What did you think of Princess Diana?

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I admired her for her humanitarian work - she applied her fame and star quality to promote good causes she believed in. She seemed to have a "glow" about her once she extricated herself from that awful royal family.

[MrScorpio]

1. I wasn't as focused as much on her looks as I was her deeds

She seemed to be a beautiful person on the inside, where it really counts

[Skittles]

2. I felt sorry for her

I could tell even at the wedding she was in way over her head and it would not end well. Too bad, because I felt she was a true humanitarian.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

3. Did'nt she marry Charles when she was only 19 ?

And he was like what 35 or so.I could be wrong.But there was a huge generation gap between the two of them .He came from a stuffy circle ,hell he is the Prince of Wales - duty before your heart.He wore the cufflinks that had "C&C" on them during their honeymoon and he was pissed off everyday on his honeymoon with Diana until he got his phonecall from Camilla. Now if that was just a doomed marriage I don't know what else was. Did he ever love her? Sad marriage.

I remember when I was 19 and the last thing on my mind was marriage.Heck I am now 27 and it still does'nt ever cross my mind.

[Left Is Write]

32. She was 20, but only barely so. She turned 20 at the beginning of July, and

they were married in late July.

[Darth_Kitten]

7. I never feel sorry for any woman.......

who chooses a man she knows is wrong for her. She knew what she was getting into.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

8. So true she did.

[Midlodemocrat]

9. I disagree. I think she was absolutely, totally in love with him.

And, I admired her for trying to make it work when it was revealed that he was always going to love Camilla. I felt sorry for her because it seemed that she was truly heartbroken.

[Darth_Kitten]

12. I admire your compassionate heart......

and maybe I'm just very cynical this week, but the Spencers have been royal lackeys for centuries. Diana literally grew up with the Windsors.

She wanted the marriage as much as it could give her as much as she loved Charles. I never saw her as some kind of victim.
But, she did grow as a person and as a woman and she learned not to feel she had to accept crappy treatment from Chuck and Camilla. That I could admire.

[Midlodemocrat]

21. I know. But I remember being on vacation on LI and waking up to

watch her and something about her struck me as so beautiful. And, at the time, I thought it was her absolute love and devotion to Charles.

That being said, I subsequently saw the Jewels in the Tower of London and had to walk out because it upset me so. It upset me when half of LONDON was living in what we would consider the third world that that kind of private 'essentially public' wealth could continue.

My nephew was born in the UK. They had a wonderful experience. The last time I went there with students one of the kids inadvertently put his hand through a window and I have to tell you, I was genuinely shocked at the primitive surroundings at the hospital.

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

33. Agreed.

:thumbsup:

[raccoon]

11. Agree. Her older sister had dated him before, and she hung around with

the same crowd he did--I mean the same class.

[greatauntoftriplets]

36. Well said.

Chuckles was a terrible choice for her, but she was young at the time and he wanted to marry someone appropriate. There are some aspects of her life (Dodi Fayed, for one) that leave a lot to be desired, but she had a rare gift to connect with people that was sorely lacking in the rest of the royals. Her humanitarian efforts were genuine, and she gave birth to two sons who obviously had a great relationship with their mother.

[Lyric]

4. She was human, she was kind, she was a wonderful mother

She wasn't perfect; nobody is. But IMHO, her name is certainly engraved in the "Good People" column. I know what it's like to lose a parent that young, and in such a sensational, media-filled way. I'm glad William and Harry seem to be healing.

[sniffa]

5. not much

i was annoyed by the constant tabLoids and news shows covering her. who the fuck cares?

[JVS]

22. I agree

[lizziegrace]

23. The tabloids documenting her every move was her fault?

:shrug:

[Scooter24]

29. Just what I was thinking...

this was a woman who did everything she could to try and minimize the press in her life as well as her children's lives.

Any press annoyance is the fault of the tabloids and the people who foolishly buy them.

[Darth_Kitten]

6. I admire real people doing humanitarian work without drawing.....

so much attention to themselves. The "people's princess"? only if you were upper middle class or rich, she never seemed to really hang out with "ordinary" people.
She was a Spencer, she KNEW exactly what she was doing getting involved with the "royal" family. Her family has only been sucking up to the royals for centuries, so she was no victim.


I'm cynical. It's sad that she's deceased, but all these memorials, etc, are just milking her memory for all it's work. I'm surprised her sons took time out of their almost constant partying to join in. They have apparently turned into shallow, out of touch rich boys with no real need to help out anybody.

[pippin]

10. Agreed

We're so suckered by the media about these jaunts into "humanitarian work" by celebs that are really orchestrated PR jobs complete with photo ops of them holding children in Africa. Give over--Diana was a over priviliged upper class narcissistic twit who was selected as a breeder for the royals. I am constantly surprised by the apparent adoration of royalty by DUers.

[GCP]

15. By her contribution she vastly improved knowledge and participation

In causes such as getting rid of land mines.
The very fact that she was a media celebrity helped these causes.
Get off your high horse.
Her heart was in the right place - what more could you ask of anyone? :eyes:

[poiuytsister]

13. Two words, Girlfriend

SEAT BELTS

She was riding in a freaking tank, she would have walked away.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. I think she's pining for the fjords.

[Critters2]

25. LOL!!!

Yep. Pushing up daisies, joined the choir invisible.

[SOteric]

16. I admired her.

I've read plenty about her alleged emotional difficulties and none of it has tarnished my opinion of her. Few of us could withstand the kind of media scrutiny she endured without a few embarrassing flaws coming to light. None of it came remotely close to the kind of meltdown one see's in a Britney or a Paris. Through it all she was poised in public, she was a caring, devoted parent and she gave her time, her monies and her celebrity to a great many undisputedly worthy causes.

Would that we could say as much for all public figures.

[GCP]

17. Well said n/t

[Midlodemocrat]

26. Nicely put, SO. I was devastated when she was killed.

She brought a very human face to a very impersonal monarchy.

:thumbsup:

[flvegan]

18. She truly left the world a better place.

What else is there to say?

[SPKrazy]

19. I liked her...

thought she seemed to be a real person as opposed to the starched up Royals...

sad that she died... :cry:

[BlueIris]

20. Pretty, socially conscious and a damn good mother.

I was touched by how deeply and obviously she loved her sons (and she wasn't afraid to show it, either).

[Joey Liberal]

24. I admired her beauty and grace, but.........

I thought she didn't spend enough time with her kids.

[Midlodemocrat]

27. I think her kids would disagree. They obviously adored her.

[Joey Liberal]

30. I'm not saying she was a bad mother, but

Had she been home with the kids she would be alive today.

[Left Is Write]

34. Wow.

I don't think I even have the words to respond to that assertion.

[greatauntoftriplets]

37. The kids were on vacation with their father at Balmoral in Scotland.

It was a command performance to which Diana was not invited.

[mitchum]

28. Parasite with a conscience

[Left Is Write]

31. I liked her.

[Rabrrrrrr]

35. She was a good person, but I never thought of her as anyone special.

Other than that she married royalty, which of course made her special in terms of worthy of media attention.

But I don't get all the Diana hysteria at all.

She was a fine and lovely woman, who did a lot of good, but many other people have done more.