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Originally Posted by georgiea
Yes this article was a good read sirhon. I always feel that night in Paris was tragic, but the guilt lies earlier in Diana, Princess of Wales short life.  |
Some quotes from Jephson's article:
Diana's divisive potential only asserted itself when she felt she was the victim of an injustice.
...the awkwardness of "the whole truth" is that it spreads responsibility for Diana's fate widely.
I wonder if we will ever reach the stage where Diana is treated as a mature adult wholly responsible for her own decisions and actions? Yet again, Jephson portrays her as a "victim" at the hands of, well, just about everyone with whom she was in close contact at some stage of her life.
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But follow the trail of evidence and you may find that it leads to the steps of St Paul's Cathedral on a day of hope and sunshine in 1981.
Sort of stating the obvious. If she hadn't married who she did she would not have become cloaked in the mantle of the royal mystique and in all likelihood the world would never have been aware of her existence.
Diana's end was tragic, but as the Inquest has shown us, one that was entirely avoidable.