What purpose is served by commemorating a dead Princesses life? Why do we not let the dead lie.?

Question

What next an album tie in? Tupac Elvis, dig dig dig look their they are!
I can think of many dead people I think made an important contribution to society but if one of them was a dead parent of mine the public arena would be the last place I would display their corpse.

Answer 1

No purpose at all. The next commeration is the Princess Diana Memorial Concert is in July but chances are u won't be going to it. Not because the idea of a memorial concert for an over-privileged woman with an eating disorder who nobody really liked before she died featuring the stomach-churning line-up of Elton John, Duran Duran & Andrew Lloyd Webber quite rightly makes u want to run into the sea & not stop until u reach the safety of another country but cos 60,000 red-eyed housewives with embroideries of Diana as an angel on their walls have already beaten u to it. The gig sold out 1/2 an hour after the tickets went on sale & that's without Paul McCartney inevitably announcing he'll close the concert with a version of Hey Jude so preposterously stretched out people will wish it was him who bit it in Paris. The organisers have promised more acts that reflect Diana's tastes which means Chris De Burgh will either sing Lady In Red or use the freaky power of his magical hands to reanimate Dianas body & make her bodypop to Elton John singing I'm Still Standing. It's been a decade since she died & events still burn brightly. Weirdos buying more flowers & generally being sadder than they were when members of their own family died, weirdos ironically throwing so many flowers at the hearse of a woman who died in a car crash that they almost caused a bigger car crash, weirdos starting fights in Woolies because they overheard teenagers questioning the words in Elton John's shoite Candle In The Wind single, pretty much a lot of weirdos doing all sorts of stupid things but Diana's memory still lives on. For instance, David Hasselhoff remembers Diana because she almost had sex with him & George Michael remembers Diana because she almost had sex with him. What about the rest of us, the ones Diana didn't want to have sex with. Luckily Prince William & his titty-groping brother Prince Harry have organised a special concert for these plebs "The Diana Didn't Want To Have Sex With You But Here's Andrew Lloyd Webber Anyway Memorial Concert". Deep joy, not.

Answer 2

Wow Mr. Jack, you must have done some serious thinking while you were away. An awe inspiring post. Thank you! Hun, I could write a mini novel on this subject. I am in my mid-fifties. The buffer between myself and the unknown is slowly drifting away. I have always felt parents were meant to be a protective wall between children and death. Sadly, it doesn't always work out that way. It seems we lose a family member in my parents generation monthly. So yes, I have been thinking about death and remembering my loved ones who have passed away. We have a very close family. There are many who helped mold my life. I also lost my brother when he was young. There were three of us. He was the best of us. Physically beautiful, talented, kind and loving. I suppose the deceased members I miss the most are my maternal grandmother and my younger brother. I truly believe when our loved ones die they take a piece of our heart to the grave with them. However, I feel they live on through their sweet memories which fill the void where the tiny piece of heat is missing.

Answer 3

Well Steven, in answer to your question - Many famous dead people had their friends, fans and followers and many of these will still commemorate the passing of that particular idol or loved one on their special anniversary.
Many thousands of people loved and respected Princess Diana and still think of her very fondly and also we care about her children very much, especially as William might well become our King one day!
We respect what Princes William and Harry are wanting to do for their precious Mum who was so tragically taken from them and they feel this is the way that they can share their memories of her with the British public.
I personally feel that the Princes are very brave to do this and hope that everyone will help them make this a very special day, even make it a Public Holiday here in our caring Country. 'Diana Day' is something that Tony Blair should give Britain, if he wants a memorable Legacy to leave us!
And to answer the last part of your question, with a question, who is displaying a 'corpse'? The celebration will be of Diana's life not her death!

Answer 4

Well your right, she did a great job when she was here, but she is dead, and we don't need reminding all the time how ever she died. Living a life thinking all the time about an outsider is going to do what for you, nothing, They have already wasted lots of money on that pond for her, why? let's think of the living, and put the money to good use

Answer 5

I totally agree with you I think that we spend to much time on the dead and not enough on the living.
I was never a fan of Diana I found it hard to care that she died I felt for her son's but I feel that people have forgotten that they lost their mother not a princess.

Answer 6

I can see where you are coming from. I think this time the Princes William and Harry do intend to stop the conspiracy from going on and on.

It would be nice way to say good bye at last

Answer 7

I never really thought much of Diana and don't see what all the fuss is about; however if her children want to put on a concert in her memory and in the process raise money for charity, I don't see why they can't.

Answer 8

i think it has more to do with raising awareness for the charities that she supported and keeping that in the spotlight by using her name, if this what it takes to help these then so be it, i don't think she would have minded as she felt very deeply for them!
Her own sons seem to think it's okay!

Answer 9

Royalty is and always will be royalty. Royals are very respected people not matter where you go. It is your choice if you want to praise them or not. They are not forcing you to praise them. Famousness is always more respected than some unknown person. In the end it is all a matter of choice.

Answer 10

It's a PR stunt for the royal family