Where were you when you heard princess Diana had died?

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He wrote a book about called her the Missionary position, which claimed that she was evil, when she clearly was not.

Watching cartoons and then becoming angry when it was clear nothing else but Diana would be on the TV for the next while.

Was actually pretty pathetic watching people getting into a frenzy about her. People seemed to celebrate the grief and revelled in it. The funeral, memorials etc. was just too much for anyone who died.

chrissb8 wrote: »

Mother Teresa opened up hospices to let people "die in peace" when their were medications and proper medical attention available to help these people. One of those crazy one's who believed suffering brings you closer to the lord. That's pretty messed up.

So we are clear as I have not researched her life in great detail, she didn't set up extermination camp and mass murder millions of people in gas chambers or set people on fire or film be headings for uploading on the internet?

As an atheist I have no interest in religion but I will certainly seek out more info on this 'evil' sado masochist.

Jake1 wrote: »

I was in a casino in Las Vegas. I remember all the tv screens started showing the news. There was a quieting down for a few mins, then Vegas life continued.

I was very sad to hear of her passing, and how it happened. I felt she was hunted to her death.
However, over her later years in public life, She possibly courted much of the press intrusion .
A very sad end for a young mother of two young boys.

She was using Dodi to make someone else jealous,can't recall his name at the moment,Dodi was no big romance,they'd only known each other 30 days when they died

weadick wrote: »

The tabloids had nothing to do with her death. The driver was drunk, speeding and none of the occupants were wearing seatbelts. Tragic event for her family but they were the most famous couple in the world in one of the worlds biggest cities, obviously they were going to get a massive amount of attention.

From an Irish perspective I do remember being ashamed to see our flags at half mast and the Republic of Ireland soccer team wearing black armbands in their next game.

No way man- I was 19 an avid soccer fan and in a hard republican house. I have no recollection of that at all.:mad::mad:

To quote Tony Blair, she was the people's princess

nice_guy80 wrote: »

I was in Bristol visiting the cousins

found it hard to keep the smile off my face for a week.

Youre not a very nice guy

Pugzilla wrote: »

She was a historical non-entity from what I've read about her.
Did she actually do anything of note besides promoting charities?

Looking back on it, there was hyper-celebrity about her in the same way that there is about Kim Kardashian now. Just famous for being famous really, no end of pictures and newspaper articles about her.

One could also say that she was the last arranged marriage in Britain, and it occurred relatively recently. At a time when sexual liberation and women's rights were sweeping the world, here you had a beautiful young girl thrust into effectively an arranged marriage in a supposedly modern country. So from the off, there was a lot of sympathy for her and a lot of interest in the spectacle.

When she left there was something of a silent cheer from people in both the UK and Ireland - the UK because she had escaped the shackles of her arrangement, and in Ireland because she pissed off the queen.

But after that it moved into Kardarshian territory. She was never allowed stray far from the public consciousness. So to some people, her death feels like a personal loss, because Diana seemed to have always been there, throughout their own lives.

Me, I was 15. When I got out of bed, my Mum told me she'd died and I just shrugged. Some middle-aged women in another country had died in a car crash. WGAF.