Re: I remember Diana, Princess of Wales

"a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Neil Bates" <neil_delver@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I was so shocked and sorry to hear a decade ago that Diana, Princess of
>> Wales had left us.  One of the major funeral homes in my mid-size US
city
>> had set up a memorial service for her about a week later, and there was
a
>> long line.  I didn't mind waiting to sign the book, and was impressed 
>> that
>> all those other Americans cared about her so much.  Let's remember that
> she
>> wasn't just a pretty royal face who knew charm, but a courageous woman 
>> who
>> put herself out in the world for its people, and suffered indignities
>> gracefully.
>>
>
> And also a media-hyped pseudo-fairytale Disneyland icon, especially to 
> those
> overseas who didn't see many of her day-to-day idiocies, whose
continually
> pounded 'memory' by many with other agendas has long started to sicken 
> many
> in the UK.
>
> Surreyman
>

Well I'm sure Diana had some silly quirks, but none I suspect as idiotic
as 
ruminations about being a tampon etc? Her discussions with James Gilbey 
(http://www.geocities.com/rickanddarvagossip/diana_gilbey.html)
are so
much 
more elegant than those of Charles and Camilla 
(http://www.geocities.com/rickanddarvagossip/camillagate.html.)
I'm just asking for some perspective ...