Princess Diana was an icon who both captured and transformed the spirt of the times. Here we see how this thoroughly modern princess emerged from the bra-burning spirit of the 1970s and helped transform the fortunes of not just the Royal Family but Britain itself

Princess Diana began the 80s a shy bride and ended the decade the most photographed woman in the world. From Dynasty Di to Pop Princess to AIDS champion, Diana harnessed and embodied the spirit of the 80s. As the world screamed, Greed is Good, Diana found her voice and championed those left behind, and became, in the words of Vanity Fair's Tina Brown, ‘the Mouse That Roared'.

As the Berlin Wall came down and Nelson Mandela walked free, a new sense of liberty dawned in the 1990s. In Britain, New Labour was emerging and the Spice Girls were soon to form. This final episode explores how - in the new age of mass communication - Diana became the emblem of a new spirit of emotional candour.