Interestingly enough I recently saw one of those many documentaries that they keep doing on Diana, where the many royal experts that had on it said that if Kate were to marry William someone she should look to for an example is CP Mary and not Diana. They based this on the fact the Mary is hugely popular but without controversy.
How can Diana's popularity increase. Diana will always be remembered for the things she did by those who were around at the time but there is a whole new generation to whom Diana is nothing more than another dead member of the Royal Family
t there is a whole new generation to whom Diana is nothing more than another dead member of the Royal Family
In life an icon. In death a Saint. Well one should never talk ill of the dead but it would be well to remember that she was well on her way to eclipsing the worst of Harry's "Party Prince" reputation immediately before her death. Now she is perfect! Go figure.
Diana is a legend to those who were interested in her at the time but to the new generation who weren't born or were too young at the time to remember when she was almost always on the cover of daily newspapers, she is just the same as the Queen Mother or Princess Margaret, a deceased princess.
I honestly believe that this is the best thing they could do, there needs to be an air of mystery around the Royal Family, if we know too much about them, if they seem to be just like us - then what is the point of them! Overexposure for anyone on in the spotlight is a really bad thing.
I actually don't think they would. Diana died over 11 years ago now, there is nothing new to attract the younger generation - she was know for her charity work and her style. Her charity work doesn't seem to have continued after she died, does the memorial fund still exist? Her style is dated and not going to appeal to a younger generation. If someone already has an interest in the Royal Family then sure I can see them being interested in finding out about Diana but the average person no, Diana created great interest in the Royal Family when she was alive but not now, there are too many living celebrities to interest people.
. I think the Fund still exists but it's in a dreadful state and managed by unorganized people who don't seem to know the expression "Public Relations".
I think Kate Middleton will be in the news more than she wants. The press is waiting for their next cash maker.
Has anyone noticed how much Prince William is in the news more recently doing his engagements? Just think about what his wife will have to put up with.
But again, Diana, Princess of Wales told the public about her private life that I don't think Kate would ever think of doing if she became William's princess.
She will be loved and satified with Prince William.
I think William and Kate will keep their private lives private like they are doing right now.
That's called media hype, and in the early days of the engagement all Diana had to do was lower her lashes, smile and the media were in rapture.
Lets hope she isn't, it was pandering to the media and the public that ultimately led to Diana's death. let's hope that all Catherine wants from this relationship is the love of William and isn't interested in becoming 'Miss popular'.
I don't know about Diana being "more important" than the Windsors or anyone else, but I have read that she (somehow, strangely) had the blood of each one of the wives of Henry VIII and also multiple counts of descent from Charles II, as you say in the illegitimate line. And I think it was James II who created the first earldom Spencer, no?
