{{short description|British actor and voice coach (born 1951)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Settelen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|9|23|df=y}} | birth_place = London, United Kingdom | occupation = Actor, voice coach | known_for = Helping Diana, Princess of Wales improve her public speaking skills }}
'''Peter Settelen''' (born 23 September 1951) is a British actor and voice coach, known for helping Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) improve her public speaking skills.
==Early life== Settelen was born in London. He worked as an actor, including a role in three episodes of the soap opera ''Coronation Street'', and in an episode of ''Thriller'' (1975), before becoming a voice coach.<ref name="Bloomfield">{{cite news|last1=Bloomfield|first1=Steve|last2=Buncombe|first2=Andrew|title=Widow of Diana's minder makes plea to be left alone|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/widow-of-dianas-minder-makes-plea-to-be-left-alone-534855.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/widow-of-dianas-minder-makes-plea-to-be-left-alone-534855.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|date=28 November 2004}}</ref>
==Princess Diana (1961–1997)== He was commissioned between 1992 and 1993 to help Princess Diana develop her public speaking voice,<ref name="Guardian-2017-07-24">{{cite news|title=Diana tapes filmed by voice coach to air on Channel 4 documentary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/24/diana-tapes-filmed-by-voice-coach-to-air-on-channel-4-documentary|access-date=30 July 2017|work=The Guardian|date=24 July 2017}}</ref> having been introduced to her by her personal fitness instructor, Carolan Brown.<ref name="Bloomfield" /> Settelen videotaped Diana talking about her private life.<ref name="Guardian-2017-07-24" /><ref name="msnbc">{{cite web|title=Tapes reveal more from Princess Diana|website=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6619607|access-date=30 July 2017|language=en|date=30 November 2004}}</ref> Following her death in 1997, the tapes were seized by the Metropolitan Police in a 2001 raid on the home of Diana's butler, Paul Burrell.<ref name="Guardian-2017-07-24" /> Ownership of the tapes was contested by her brother, Lord Charles Spencer, but they were returned to Settelen in 2004.<ref name="Guardian-2017-07-24" /> Extracts from the tapes were screened by American broadcaster NBC later the same year, in a programme called ''Diana Revealed''.<ref name="Bloomfield" /><ref name="Guardian-2017-07-24" /> In August 2017, extracts from the tapes were screened by Channel 4 television.<ref name="Guardian-2017-07-24" /><ref name= "OwnWords">{{Cite episode |title=Diana: In Her Own Words |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/diana-in-her-own-words |access-date=6 August 2017 |network= Channel 4 |date=6 August 2017 }}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1975|| ''Public Eye'' || Giles Robinson || |- |1977|| ''A Bridge Too Far'' || Lieutenant Cole || |- |1978|| ''The One and Only Phyllis Dixey'' || Father McGuire || TV movie |- |1978|| ''The Voyage of Charles Darwin'' || Lieutenant Sullivan || TV series. 6 episodes |- |1980|| ''Pride and Prejudice'' || George Wickham || |- |1989|| ''Triangle at Rhodes'' || Douglas Gold || Poirot, Season 1, episode 6 (1989) |}
==Bibliography== * {{Cite book| last=Settelen |first=Peter |author-mask=0 |title=Just Talk To Me... from Private Voice to Public Speaker |publisher= HarperCollins |year=1995 |isbn=9780722530054 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}} * {{IMDb name}}
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