The princess faced hostility from the Windsors as she became more popular than all of them
It seems like yesterday, but Diana’s death happened 25 years ago. Long after, the details of her life are still revealed.
The princess’s confidant, former butler Paul Burrell, recounted how much she suffered when her popularity overshadowed her husband, Prince Charles, and mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth.
On the tables of the palaces where newspapers and magazines were made available to the royal family, copies with a photo of Diana on the cover were rejected, to signal the displeasure of her success in the press.
In the early years of marriage, on special occasions, the princess’s dress was chosen by the Queen’s aides because Charles told anyone who wanted to hear him that his young wife could not be elegant to the nobility.
Ironically, when she was given the freedom to dress, she quickly became one of the greatest fashion icons in history. Her dresses inspire designers and women from all walks of life to this day.
When Diana began traveling alone to poor countries to draw media attention to social problems, Diana created panic among the Windsors.
They were horrified to see her on TV having direct contact – holding her hand, hugging her, holding her in your lap – with all sick people, such as carriers of the AIDS virus and malnourished people in Africa.
They feared that the princess would catch a serious illness and pass it on to her on her return to London. They faxed her about her asking her to wear gloves, a mask and a hat to protect herself. Diana ignored them.
In the apartment she lived in, in Kensington Palace, the princess gave up protocol with her closest employees, unlike Charles, who never trusted them.
When she was alone, Diana invited the servants to sit at the table and have tea with her.
Occupants of other apartments in the same palace, some of the queen’s cousins learned of the dress and gossiped about the queen.
The princess was reprimanded for giving the staff so much freedom, but she continued to treat them as friends.
With this atypical behavior, Diana helped modernize the monarchy and increase popular support for the continuity of the regime. The Windsors owe her a lot.
Source: Terra
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