A lyrically bankrupt torture scene lasting two hours cleverly edited to feel like four.

The only saving grace is the use of the word "sod" five times (an underrated insult) and Barbara Cartland's introduction of James Hewitt, the majesty of which is a sight to behold.

It started off all right, but it was downhill all the way. The music was uninspired with lyrics that were something a child would write. The story is something we all know. I found it biased in its telling, and I found myself feeling terrible for the princes. They really didn't need all of this mess stirred up again. It's time to bury their painful past. I hope William and Harry never see it!

Charles and Diana were never in love. She was infatuated with him as a girl. He was pushed into a marriage by his mother, which NEVER works out well. He proposed within weeks, not month, not years. He barely knew her, nor she him. She didn't have a good education, and they had nothing in common.

That is the recipe for a disastrous marriage. And, that's what they got.

There's nothing of value in this musical, just one poor musical number after another as it highlights the horrors of a marriage destined to die.

I gave it a one because zero stars is not an option. A jaw dropping event. Hysterical, stupid, but ultimately, just damned depressing. Is this really where musical theater has gone? Into the hands of rank amateurs? It had to be written by the fifteen year old nephew of one of the producers who based his knowledge of the story on tabloid headlines. Not tabloid stories, just the headlines! If this opened during the Golden Age of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Jule Styne and Frank Loesser, it would have closed at intermission. Today it will run five years and stupid theatergoers will jump to their feet screaming with delight at the curtain call. Like I said a depressing example of NYC theater today. Rotten music, second grade version of events, inane lyrics, embarrassing performances, ugly design and inept direction and choreography Did I mention I find it insulting, demoralizing, and sad. Oh and that it's hateful in every respect.