{"id":39776,"date":"2023-11-16T09:01:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T08:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1925999"},"modified":"2023-11-16T10:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:17:50","slug":"who-is-mario-brenna-as-seen-in-the-crown-season-6","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-mario-brenna-as-seen-in-the-crown-season-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Mario Brenna, as seen in The Crown season 6?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Italian photographer appears in the drama’s second episode. <\/p>

By Abby Robinson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 08:01 AM<\/p>

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In the second episode of The Crown season 6,<\/a> we\u2019re introduced to two photographers with wildly different approaches to their profession and contrasting stances on what constitutes a day\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

Duncan Muir, a Scot, is a gentle-natured, humble individual who favours traditional portraiture. Weddings and graduations are his \u201cbread and butter\u201d but his passion is taking photographs of the royal family, and he is chosen to capture images of Charles and his sons in the grounds of Balmoral.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s Mario Brenna, an Italian man who sits at the top of the paparazzi pyramid.<\/span><\/p>\n

The photographer carried out work for globally renowned fashion houses, such as Versace, <\/span>but he was also an expert at capturing highly sought-after images of the <\/span>world\u2019s rich and famous, one of whom was Diana, Princess of Wales.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe most successful people in this business are the ones that can cross from one sort of thing to another,\u201d one journalist said (via The Independent<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who is Mario Brenna?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Paparazzo Mario Brenna at Pierre Casiraghi and Beatrice Borromeo\u2019s wedding ceremony on August 1, 2015 in Isola Grande, Stresa, Italy<\/span><\/figcaption> . (Photo by Robino Salvatore\/GC Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

40-year-old Brenna, who lived in Monaco, was the man who snapped the famous images of Diana and Dodi Fayed<\/a>\u00a0relaxing and kissing on Mohamed Al<\/span>\u2013<\/span>Fayed\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Jonikal <\/span>yacht off the coast of Sardinia in July 1997.<\/p>\n

In The Crown, it\u2019s Mohamed who orchestrates Brenna\u2019s access by ordering his assistant to find the \u201cbest photographer in the <\/span>Mediterranean\u201d<\/span> in a bid to speed up the relationship between his son and Diana. But at the time, it was reported that Brenna was working on other assignments in the area when he spotted the boat.<\/span><\/p>\n

During an appearance on an Italian talk show<\/a>, he revealed that he spent three days observing the couple, during which time he was anxious about being confronted by the security guards. He also said that<\/span> initially, he\u00a0\u201cdidn\u2019t realise the importance of that shot\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very smooth chap and, I expect, a very desirable one right now,\u201d said one photographer (via The Independent).<\/p>\n

Brenna went on to sell the photos to publications across the world for huge sums. The Sunday Mirror reportedly paid approximately \u00a3250,000 for the British rights, Paris-Match paid 1 million francs and he pocketed over $200,000 from American tabloid The Globe.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s reported he earned $<\/span>5-7 million in total (via The LA Times<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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