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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On an international level, Diana was definitely the more famous of the two. Here in the US in the 90s though, I would say she and JFK Jr were on equal footing. [/quote]

Maybe for like a minute before they both died, after Diana's divorce when she was dating Dodi and no longer a formal member of the BRF. Like for a year or two they may have been treated somewhat similarly by the US tabloids.

But at that point, Diana had been followed closely by people in the US for over a decade, including her marriage, the birth of both her children, her marital troubles, her divorce, her eating disorder and mental health struggles, her charitable work, and finally her post-divorce personal renaissance.

All people knew about JFK Jr. when he died was the tragedy with his dad, the fact that he'd dated a series of actresses before marrying a blonde lady who worked in fashion, he founded a magazine that was not very successful, and he had a great head of hair.

It's not really comparable.[/quote]
I think there are people in the US who consume BRF news like they are Brits, and there are people in the US that consider the Kennedys to be the American version of the BRF. This was at its peak in the late 80s and 90s. Diana had been a public figure for longer, but JFK Jr was all over American media in the late 80s and 90s: the bar exam failures, the girlfriends, the Sexiest Man Alive title, his relationship with Carolyn, their public spats, the engagement and secret wedding, etc. [/quote]

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