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I've no idea why this came into my head the other day, but I suddenly wondered what you lot on NS thought of the "People's Princess". Was she a barmy attention seeker, or a badly treated, very human woman despite her fame?

Nobody I knew gave a shit about her one way or the other until she died. After she died, everybody I knew suddenly decided she was the best thing since Mother Teresa. I still don't give a shit one way or the other. Becoming a corpse doesn't make you any more worthy of respect or reverence in my eyes, for some reason.

Nobody I knew gave a shit about her one way or the other until she died. After she died, everybody I knew suddenly decided she was the best thing since Mother Teresa. I still don't give a shit one way or the other. Becoming a corpse doesn't make you any more worthy of respect or reverence in my eyes, for some reason.

Nobody I knew gave a shit before or after her death.

Nobody I knew gave a shit about her one way or the other until she died. After she died, everybody I knew suddenly decided she was the best thing since Mother Teresa. I still don't give a shit one way or the other. Becoming a corpse doesn't make you any more worthy of respect or reverence in my eyes, for some reason.I know what you mean. It was pretty much the same reaction I saw to her death myself. Reminds me of a time when I was still at school when someone postulated you just had to be dead to be cool. He asked the class how many people revered John Lennon - all but three did. When he asked if they revered Paul McCartney, only three did!

People gave a shit about her before she died. I remember hearing about her breaking up with Prince Charles, hearing about that wedding, etc. Perchance people here were too young to remember that?

People gave a shit about her before she died. I remember hearing about her breaking up with Prince Charles, hearing about that wedding, etc. Perchance people here were too young to remember that?No, I remember it well. It was news, certainly, but most people I knew felt little more than passing sympathy. Then when she died it was as if she'd been their best friend in the world ever. Of course you heard about her marriage break-up; the Royal family, and her in particular, were (still are to some extent) big news. That's not the best test of how much people other than the media actually care.

People gave a shit about her before she died. I remember hearing about her breaking up with Prince Charles, hearing about that wedding, etc. Perchance people here were too young to remember that?


No, I for one remember all that hive... and I still really didn't like her. She was cut out for the yellow press, if you ask me. Acceptable looks, not too much brain, two kids... in short, somebody every housewife could identify with.
Personally, I think she was attention-seeking, for whatever psychological reason, I don't know.
I absolutely hated the way my grandmother (ardent reader of every last bit of yellow press) would constantly know all about her and entertain us with those news, wether we wanted to hear them or not.
I happened to be in England when she died, and I found the fuss that was made about her at the time way beyond reasonable.

I'm not British and she is dead. It doesn't matter what I thought of her.

Does it matter what any one thought of the poor woman.....
She never did any harm to anyone.
The only thing she did wrong in my opinion was to marry for the wrong reasons.
Please let her rest in peace!

People gave a shit about her before she died. I remember hearing about her breaking up with Prince Charles, hearing about that wedding, etc. Perchance people here were too young to remember that?

Perchance you're too young to read? I said 'nobody I knew gave a shit about her one way or the other until she died'. Close with all my friends, are you?

Two words: Media Whore.
Took all the publicity she could get, so it was hardly a surprise some random photographer decided to follow her car through Paris. Though I'm not saying she necessarily deserved to die. I'd have preferred it if she hadn't - then she wouldn't now be almost a saintly figure to the British gutter press.

Crap driver, amazing airbag.

Indifferent while she was alive, hated all the media attention on her death. Far too much fuss was (and still is being) made.

I'm not British and she is dead. It doesn't matter what I thought of her.
You are still alive. Your opinion does matter.

I wonder, what was the last thing going through her head?

"Dude, I'm sooooo drunk"
"I wonder if the driver is ticklish"
"Is that the parking brake? Let's try it!"
The radiator.

When I think of her it reminds me not to think other people have it easier than I do. Beautiful sons, lovely appearance and all the money in the world and she still wasn't happy. I hope she is at peace now.

I think she was great. All that money, fame, and power, and instead of squandering it like the vast majority of famous people do, she used it to promote humanitarian causes. If all the rich and powerful were to be as socially responsible as she was, the world would be a better place.

As for those who claim she wasnt that big a deal before she died, what planet were you living on?

Well, she did have that exciting wardrobe of hers.

No opinion.

I think she was great. All that money, fame, and power, and instead of squandering it like the vast majority of famous people do, she used it to promote humanitarian causes. If all the rich and powerful were to be as socially responsible as she was, the world would be a better place.

As for those who claim she wasnt that big a deal before she died, what planet were you living on?Well, I'm very cynical about your first paragraph. She used some of it to promote humanitarian causes, which is something to her credit of course, but you can be damn sure she kept the majority for herself. Didn't see her moving into a two bedroomed flat in inner London or similar even after she broke up with Charles.

As regards your second point, I don't think anyone was claiming that she wasn't an issue before she died; I certainly wasn't. The point being made (by me, at any rate) was that people said, "oh, look what Diana's wearing / oh, hasn't she had a rough time / oh, isn't she such a nice girl" etc but then they got on with their own lives and ceased to think about it (or, frankly, care that terribly much). Then, when she died, they behaved like someone they had been on incredibly close personal terms with had died. To me, there is a very definite difference. Of course, she presumably had a band of diehard fans that were interested in her every single move, but they didn't amount to the huge numbers that mourned her death in the manner I described above.

People gave a shit about her before she died. I remember hearing about her breaking up with Prince Charles, hearing about that wedding, etc. Perchance people here were too young to remember that?

Nope. I remember it - didn't really care, though. I dunno - maybe it's because I have too much going on in my own life to get all wrapped up in someone else's troubles? Or perhaps it's because I'm American and it really didn't affect my life one way or another? *shrug*

Does it matter what any one thought of the poor woman.....
She never did any harm to anyone.
The only thing she did wrong in my opinion was to marry for the wrong reasons.
Please let her rest in peace!
Absolutely seconded! :fluffle:

She's dead, lets move on, she was a good person, but she is dead. Thats it, let her rest in peace, no need to go on about her, what she did, what she thought about the affair, whatever, its past. Let her rest.