Re: I remember Diana, Princess of Wales

"Neil Bates" <neil_delver@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <gibson_car@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Aug 31, 3:44 pm, "Neil Bates" <neil_del...@[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.
>>
>> I though she was no longer considered a royal because Prince Dumbo was
>> plowing some other ****?
>>
> Why would "Tampon Charlie's" infidelities delegitimze her as Princess? I
> have to admit, anything she did of the same would have that effect, but 
> not
> his. Just my common sense Yankee guess.

As far as I understand it Diana was never actually a Princess in her own 
right. Hence she had the official title Diana Princess of Wales because
she 
was married to the Prince of Wales. She was often called Princess Diana 
which was incorrect..

Allan