Originally Posted by
Sandy_Andrews:
“I was using the
to show shock that Brian said he wasn't a fan !
I didn't adore her but I had to deal with several charities through my job and they all spoke really well of her - saying how hands on she was and how much she really cared.
I admired her for being one of the first celebs to actually shake hands with a man dying of Aids, she was also very willing to hold babies with HIV and was prepared to walk lands hopefully cleared of land mines.
I also thought she was treated very badly by her ex husband who was so much older and should never have married her - I will not be at all happy to see him crowned King.
Disgraceful man.
Sorry to go on but my fist remark was misunderstood.”
Originally Posted by pennybel:
“Well said Sandy Diana was a very caring person Charles a spoilt brat he even blamed his family for marrying her But never gave up Camilla the thought of King Charles and Queen Camilla is a very horrible though”
Originally Posted by Dee_TEAMGGxx:
“Totally agree penny, I really liked Diana and thought she lived in a very controlled lonely world. When Diana died it forced the royals to change. I think if she hadn't died they would've stayed the same and had more control of her boys. It's hard to believe it now that William and Kate are married, but there was a time when that marriage wouldn't have been allowed and he would've been forced to marry within their circle. I'll never forget the day her death was announced. The eerie silence on the streets and shock on everyone faces is still a very clear memory. Her boys
know the score but have to keep their thoughts private and Kate has Diana to thank for the freedom she enjoys today.”
Ok since today seems to be a day for speaking our minds & it was my throwaway comment that started this debate I'm hust going to add a little comment here which will no doubt go down as well as a fart at a dinner party but when
Dee talks about the 'legacy of Diana' which has allowed Kate & William to marry, yes I agree, vut by that same yardstick surely it is the self same legacy that has allowed Charles to finally marry the woman he should have been allowed to marry 3 decades earlier!!
Sandy & Penny, you call him all the names under the sun & blame him for the marriage to Diana but, looking back he really couldn't have made it any more plain at the time that it wasn't what he wanted & he was being forced into it by 'royal traditions!!'
Regarding Diana herself, when I say I wasn't even particularly a fan (my exact words I think) I certainly didn't mean I don't think she had anything going for her: she was a brilliant Mum to those two boys ( though to be fair somebody did a remarkable job of carrying on her good work after her death, judging by how well adjusted they appear after that trauma in their lives!!) I believe she had also finally found her niche in life with her charity work too!! My reasons for not being her biggest fan were mainly connected to THAT book, & the time leading up to it but I'm not going to start debating all that as it would only degenerate into a royalist/anti royalist argument & that's not what this thread is about!!
The saddest thing about her death to me was that it happened when she finally seemed to have found some happiness & stability in her life!!