, 2023.Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images

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For the last ten years, Kate has worn a smaller pair of sapphire and diamond earrings that were widely believed to have been fashioned using the very same pair that Kate wore for Queen Elizabeth’s birthday parade. Because the original set had not been seen since Diana’s death, the speculation continued to bubble, although Lauren Kiehna of The Court Jeweller blog was always adamant that the earrings were two separate pairs.

“The sapphires in Diana’s earrings are cabochons, and the sapphires in Kate’s smaller earrings are faceted. The claim has now been fully debunked as Kate has now worn the double cluster earrings,” Kiehna told PEOPLE of the difference.

Prince William, Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte and Prince George at Trooping the Colour in June 2022.Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty

As the Princess of Wales cycles the larger sapphire and diamond drop earrings more frequently into her royal rotation, she follows in her mother-in-law’s fashion footsteps. Princess Diana wore the sapphire set several times during the 1990s, from a visit to Canada in 1991 to the cover of British Vogue in 1994 and at the Met Gala in New York City in 1996.

There’s also a special sapphire with a Diana connection that Kate wears every day. Prince William, 41, famously proposed to her in 2010 with the 18-carat sapphire ring that had been his mother’s engagement ring from his father, King Charles.

“Obviously, she’s not going be around to share in all the fun and excitement, so this is my way of keeping her close to it all,” William said of the sentimental gesture honoring his late mother, who died in 1997, during his engagement interview with Kate.

The ring features a blue stone surrounded by diamonds — very similar to the earrings that Kate inherited from her mother-in-law!

Princess Diana and Kate Middleton wear their shared engagement ring. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images; Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Kate Middleton Wears Queen Elizabeth’s Pearl Necklace and Earrings as She Joins Royals for Festival of Remembrance

Princess Kate is known to pay homage to Princess Diana through fashion and jewelry, often opting for the Cambridge Lover’s Knot Tiara for state occasions — a sparkler that was famously a favorite of Diana’s.

“I think we have seen lots of examples where the reference is very intentional and I think that Kate uses fashion to pay tribute to Diana in a very positive way,” Bethan Holt, Fashion News and Features Director of The Daily Telegraph, previously told PEOPLE.

Another royal family member she honors through jewelry is her late grandmother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth. Princess Kate has worn Queen Elizabeth’s jewels many times through the years, paying homage several times since the late monarch’s death in September of 2022.

Kate Middleton at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth in September 2022. Karwai Tang/WireImage

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The Princess of Wales wore Queen Elizabeth’s pearl and diamond drop earrings and trademark three-strand pearl necklace for a few of the funerary events and paired the Bahrain Pearl Drop Earrings with a four-strand pearl choker that previously belonged to Queen Elizabeth for the sovereign’s state funeral and committal service.

Princess Kate wore pieces from both the Queen and Princess Diana at King Charles’ coronation in May. She sparkled in Diana’s South Sea Pearl Earrings and Queen Elziabeth’s George VI Festoon Necklace at the historic crowning, where the necklace was concealed beneath her robes — but shined in an official coronation portrait.

Princess Kate on King Charles and Queen Camilla’s May coronation day. Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage

Princess Kate poignantly wore more of Queen Elizabeth’s jewelry for Remembrance Day events over the weekend. On Saturday, the Princess of Wales accessorized with her late grandmother-in-law’s three-strand diamond necklace plus diamond and pearl earrings at the Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance at Royal Albert Hall on Saturday, attending the event with Prince William, King Charles, Queen Camilla and other members of the royal family.

On Sunday, she sported the statement pearl earrings that Queen Elizabeth once wore to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Nigeria in 2003, according to fan blog Couture and Royals. Princess Kate wore the earrings for the solemn ceremony at The Cenotaph war memorial, where King Charles and Prince William laid wreaths to remember those who died or suffered during wartime.

Queen Camilla and Kate Middleton at the National Service of Remembrance at The Cenotaph on November 12.Samir Hussein/WireImage

Pearls were a poignant choice through the weekend, the stones are famously affiliated with Queen Elizabeth’s everyday style.

“Pearls are one of the very few jewelry items you can wear in mourning and are inextricably linked with Queen Elizabeth and her personal jewelry legacy,” Bethan Holt, author of The Queen: 70 Years of Majestic Style, previously told PEOPLE. “It’s a symbol of mourning a monarch but also a grandmother or great-grandmother.”