# Peter Settelen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Settelen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Settelen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Settelen > Source revision: 1341966523 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Diana%2C_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](/source/Diana%2C_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](/source/Coronation_Street)'', and in an episode of ''[Thriller](/source/Thriller_(British_TV_series))'' (1975), before becoming a voice coach.{{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](/source/The_Independent)|date=28 November 2004}} ==Princess Diana (1961–1997)== He was commissioned between 1992 and 1993 to help [Princess Diana](/source/Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales) develop her public speaking voice,{{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](/source/The_Guardian)|date=24 July 2017}} having been introduced to her by her personal fitness instructor, Carolan Brown. Settelen videotaped Diana talking about her private life.{{cite web|title=Tapes reveal more from Princess Diana|website=[NBC News](/source/NBC_News) |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6619607|access-date=30 July 2017|language=en|date=30 November 2004}} Following her death in 1997, the tapes were seized by the [Metropolitan Police](/source/Metropolitan_Police) in a 2001 raid on the home of Diana's butler, [Paul Burrell](/source/Paul_Burrell). Ownership of the tapes was contested by her brother, [Lord Charles Spencer](/source/Charles_Spencer%2C_9th_Earl_Spencer), but they were returned to Settelen in 2004. Extracts from the tapes were screened by American broadcaster [NBC](/source/NBC) later the same year, in a programme called ''Diana Revealed''. In August 2017, extracts from the tapes were screened by [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) television.{{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 }} ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1975|| ''Public Eye'' || Giles Robinson || |- |1977|| ''[A Bridge Too Far](/source/A_Bridge_Too_Far_(film))'' || Lieutenant Cole || |- |1978|| ''[The One and Only Phyllis Dixey](/source/The_One_and_Only_Phyllis_Dixey)'' || Father McGuire || TV movie |- |1978|| ''[The Voyage of Charles Darwin](/source/The_Voyage_of_Charles_Darwin)'' || Lieutenant Sullivan || TV series. 6 episodes |- |1980|| ''[Pride and Prejudice](/source/Pride_and_Prejudice_(1980_TV_series))'' || George Wickham || |- |1989|| ''[Triangle at Rhodes](/source/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](/source/HarperCollins) |year=1995 |isbn=9780722530054 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website}} * {{IMDb name}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Settelen, Peter}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Male actors from London Category:20th-century English male actors Category:British voice coaches {{England-film-actor-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Settelen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Settelen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Settelen?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.