Anonymous wrote:Diana wasn't that beloved when she died. She had her supporters but was a majority of royalist didn't like her or her relationship with dodi. She was calling tabloids almost daily and being a genuine nuance. Her death is what made people take closer look at her.

Disagree. She was the most popular and beloved woman in the world at the time of her death. I am the same age as Diana and the endless news coverage of the immense oupouring of grief were indications of how much the public loved her. Anyone who lived in DC and is old enough to remember the display of flowers, stuffed animals, etc. in front of the British Embassy will tell you the same. It went on for blocks. We were all shell-shocked when she died.

I think the tragedy of Diana's dealth elevated her. Who knows if it would have lasted haf she lived

It's not just that she appeared vulnerable, but that she took on stigma and causes that weren't receiving the attention they deserved.

I'm thinking of course of HIV/AIDS, which had a small movement behind it and was greatly impacted by the work she did in that community. I'm also thinking of the famous photos of her in the land mind set up.

She didn't have to do it. No one expected it of someone in her position at the time. It really changed lives.

Dying the way she did cleaned up the mess of her last year(s) and she ended up leaving a beautiful legacy of great compassion and love of her boys.

Times have changed and Kate is just built differently. Diana's story will remain unique.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are all these obsessed royal Stans? Where do you come from?

It’s relentless.

Well they're restless in the media. Many if us didn't pay attention of them until recently

Anonymous wrote:Who are all these obsessed royal Stans? Where do you come from?

It’s relentless.

Diana wasn't that beloved when she died. She had her supporters but was a majority of royalist didn't like her or her relationship with dodi. She was calling tabloids almost daily and being a genuine nuance. Her death is what made people take closer look at her.

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Anonymous wrote:People don’t venerate monarchies like they did during Diana’s time, especially the ones with colonial excesses. Times are changing.

No one cares about "colonial excesses" except perhaps you.

People also forget Diana's popularity was actually waning sharply in the last year or so of her life when it became clearer she was running around with a drug addled playboy. Her life was only getting messier and messier post divorce. The early death was her saving grace, in a way.

Yeah no one cares except the countries trying to escape the Commonwealth. No one cares, which is why the Dutch king recently apologized for his country’s role in slavery. Sure, no one cares.

Any country can leave the Commonwealth if they wish. "trying to escape" is an odd way of putting it. Some countries have left. The UK has no hold over these countries.

You are aware that the history of Europe is thousands of years old and monarchies date back to the late antiquity? The 19th to early 20th century period of colonialism is a blimp in the tide of history. And there are plenty of cruel, nasty, brutal, oppressive monarchs in other party of the world (including African chiefs who gleefully ran their side of the slave trade?) and plenty of non European empires and kingdoms and extensive slavery?

The irony is that the last time an English monarch declared to his people he was going to out and conquer was during the medieval era when the English crown occupied a good chunk of France...

No one cares anymore.

I kind of love how the non British European royals hang out. It’s a good plan to work together to raise their profiles.

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Anonymous wrote:People don’t venerate monarchies like they did during Diana’s time, especially the ones with colonial excesses. Times are changing.

You’re wrong. The white women of DCUM are quite obsessed.

Colonialism be damned.

You are more than welcome to follow the royals of Lesotho or the Swazi queen.

I have no idea who these people are. I would vote for Kate if she was a choice.

Who are all these obsessed royal Stans? Where do you come from?

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Anonymous wrote:People don’t venerate monarchies like they did during Diana’s time, especially the ones with colonial excesses. Times are changing.

No one cares about "colonial excesses" except perhaps you.

People also forget Diana's popularity was actually waning sharply in the last year or so of her life when it became clearer she was running around with a drug addled playboy. Her life was only getting messier and messier post divorce. The early death was her saving grace, in a way.

Yeah no one cares except the countries trying to escape the Commonwealth. No one cares, which is why the Dutch king recently apologized for his country’s role in slavery. Sure, no one cares.

The pictures of her with AIDS patients, hugging them, holding their hand, and talking to them during a time it was so stigmatized and feared, was very brave and compassionate. Unlike other royals that want to use an event to inflate their own ego - I'm thinking of the Archewell video with Uvalde - she seemed to be there for the purpose of helping others. "I'm here to show everyone you don't need to be afraid of people with AIDS" and that probably made a real difference at that time.

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Anonymous wrote:People don’t venerate monarchies like they did during Diana’s time, especially the ones with colonial excesses. Times are changing.

No one cares about "colonial excesses" except perhaps you.

People also forget Diana's popularity was actually waning sharply in the last year or so of her life when it became clearer she was running around with a drug addled playboy. Her life was only getting messier and messier post divorce. The early death was her saving grace, in a way.

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