Master of voice and presence coach, Stewart Pearce, worked closely with Diana, Princess of Wales in order to perfect her public speaking, ultimately concluding with her being remembered as the ‘People’s Princess’. This voice coach is the author of the recently released book: ‘Diana, the Voice of Change’ Stewart Pearce spoke to Express.co.uk about working with Diana, Princess of Wales and how she became such a beloved public figure through working on her voice.
Stewart said: “I began working with Diana Princess of Wales just after her BBC appearance in the infamous Martin Bashir interview.
“Diana wanted to gain an executive stance in all her public appearances.
“She wanted to find a voice that had greater ease, earthiness, and colour.
“She wanted to find a voice that represented the values of all the changes she had experienced, and particularly she wanted to find a voice that would communicate her bid for freedom, from the Royal Family, from her establishment critics, and this she wanted to do in a forthright, brave, and empathic fashion.
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“Diana admired Anita Roddick whom I had also coached, and some of our work was based on how I had helped Anita to find her own authentic voice, as a strong, forthright woman involved in all aspects of social emancipation.
“Examine the speeches Diana gave post the BBC interview and you can see she appears more self-assured, more focused, with a much stronger vocal centre, and we were only just beginning to create a luminous voice, rich with panache and presence.
“Consequently she felt happier, more confident, more within her skin, and so she shone!”
“Diana carried a unique luminescence wherever she was,” he added.
“She was enthralling to behold because she possessed outstanding beauty, immediacy, authenticity, flawless observation, and heartfelt compassion, so much so that she touched the souls of billions of people.
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“From her initial entrance into our lives as a tender bud, she captured our hearts at every unfurling petal of her own extraordinary and intense life.
“We witnessed the impact of her startling presence, yet this was not the kind of stardom that can be generated by flashbulbs and crowds alone.
“It was the opposite of that – Diana’s capacity to illuminate lives, to be truly radiant, stemmed from her unique ability to be present to us, to give of herself, to bring herself whole-heartedly to us wherever she was.
“We saw her flower from a young girl of 19, through the many frosts and hailstorms she endured, to become the radiant divine woman of her final years.
“During those years I provided Diana with many life coaching skills that empowered her voice and as a result, I became a great catalyst in her life, as she emerged into her full glory.
“The Voice of Change is evolving in many outstanding women who champion Diana’s legacy – women like Meghan Markle, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Oprah Winfrey, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, the Crown Princess Mary of Denmark – to mention a few.”
Stewart offered his favourite memory of working with the late Princess of Wales.
He continued: “Walking quickly down High St Kensington with Diana in a wig, sunglasses, and a trench coat en route to see “Jerry Maguire” incognito at the Odeon Cinema.
“Diana yearned to be normal – relishing the smell of rain on the top of a no 9 bus during early winter, standing at my kitchen sink washing cups and saucers, skipping out of my Chelsea Studio after a session clad in form-fitting gym clothes – all achieved by seeking vitality and joy – Diana was such fun to be with!”
Stewart also offered his thoughts on the new ‘Spencer’ film and depictions of Princess Diana in The Crown.
“I haven’t seen Kristen’s performance yet, but I was impressed with Emma in ‘The Crown’.
“I felt she truly comprehended Diana’s compassion, delicacy, fragility, and empathy, of how conflicted Diana was by the rough criticism of the Royal Family, when conversely the public adoration was stratospheric.
“But this drama was only based on hearsay and wasn’t altogether accurate!
“It was said that Diana was more beautiful in the flesh, and I believe this to be true, for on visiting Vogue with her once, I saw the members of the rather cynical art department stand agog as they felt her sparkle…….she was gorgeous and so magnetic!”
Stephen Pearce is speaking at The Conscious Life Expo, which is coming to London for the first time and will be held at the London Olympia Hilton from September, 17-19.
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