- Season 6 of The Crown features chapters titled ‘Persona Non Grata’ and ‘Dis-Moi Oui’ which are references to key plot points within those episodes.
- Persona Non Grata means that a person is unwelcome within a group while Dis-Moi Oui is French for ‘tell me yes’ and is the name given to a collection of engagement rings in the series.
- During the season, Dodi Fayed buys a ring for Diana and proposes but there is no evidence to suggest he popped the question in real life.
After months of building anticipation and controversy, The Crown has finally returned to Netflix for part 1 of its sixth and final season. The new batch of episodes includes the chapters ‘Persona Non Grata’ and ‘Dis-Moi Oui,’ the meanings of which run deep in their respective plot lines.
Persona Non Grata meaning in The Crown
The Latin phrase Persona Non Grata is the title of episode 1 and means that a person is unacceptable or unwelcome within a group.
Princess Diana uses the phrase when talking with Dodi Fayed about her plans for the rest of the summer and whether she will stay with Princes William and Harry after she leaves them with Prince Charles at Balmoral.
“No, I’m not welcome there anymore,” she says. “Very much persona non grata.”
Earlier in the episode, during a conversation with newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair, Queen Elizabeth references Diana’s status within the Royal Family.
“Whilst she’s mother of the boys and, in that respect, always welcome at the palace,” she begins. “As a divorced woman and no longer an HRH, Diana is now learning the difference between being officially in the Royal Family, and out.”
Of course, the title is most obviously referencing the plight of Princess Diana but it also extends to another character in Camilla Parker Bowles.
Prince Charles holds a 50th birthday celebration for Camilla in the same episode which the Queen says that she cannot attend due to a prior engagement at the Rolls Royce factory in Derbyshire, which Charles feels is a snub on her part.
Dis-Moi Oui meaning in The Crown
The phrase Dis-Moi Oui is the title of episode 3 and is French for ‘say yes to me,’ or ‘tell me yes.’
During the episode, Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana briefly take shelter in a jewelry store in Monte Carlo where she points out a ring she likes to Dodi that is from a collection titled ‘Dis-moi Oui.’
Later in the episode, Dodi discusses her choice of ring with his father, who notes that it’s an engagement ring due to the name of the collection it belongs to.
During the couple’s fateful trip to Paris, Dodi ends up purchasing the ring from another branch of the jewelers store and when he and Diana are alone, he attempts to propose to her until the princess quickly puts a stopper in his plans, saying: “I know the whole world is wondering if we’re going to get married, but that’s not a reason to actually do it.”
Did Dodi really propose to Princess Diana?
There is no evidence to suggest that Dodi Fayed genuinely proposed to Princess Diana as is depicted in The Crown, although whether he proposed to her in private ultimately remains unknown.
CCTV footage shown at the inquest into the couple’s deaths confirmed that Dodi did in fact visit the Paris branch of Repossi Jewelers during the afternoon before he and Diana lost their lives.
A gold and diamond ring worth £11,600 and inscribed with the phrase ‘Dis-moi Oui’ was later recovered from Fayed’s apartment along with a receipt according to Grazia, suggesting that Dodi never got the chance to pop the question to Princess Diana if he was indeed planning to.
- FACT OR FICTION: The true story behind the key moments of The Crown season 6
Part 1 of The Crown season 6 is available to stream now on Netflix after releasing on November 16 while part 2 will arrive on December 14, 2023.
The post The Crown imagines key 'proposal' scene between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed appeared first on HITC.
from HITC https://ift.tt/2vehgbC
No comments: