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14 years since Princess Diana died.
cherbrinkleyfan
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Time flies and I remember finding out the news so clearly although slightly in disbelief. I know people say "why be upset over someone you never met" but I couldn't help but feel sad.
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I think if we didn't see all the people crying on our tv screens, we wouldn't be doing the same.
If the masses do it, then for some odd reason, we tend to do follow.
If she was alive today we would have another begging royal to feed and pay for.
That's a bit harsh isn't it? Also she was no longer "a royal" was she? So how would we be paying for her?
I started crying around 8 o'clock in the morning when nobody had cried on TV yet.
I also cried on the first anniversary of 9/11, again can't remember seeing anyone crying over it on TV.
People cry because they're upset.
I haven't made myself popular there
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I wish they'd stick an "I agree" button on these forums
Well, all I know is - I walked into the supermarket and saw the headlines on the newstand and my legs went from under me with the shock and I was incapable of doing any shopping! Yet, as so many have said, I've no idea why it should have affected me to that degree.
I got asked "Do you not feel sorry for the kids?" "what would you do if it was your mother?"
Sure, I felt sorry for the kids. If it was my mother I'd be asking why people who lived 300 miles away were buying books with pictures of her on, going on like they were her best friend and if they didn't stop they'd be getting a snooker cue through their eyeballs.
That answer didn't particularly go down well.
What would someone need to do to be special in your estimations?
Or the question could be turned around "Why was she special ? "
Yes...but let's not allow facts to get get in the way of either emotional promiscuity or contrived cynicism
There are unkonwns all around the country doing special things. Mothers, grandmothers working tirelessly for good causes for no reward just for the love of a good cause. These people are equally as special as Diana ever was. I will not cry or be upset over their death, however I find myself having a lot more respect for them, than a priviledged woman in a posh frock.
There was nothing wrong with Diana but there was nothing particularily speacial about her either. She courted the press when it suited but then complained when it did not suit her agenda. i feel sorry for her family and her boys losing a mother but I certainly do not think she did anymore, or went through anymore than a lot of young mothers.
It's not..she died on August 31st 97.
So we can do this all agin in 3 days time
Well thats a possibilty
This is it - she did nothing more than thousands of unheralded people who did "good things"
In fact it was easier for her to do this work than it was for most "normal" people because her position allowed her to do them
Yes she did. The day before my Birthday....how selfish is that?:o