Diana's friends, lovers and bodyguards - Page 3

mrsbugman · #41 11-28-2007, 07:37 PM

I guess I feel like they are just dragging her name through the mud. Like you say this is all public knowledge. I don't know, in reality, what has been said, I only know what is published in the American press. As has been said, she was a young, vibrant, and beautiful woman. Who was human. I just wish "they" would let her rest in peace. This is just my opinion, but I bet her sons wish that too...

LOSSEAN · #42 11-28-2007, 07:53 PM

Time to vilify my favourite princess for whatever reason anyone may care to have. She cannot defend herself now against these allegations but if it serves their agenda to discredit her then nothing will stop them. Freedom minus discretion reigns.

princess olga · #43 11-28-2007, 11:00 PM

I agree with all of you. What purpose did it serve indeed, to drag her name over the coals like this? Poor woman. And you know what, it's not even proven that all these men were indeed her lovers! Especially Barry Manakee is/has been disputed, by his own colleagues at the time. (wonder what his poor wife, or all the poor wives of these alleged lovers think of this. I.e. the wife of Oliver Hoare for example. Who is still married to the guy..)

Bad form all around but I don't think there's some sort of conspiracy behind it all.

**Warren** · #44 11-29-2007, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by LOSSEAN

... but if it serves their agenda to discredit her then nothing will stop them.

[my bolding] Not "their" or "them" but Mohammed Al Fayed and his legal team. Yet another example of the grubby manner in which Al Fayed conducts his agenda.

LOSSEAN · #45 11-29-2007, 09:55 PM

Thanks Warren. I agree with your correction.

**Warren** · #46 11-30-2007, 05:24 AM

I've taken out a couple of posts discussing Charles and Diana's marriage.
As this thread was prompted by the Al Fayed lawyers naming Diana's alleged "other men" at the Inquest, we should confine the discussion to that subject.

thanks,
Warren
British Forums moderator

Jo of Palatine · #47 11-30-2007, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Warren

I've taken out a couple of posts discussing Charles and Diana's marriage.
As this thread was prompted by the Al Fayed lawyers naming Diana's alleged "other men" at the Inquest, we should confine the discussion to that subject.

thanks,
Warren
British Forums moderator

I don't like the title of this thread at all... It makes Diana into a lind of maneater and while I'm known to have only very little respect for the late princess I still don't believe she was such a callous and promiscuous person. She had a difficult character and was unfortunate in the choice of her male companions but a whore she was not, I believe.

Duchess · #48 11-30-2007, 08:08 AM

my point is that i don't think this information drags her name thru the mud or discredits her character. how could it do all that now if it didn't do it when she was alive. this is old information.

**Warren** · #49 11-30-2007, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Jo of Palatine

I don't like the title of this thread at all...

The thread title was made by member TheTruth and is the heading of her opening post.

BeatrixFan · #50 11-30-2007, 09:13 AM

I think the given is that it's not allowed to talk about Diana's other partners is an old one and is increasingly frustrating. It's long been a double standard that every detail of Charles's life has been played out in the press whilst Diana was protected - we knew about these men but excuses have always been made. What the latest story does is openly admit that there were lovers who were simply that - lovers. And the fanzines can't handle it. As to whether their names should be included in an inquest, well, yes they should. The claim by Al Fayed is that the Royal Family killed her because they disapproved of her lifestyle and plans to marry his son. Therefore, the court needs to know what her lifestyle was and that includes her relationships. It's a matter of course.

ysbel · #51 11-30-2007, 09:55 AM

That may be what al-Fayed says but I think his real reason is to bring Diana down a notch.

A lot of people were angry that the dirty al-Fayeds defiled their favorite fairytale princess. I think al-Fayed is just going to show that the fairytale princess that he and his son supposedly brought down wasn't as pure as driven snow when they met her and therefore he doesn't look so bad.

I don't think he's making a strong case that the Royals really did away with Diana.

BeatrixFan · #52 11-30-2007, 09:58 AM

He isn't making a strong case at all but the allegation is there and if they're doing this inquest, they may as well do it properly and entertain every nutter's theory.

ysbel · #53 11-30-2007, 10:10 AM

Right. If this were Diana No-Name we were talking about rather than Diana, Princess of Wales, everything would have been much more low-key and the inquest wouldn't have had a jury. It would have all probably been over sooner than 10 years after the death.

All this inquest is doing is causing a needless distraction for Diana's loved ones and making some lawyers a lot of money.

**TheTruth** · #54 11-30-2007, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jo of Palatine

I don't like the title of this thread at all... It makes Diana into a lind of maneater and while I'm known to have only very little respect for the late princess I still don't believe she was such a callous and promiscuous person. She had a difficult character and was unfortunate in the choice of her male companions but a whore she was not, I believe.

I'm sorry Jo if you understood this title like an accusation or an insult, I didn't mean it this way. Like Warren said, it was just to illustrate the article and the subject. I don't mind if you want to change it, perhaps you'll have to ask a Moderator. It was not my intention to shock by calling the thread like that, I actually wanted to express the scorful tone which was used to state them.

CaliforniaDreamin · #55 11-30-2007, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jo of Palatine

I don't like the title of this thread at all... It makes Diana into a lind of maneater and while I'm known to have only very little respect for the late princess I still don't believe she was such a callous and promiscuous person. She had a difficult character and was unfortunate in the choice of her male companions but a whore she was not, I believe.

You read my mind, and took the very words out of my mouth. I cringed when I read the title of this thread!

**TheTruth** · #56 11-30-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CaliforniaDreamin

You read my mind, and took the very words out of my mouth. I cringed when I read the title of this thread!

I apologize if my choice of title disturbs so many of you

but that's what came to my mind while reading the report of the shocking (IMO) statement. Like I said below, we can always change it.

CaliforniaDreamin · #57 11-30-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TheTruth

I apologize if my choice of title disturbs so many of you

but that's what came to my mind while reading the report of the shocking (IMO) statement. Like I said below, we can always change it.

Please don't apologize to me. I am sure you were not being spiteful at all.