Posted on 08/31/2017 8:18:06 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Diana died on Aug. 31, 1997, after she was in a car crash which killed her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and the couple’s driver, Henri Paul. Her funeral at Westminster Abbey in London was reportedly watched by 2.5 billion people worldwide.
The princess left behind two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, who were 15 and 12 years old, respectively, at the time. Now in their 30s, they went to Kensington Palace on Wednesday to visit a memorial garden for their late mother.
Here's how Diana has been remembered ahead of the 20th anniversary of her death.
Prince William and Prince Harry
Diana’s two children participated in a BBC documentary, “Diana, 7 Days,” which will premiere on NBC on Sept. 1 and looks at the week after their mother’s death.
“I couldn’t understand why everyone wanted to cry as loud as they did and show such emotion as they did when they didn't really know our mother,” William said in the program, admitting that he sometimes felt protective about it.
He said that “looking back over the last few years I’ve learned to understand what it was that she gave the world and what she gave a lot of people.”
The two princes also participated in “Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy,” which premiered on HBO in the U.S. in July.
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If she had become Donald Trump’s trophy wife (I think he was interested in her at one time), she would now be our First Lady and hosting the British royals here or going on state visits to Old Blighty.
Meh, at least she waited until the marriage was over before seeing other people publicly, unlike her classless husband.
*years
;)
“this chick was nuts.”
At the end, she probably was, but I don’t think she started married life that way. She was too innocent and normal to survive in that environment, and it seemed that every person in the royal family was determined to take her down/out.
In the days following her marriage she found out her husband was writing love notes, and giving gifts to, his mistress on his wedding day — or close to that day. I’d say that would give her a bleak outlook on her future.
“This idolatry is evil.”
Yup, if it’s idolatry. Similar to the idolatry relating to JFK, Obama, Mary, and others. I guess every nation, religion, and culture has its idols — for various reasons.
I asked my sister the same thing as she was boo hoo'ing to me about what a tragedy it all was. She was mad at me for a week.
Mine too. I thought it was busted.
For better or worse she entered into a contract to become the future Queen of a Commonwealth that "the sun never sets on", then took a big dump on her duties and responsibilities.
As an American, I have no dog in this hunt, but if I never heard her name for the rest of my life I would not miss hearing it. Так же просто как смывание туалета.
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