Mermaid1962
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I've been asked to post come comments that I made in a PM conversation. So here goes:
Diana was quite close in age to me, almost exactly a year older. I remember that she was really adored in those early years. My husband met her and Prince Charles when they were in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1983. What he remembers about her is her youth, her interest in the people around her, and the fact that, at almost six feet tall, he could look her directly in the eye. He said that both she and the Prince were very warm, friendly people, but that she had the stronger handshake--a real grip.
I think that with Diana, there was an individual who became greater in the public eye than the role she fulfilled. At first, I think that it was because she appeared to be so perfect for her role, and also because of the tabloid war that was raging at the time. But afterwards, her fame took a different trajectory that was never seen before in the Royal Family. Edward VIII was famous as Prince Charming as Prince of Wales, and Princess Margaret was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time, but Diana was something else again.
I think that she did have a natural kindness and interest in others, and a real love for children, but her personal problems overwhelmed her. Not that I excuse her. She was responsible for everything that she did, and I think it's awful the way she had different men in her life when her children were at a vulnerable age.
t's all just tragic. She had real gifts for communication and making people happy in her presence--that is, the people in her public work, not necessarily the people in her personal life. By the end of her life, I think that she was somewhat delusional and that she created her own world inside her mind to explain the circumstances she found herself in. That world is what's found in Morton's book and also in her Panorama interview.
Diana was quite close in age to me, almost exactly a year older. I remember that she was really adored in those early years. My husband met her and Prince Charles when they were in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1983. What he remembers about her is her youth, her interest in the people around her, and the fact that, at almost six feet tall, he could look her directly in the eye. He said that both she and the Prince were very warm, friendly people, but that she had the stronger handshake--a real grip.
I think that with Diana, there was an individual who became greater in the public eye than the role she fulfilled. At first, I think that it was because she appeared to be so perfect for her role, and also because of the tabloid war that was raging at the time. But afterwards, her fame took a different trajectory that was never seen before in the Royal Family. Edward VIII was famous as Prince Charming as Prince of Wales, and Princess Margaret was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time, but Diana was something else again.
I think that she did have a natural kindness and interest in others, and a real love for children, but her personal problems overwhelmed her. Not that I excuse her. She was responsible for everything that she did, and I think it's awful the way she had different men in her life when her children were at a vulnerable age.
t's all just tragic. She had real gifts for communication and making people happy in her presence--that is, the people in her public work, not necessarily the people in her personal life. By the end of her life, I think that she was somewhat delusional and that she created her own world inside her mind to explain the circumstances she found herself in. That world is what's found in Morton's book and also in her Panorama interview.