Maybe she would have settled in and become a sort of global charity ambassador but without leaking the stories to the press stuff of earlier days.
I think Diana's presence in life would have dramatically altered the life-trajectory of Charles and her sons. No question. At some point, probably if she remarried an older wealthy man, and the true extent of her press manipulations became public knowledge, the public would have become jaded and 'turned' on her, at which point (and only at which point) Charles would have become free to marry Camilla (but not before).
I can also see that it could have gone the opposite way. She could have a problem giving up the Royal spotlight
Exactly so.
It was already happening at the time imo. The degree to which she strove to stay in the public's awareness with the Dodi Fayed photo-ops should be an indication of what was in store.
getting older and watching a new woman become involved with her sons as the start to date and get married. Kate gets compared to Diana now image if she was still alive and didn't want you around. William may not have even met Kate.
I agree with those who suspect that William would never have married, unless he continued his rebellion that far. With Diana's death, William's natural adolescent rebellion took a turn. Had she lived, it's possible William would have turned out differently and gone his own route with women of choice. This will always be the greatest unknown, but I suspect Kate would never have had the chance to enter the picture had Diana lived.
It seems to me any woman who married William would be subject to such comparisons by certain segments of the press. The only way to avoid it would be to remain a bachelor.
Which I think he may well have done, especially when Diana's issues of abandonment are considered.
As with most people who are no longer with us, we have a tendency to remember the good and forget the bad. Who knows what Diana would be up to or what her views would be on things if she were alive.
True enough, but one can look at the character and the tendencies. I am somewhat of a history buff and post on an alternate history chat site. There we debate might-have-beens. Some of the discussions I've engaged in: What If the Cathars never had the Inquisition mounted against them? What would have been the course of French history centered in Carcassonne with that sort of dualism gaining ascendency? What if the Inquisition had never been mounted at all? What if Catholic priests never took a vow of celibacy? What if the Templars had never been purged? What if the Moors had never been driven out of Spain and the Jewish people had never been forced to flee to Poland and Germany? [My interest is in the High Middle Ages.
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What is interesting is how much character (and tendencies) determines history. Germany may not have won WWII, for example, but the tendency for dominance remained and they govern Europe now as much as they would have had they won, though in a different way. But this is a side comment. I just mean to show that discussion of might-have-beens is a fascinating topic from an historical perspective for those so interested.
I find it difficult though to believe she would be nothing but happy for William and eventually Harry to find love.
Given the character of the woman and the demonstrated tendency to need absolute devotion from the men in her life, I doubt that William and Harry would have had an easy time dating in the face of Diana's possessiveness. Diana would not have been a happy camper. That's a hunch. We will never know, of course, but all signs point to that.
