Princess Diana. Her name sparks a lot of memories about a woman who did so many things despite an unfortunate death anyone could not have predicted. When she died, the news spread out like wildfire despite the absent prominence of social networks back then. The reason for that phenomenon wasn’t only because she was a royal but also, a woman that was popular with the masses. She broke the boundaries of royalty and started to embrace the reality of the needy. So on that fateful day of her accident, everyone was mourning for her. She was born Diana Frances Spencer on July 1, 1961 to Viscount Earl Spencer and Viscountess Shand-Kydd. With her parents in the nobility, she inherited some status within their society. She shares this with her siblings Jane, Sarah, and Charles. It seemed that her life is going to be smooth and easy with her social inheritance but things had come sour as her parents decided to split up at her young age of six. As bad as it was, she and her siblings were being pulled to both opposite sides as there was a custody battle happening between their parents.
After these sad events that perhaps haunted her life, everything seemed to have been well after that. She then met her future husband, Prince Charles of Wales. Just like the aggressiveness of the media in the case of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the media wasn’t stopping at any point for them to know about the truth between the two. Everything then fell into place as the two confirmed their engagement. They then got married and blessed with two children: William and Harry.
Her image within the society was even brought to greater heights when she publicly showed that she was shaking hands with people that have severe diseases such as leprosy and AIDS. Even though she was a royal, she showed no signs of disgust with these actions and these people then gave a soft heart for her. Moreover, people were trying to reach out to her when she visited the United States. She has the same stardom with celebrities that visit the United States. Everything then seemed to look good in the end but another unfortunate event happened. She separated with Prince Charles due to the fact their relationship was very stagnant. She received heavy pressure due to this and it went to a steep dive. A motion for separation was filed and it had come to fruition. It is already predictable that this will happen due to the nature of the relationship between the two but it is still frustrating for the reason that one of the loved nobles in Britain would suffer such an event.
Perhaps the next notable event that had put her on the headlines was her untimely death. Everyone was shocked back then when they heard a noble dying in a crash. What’s worse is that the royal mentioned was Princess Diana. Television clips showed people back then who were crying and frustrated about the accident. They were standing outside the tunnel where the Princess’ car had hit a column supporting a tunnel. The car was traveling at a considerable amount of speed so when it crashed, it resulted to severe injuries to everyone who was inside the car. Up to this day, most people know her because of this incident.
She had highs and lows during her life but she will always be remembered as the Princess that was loved and respected by many. Up to today, she is remembered through her sons William and Harry as they themselves are starting to come out in the spotlight especially in the part of William where he recently got married to Kate Middleton. The numerous acts of goodwill will never be forgotten as she was a noble who reached out to the needy.Updating the old headlines,
Bowen Romero
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