CasiraghiTrio
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You're right that it's not a real title to be "People's Princess" but just because it's not "real" does not mean it can't be used or considered a good reference by some people. I am not one of the people who like to call her that, but some people like to do it, and that is their right.Diana's Historical Significance lies in her having been a member of the Royal Family whether she felt like she "fit in " or not. At her death she was Diana, Princess of Wales. She was the mother of a future British Monarch.
In the first place, being buried at Althorp does not identify one with the lower classes.
In the second place, there is no such title as The People's Princess. She was Diana, Princess of Wales.
One's place of burial can add importance and significance to one's place in history. It secures their memory as among those who were important. For instance, if one were to be buried at Westminster Abbey it would be assumed that they had "Historical Importance."
It is my understanding, that the Queen was willing to bury her at Frogmore. The Queen understood her significance as a future Monarch's mother and as Diana, Princess of Wales. Earl Spencer acted like a child throwing a tantrum and proved himself to be a HISTORICAL pinhead by not securing his sister's place of importance in the Royal Family. She may not have been styled HRH any longer, but she certainly had a place among the Royal Family. She is Prince William's mother. She had not remarried. Her title was still Diana, Princess of Wales. Earl Spencer treated her as a "Pop Princess", not a Real Princess.
It is what it is. Anyone might treat her as they wish. No one can change how anyone treats her memory by just saying it's wrong or it's whatever it is. Everyone has an idea of their own as to how is appropriate to treat her.
Forty years from now not many will remember Princess Diana the way she is remembered now. Those who remember her will be old and many people will not have actual memories of her. Placing her at Frogmore, however, would be evidence of her significance. Earl Spencer devalued her historical importance by burying her at Althorp.
She was no longer Lady Diana Spencer, but Diana, Princess of Wales, mother of William V. She belongs at Frogmore.
I think she belongs where she is, and it should end, and the debates don't do anyone or anything any service. In any case, she never ceased being Lady Diana because Lady is a life title. Once it is obtained by being daughter of an Earl or above, it is for life, and marriage and divorce don't take it away. She was Lady Diana, Princess of Wales.
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