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The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The second Charles and Diana movie, with two virtual unknowns in the leads: Christopher Baines had acted on the British stage and on the BBC, but Catherine Oxenberg, a U.S.-born, British-raised professional model, here made her acting debut. Of particular interest was the casting of Dana Wynter as Queen Elizabeth, Stewart Granger as Prince Philip, Olivia de Havilland as the Queen Mother, and Ray Milland as a general factotum around the Palace.
Style:
sentimental, period drama, nostalgic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
royalty, british royal family, wooing, monarchy, british, biopic, tradition, glamour, social class, palace intrigue, celebrity culture, character study, royal romance, royal family, love, princess, wedding, prince, queen of england, heir to the throne, ceremony, costume, prince of wales, court intrigue
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, house of windsor
Most similar movies to The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, period piece and costume drama films with plots about royalty, royal family, british royal family, costume, biopic, queen and british monarchy mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana: La principessa triste (1996), The Woman He Loved (1988), The Women of Windsor (1992), Love Story (2026), Wallis & Edward (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Biography - First telecast in 1982, this drama picks up the story of Prince Charles (Roger Rees) and Lady Diana (Catherine Oxenberg) as their marriage begins to fall apart and follows it through to the royal couple's very public divorce. ...
Style:
dramatic, emotional, historical drama, intense, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
royal family, princess diana, princess, divorce, biopic, british monarchy, scandal, queen elizabeth ii, paparazzi, family conflict, tabloid journalism, royalty ...
Place:
london, buckingham palace, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The relationship that blossomed between Diana, Princess of Wales, and Captain James Hewitt. Based on Hewitt's book.
Style:
sensitive, romantic drama, emotional, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
royalty, royal romance, scandal, british monarchy, biopic, affair, celebrity culture, media frenzy, british, infidelity, introspection, loneliness ...
Place:
london, britain, house of windsor
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The film is based on the story of William of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton. Shown in the same life of William of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton met at the University of Saint Andrews, besides the romance that they maintained, the break of it ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, disturbing
Plot:
royal family, heir to the throne, love, love and romance, private vs public, young couple, couple relations, fall in love, social differences, couples, paparazzi, british monarchy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe, house of windsor
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, period drama
Plot:
royalty, royal family, interwar period, monarch, diamond, winston churchill, marital infidelity, scandal, pigeon, british royal family, abdication, yacht ...
Time:
70s, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
england
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
The film offers a dramatized look at the lives of two women who married into the Windsor family in the late 20th century: Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York.
Style:
emotional, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
royalty, princess, duchess, family drama, british monarchy, biopic, scandal, glamour, tabloid journalism, family conflict, celebrity, fashion ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
london, buckingham palace, britain, house of windsor
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Examine the history of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from the moment they met after being set up by friends, through their initial courtship when they were able to keep their romance under wraps, and ultimately the intense global media attention ...
Style:
sweet, romantic, uplifting, touching
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
royal family, royalty, true love, royal romance, prince, actress, love, jealousy, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, fall in love ...
Time:
2010s, 90s
Place:
africa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
An anthology of sweeping true love stories that captured the world’s attention.
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, anthology, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
biopic, marriage, celebrity, wooing, celebrity culture, media frenzy, wedding, high society, glamour, journalism
Place:
new york, new england, upper east side
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England. Wallis and ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, romantic ...
Plot:
love affair, true love, british royal family, monarch, royalty, royal family, relationship vs career, against the rules, social differences, politics, moral dilemma, follow your dream ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place:
england, france, budapest
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The re-imagining of VE Day in 1945, when Princess Elizabeth and her sister, Margaret were allowed out from Buckingham Palace for the night to join in the celebrations, and encounter romance and danger.
Style:
costume drama, humorous, semi serious, feel good, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
palace, royalty, royal family, monarchy, queen elizabeth ii, youth, disorder, fish out of water, family relations, escapades, british royal family, monarch ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945, 1900s
Place:
london, england, peru, buckingham palace
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
William & Kate is the first of two unrelated American television films about the relationship between Prince William and Catherine "Kate" Middleton (now The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge), directed by Mark Rosman and written by ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, romantic, uplifting
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
couples, royalty, british royal family, young love, fall in love, royal court, young couple, love and romance, social differences, paparazzi, private vs public, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
united kingdom, europe, africa, england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
From Academy Award® winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese, along with the makers of Gosford Park and The Departed, comes the story of Queen Victoria’s early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle to her romantic courtship and ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, romantic, touching, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
royal family, queen of england, marriage, royalty, queen, politics, queen victoria, royal court, aristocracy, love and romance, princess, love story ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, middle ages, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
london, buckingham palace, england, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV's death and 18-year-old Victoria's ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
queen victoria, husband wife relationship, royal family, monarch, royalty, monarchy, victorian england, royal court, state affairs, british monarchy, couple relations, political unrest ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, europe, united kingdom
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Indeed a tribute, this movie tells the story of Princess Diana's last year, from May 1996 to her fatal accident in August 1997. It focuses on her love affairs with a Pakistani heart surgeon and with Dodi Al Fayed, on her battle with the press, ...
Style:
serious, melancholic, emotional, historical drama, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
royalty, princess diana, biopic, tribute, paparazzi, privacy invasion, motherhood, celebrity culture, car crash, mourning, intimate, nostalgia ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, sexy ...
Plot:
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Time:
16th century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
20%
21K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Sweden, Belgium, Croatia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, sentimental, emotional, romantic drama, political ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, sentimental, serious, realistic, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, royal family, true love, abusive husband, royalty, abuse, infidelity, monarchy, monarch, couples, obsession, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, future, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
london, england, cannes, new york, shanghai ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
england, europe, britain, london
Similarity:
20%

Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, costume drama, sex comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
19%
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Country: UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, sincere, gothic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
factual, political, emotional, period piece, compassionate ...
Plot:
british royal family, royal family, queen, queen of england, historical character, head of state, monarchy, politics, queen elizabeth ii, british, biopic, monarch ...
Time:
90s, year 2006, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
england, buckingham palace, london, britain, scotland ...
Similarity:
19%

Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Style:
bleak, dark, independent film, period drama
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, costume drama, stylized, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain
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Country: France, USA, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, family saga, period piece, saga, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, french riviera, london, south of france ...
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19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
british monarchy, royal family, infidelity, princess diana, biopic, family relations, male female relationship, unfaithful husband, relationship problems, queen of england, british royal family, marital problem ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, regency period
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
royal family, british royal family, royalty, princess diana, extramarital affair, heir to the throne, troubled marriage, love story, relationships, male female relationship, crown prince, royal court ...
Place:
house of windsor
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18%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, costume drama, feel good, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, britain, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the ...
Style:
costume drama, family saga, sincere, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, yorkshire, london
Similarity:
18%
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