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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always think how incredibly lucky these two were that Diana died so early. Otherwise they’d have had to sneak around much longer. [/quote]

Not really. Charles and Diana were already divorced when she died. [b]I actually think if she had lived people would have been much more sympathetic to Camilla because Diana would have been off dating other men too.[/b] Diana’s death adds a layer of tragedy and betrayal that wouldn’t be there if she was just a divorcée. [/quote]

This, plus so much of the Diana worship is about how young and pure she was at the wedding, and [b]how selfless she was with her charity[/b].  All it would have taken was another year of her in relationships, which the media was clearly invested in capturing, for people to turn on her as not a good mother or not a good role model for having seks and wearing tight clothes.  It's not lucky for anyone that she died early, but if you have any understanding of celebrity culture Diana you have to see that the public was primed to turn on Diana when she died.  It was just that point in the cycle.[/quote]

But the whole reason her charity work got so much focus is that there was a young and beautiful woman doing that work.  Certainly, other people in the BRF have invested energy and time in charity works (ex. Anne) but Diana got more notice because of her looks.  I think there was quite a bit of resentment in the family that other people's efforts aren't getting much spotlight.

Regarding Camilla, I think that she and Charles are clearly a love match, and I have grudging sympathy for them.  Charles had all kinds of options (younger and prettier women OR remaining a bachelor) but he was clearly devoted to Camilla.  I think she is also one of the last of her generation of women who were not formally educated and expected to follow a predetermined life path.  Certainly, it would have been better for all involved if Charles proposed to Camila and insisted on marrying her despite the opposition of the family but oh well.  [/quote]

I don't disagree, I'm just saying that fame is in the framing.  She was framed as perfect, so it was only a matter of time for public opinion to turn on her for actually just being a human woman.  The celebrity cycle is just building someone up to tear them down - she wouldn't still be seen as perfect and blameless if she had lived.  She'd be married to someone else (and so everyone would think "well it worked out as it should have") or she'd be divorced again (so the narrative would become "maybe it's impossible to be married to her!  We were too hard on Charles") or she'd have stayed single and dated, in which case people would think of her as a fallen woman unfit for the throne.   Nobody stays shiny in the spotlight.[/quote]

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