why Diana was so beloved?

Question

On the day she died, one british businessman was asked by the german journalist for his opinion. He expressed his word in german very clear " DAS IST EINFACH ÜBERTRIEBEN" or exorbitant attitude of people who never know her personally, but they cried like children.

I salute him, cause he is a clever man. I would never cry for someone I do not know privately. What for ? I don´t care whether she is an actress or she is just a servant.

To I hate winter: My dad had died by the car crash. he was also a tragical figure for me. But we should not care for someone else, Royal family has earned more money than we have done.

just be realistic !

Answer 1

I didn't know her, I resented her always being in my face on the newspapers and television (had to keep changing channels)
the funeral I feel was mas hysteria and no one wanted to be left out of the big media bash it turned into.
I didn't cry for her, I did feel sorry for her two sons who had to mourn in public

Answer 2

I can not understand why she was so beloved.
OK so her Husband was having an affair, mind you only with one woman.
Diana had a series of affairs with many, many different men.
She was manipulative when it came to the press, using them when it suited her, and complaining about them when it suited her.
She would walk around town in her Lycra shorts, then complain when photos of her appeared in the papers.
She was a very deep, crafty person, who was idolised by some, detested by others, but lived a life where she wanted for nothing and had the cost paid by others.
I think she would have married Al Fayed if she wanted to, without a thought about public opinion, or her sons.
Scheming and selfish, the two best adjectives to describe her.

Answer 3

I don't think she was beloved at all before she died. There was plenty of anti-Diana sentiment, and in fact a couple of papers were running attack stories on Diana the day she died. But when she actually died, something very strange happened to the country. Some sort of mass hysteria swept the country, and those of use who still thought she was a parasitic slapper suddenly felt very out of place indeed.

Why people still insist on conferring sainthood on her now, ten years after her death, is completely beyond me. She was an aristocrat living in obscene luxury at the expense of the British people, nothing more.

Answer 4

Just before she died, she was the subject of a lot of criticism and got caught up in the whole 'what use is the royal family' debate.

In truth, her death gave people an opportunity to express their dislike and mistrust of the royal family...It was an emotional time, but it was a heavily orchestrated emotional time.

Answer 5

Diana was beautiful and represented what a lot of women and young girls wish to be, a princess. She was elegant and sophisticated and these are some of the things that drew people to her. When she died I cried because she was a person who had touched my life in some way, and from being a mother myself I cried for her children.

Answer 6

I think what you are missing is that people could identify with her in a very personal way. In other words she was not only well liked and admired by the common people, she was respected.
She was respected for raising two sons normally, she brought them to see what suffering and struggling was about. Then there was her true compassion for trying to rid the world of the scourge of land mines that cripples and kills innocent civilians many of them children. She tried to make her marriage work, and this caused her a lot of pain. She brought such glamour to the staid royals and always had that million dollar smile. I didn't know her personally, that is true, but I felt a loss not only for myself but the world at her tragic death .

Answer 7

The simple truth is that here in Britain we loved her and took her close to our heart. My sister died a year before diana but i found myself grieving more for Diana than my own flesh and blood.
She wanted us to hold her close to our heart and that's exactly what we did. She is the true queen of Hearts.

Answer 8

firstly just because you dont personally know someone does not mean you cant express your feelings, she was an amazing women who did many things to help people and she died in a terrible way and people were sad that she died and people cried like 'children' because thats how they wnated to express her loss

Answer 9

I agree with you. It was very sad when Diana was killed in a car crash (it really was a car crash folks, no consiracy theories) but that happens to "normal" people every day. I HATE it when people say she was killed by paparazzi - she courted the attention of them - on occassions, calling them and telling them where she would be. I found her manipulative and attention seeking - god, she had that frightened rabit in the headlights look of to a tee. How conceited to give yourself the title "queen of hearts". I wish they would stop spending my money on endless investigations into her death - spend it on the people who never get their voices heard.

Answer 10

I think many people related to her personal struggles...her cheating husband & his public displays, her personal affective issues. She was very open. She seemed kind & she seemed to be a good mother. Its sad when someone dies young.