Re: I remember Diana, Princess of Wales

In alt.talk.royalty Neil Bates <neil_delver@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> On Aug 31, 3:44 pm, "Neil Bates" <neil_del...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
:>> 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.

Her infidelities started before his...and her "Princess" status was
entirely a consequence of his making the mistake of marrying her.
She certainly didn't understand what being a Princess entailed (and
one is not supposed to treat it as EVER capable of being "redefined"
closer to the pop celebrity status she understood better).

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