I don't understand what you mean by not "in your face" all over the place..
It was Charles who treated the Princess like she was his wife when she died. Diana had a semi - state funeral (which isn't even reserved for a Princess of Wales) and a royal standard draped her coffin. IMO her death brought her back into the fsmily she is near to the same level as Mary, Elizabeth and Margaret.
ThanksShe would still be Diana, Princess of Wales unless William grants her a title..
Similar to all of us, late Princess Diana was an amalgam of human strengths and weaknesses. Thus, there are mixed reactions about her legacy. However, a fascination with “People’s Princess” tends to endure. I for one think that all good things late Princess Diana did during her relatively short life are one part of her legacy. Princes William and Harry are another part of the aforementioned legacy.
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I truly hope that he does.I would not be in the least surprised if her son reinstated the HRH posthumously. And yes, by 'her' I mean Diana Princess of Wales.
Could not have said it better. Well done Al bina.Similar to all of us, late Princess Diana was an amalgam of human strengths and weaknesses. Thus, there are mixed reactions about her legacy. However, a fascination with “People’s Princess” tends to endure. I for one think that all good things late Princess Diana did during her relatively short life are one part of her legacy. Princes William and Harry are another part of the aforementioned legacy.
Exactly, you said it perfectly.Similar to all of us, late Princess Diana was an amalgam of human strengths and weaknesses. Thus, there are mixed reactions about her legacy. However, a fascination with “People’s Princess” tends to endure. I for one think that all good things late Princess Diana did during her relatively short life are one part of her legacy. Princes William and Harry are another part of the aforementioned legacy.
I hope he does actually, I don't mind her current title but if it's from William that would just be a total "aw" moment in my book.I would not be in the least surprised if her son reinstated the HRH posthumously. And yes, by 'her' I mean Diana Princess of Wales.
Hi sirhon! I agree, she is near to the same level as Mary, Elizabeth, and Margaret but I also think that she is not quite there because of the divorced status, interviews, books, etc... a
That's an important point and argument to what forms my opinion about what her legacy actually is.
She had a self-pitying and vindictive streak in her character which led her to trying to manipulate the public into overthrowing the succession to the throne in favour of her own son. 500 years ago the queen would have had her beheaded for High Treason, just like the First Elizabeth had Mary Stuart tried and found guilty but Mary's son lived to become Elizabeth's successor. But nowadays a beautiful princess gets away with it and even earns a nice divorce settlement.
As for her charities: Princess Anne does work endlessly to support charities and the organizations she is patron of, but because she is not a beautiful but only a dutiful princess she does not have that over-whelming amount of devotees.
So for me the whole thing burns down to the fact that Diana was a beauty from the outside and thus could get away with doing lots and lots of unpleasant things. Reminds me of cruel fairy-tale princesses like Turandot - all of them beautiful, of course- who commit serious crimes but end up loved none-the-less by their princes. Well, obviously in real life there are no such fairy-tales.
For me Diana the icon is the symbol for the vanity, superficiality and moral insensibility of the world she lived in and we unfortunately still live in.
I don't think that Diana will have one clear defined legacy. She is so many different things to people that to say 'this is exactly who and what she was' is next to impossible. Besides AIDS and Landmines most of the other charities that she was involved in have already been forgotten by the general public. All these tell-all books the keep being published and all the in-dept documentaries that they keep making aren't exactly helping things either. Almost 11 years ago when she died she was held up as a saint which was I think was a bad idea. All the stories about her character, her personality started to come out, are still coming out, and it makes people wonder what version is the truth, who was she really and did she just fool us all. I know she wanted to be the Queen of People's Hearts but I think she will have to settle for being the Queen of Some People's Hearts and being something totally different to others.
As the saying goes - You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time!..... who was she really and did she just fool us all.
I have a lot of respect for Princess Anne, but it's not really possible to compare her to Princess Diana.
That could all have been so different with a proper management team. I agree they had to protect the use of the Diana, Princess of Wales trademark, but to take on a huge company over a doll?..... Unfortunately what's left of Diana's charity work has been condensed in an association, the Diana, Princess of Wales memorial fund, that has only been known for its financial problem and bad management.
The drainage ditch/trough/memorial was a complete waste of money. A sculpture incorporating a fountain, showing a dancing Diana, would IMO, have been more in keeping with her spirit.
I was try to show consideration for those that seem to want a memorial to visit.True, but I'm not really for sculptures. A memorial plaque on one wall of Kensington Palace would have been a simple way to make a good and dignified tribute.