The Life and Legacy of Diana Spencer Abraham Altmann Touro College Professor Y. Bochner
Introduction
The Honorable Diana Frances Spencer was born to Edward John Spencer and Frances Ruth Roche on the first of July, 1961. Diana was born in Park House, which was her childhood home, located close to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. The home was owned by Queen Elizabeth II, which indicates the close relationship that Diana had with the palace all her life. Diana would later marry Prince Charles, and become known as “the people’s princess,” a figure who captured the affection of multitudes of people.
Background
John Spencer was born to the 7th Earl Spencer in 1924 with the title, the Honorable
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First, Diana met her police escort, who would go with her everywhere she went. And the harassment of the press started right away. Reporters followed her everywhere and intruded themselves into her everyday life. All the many royal engagements, which were new to her, were also a source of anxiety for Diana. Worst of all, two weeks before their marriage, Diana realized that Charles and Camilla were still seeing each other, and that it was not going to stop. She was almost tolerant of the cheating, but she asked him to be honest with her. When he refused; the jealousy began. Diana asked her friends to help her get out the marriage, but to no avail. So they were married and a new life begun. She describes her relationship with Charles as having ups and downs, but never steady. For the first time, she understood her position, saying, “He’d found the virgin, the sacrificial lamb.”(Morton p.54) From then on her life was filled with anxiety and …show more content…
She needed to learn how to greet the multitudes and give speeches. She was not sure which approach to take and what role to play as the Princess of Wales. Princess Diana learned that she was naturally talented and thoroughly enjoyed dealing with the people ignored by society: battered individuals, people with addictions and people suffering from AIDS. In a BBC interview Diana said, “I respected very much the honesty I found on that level with people I met… for instance; when people are dying they’re much more open and more vulnerable, and much more real than other people.” (BBC1, 1995) Divorce
It became obvious that Diana was more loved by the people than Charles. This proved awkward for the Prince and Princess’s relationship. As the years went by, Diana and Charles grew more miserable with each other. Although the Queen did not originally allow it, Charles and Diana were divorced in August, 1996. It was a bold move for them both. Diana would never be Queen, and if the Queen would try to make Charles king, the Church would strongly condemn it.
After their divorce the people did not change their feelings; they adored and cherished Diana all the more. Although she was no longer married to the prince, the people still called her princess. She was the “People’s
The respect that Elizabeth had for her husband she lost it all. The trust she had for her husband was not the same after. She felt like everything he said and told her was not the truth. She had trust issues after that. She felt like her family was torn apart that her life would never be the same after. After all the lies and heart break. But that should ...
As her personal power and strength declined, public attachment to the monarchy increased. Previous critics grew nervous of appearing to insult a worthy, now frail, old woman, who was also a mother and grandmother.
Not only her family and her friends but the whole nation to whom she had become an icon.. The forth rule in tragedy is that it is partly brought about by the victims own actions. For Diana it was the fact that she had been taking a slight risk in asking her driver to try and escape from the pa... ... middle of paper ... ... y come a few seconds earlier she could have prevented
Growing up in 1960s, Diana Spencer always knew royalty. This idea of power was a birth right through her father, but yet Diana did not know of the influence she was going to inflict one day. Princess Diana, through her marriage with Prince Charles, became an icon for the United Kingdom and impacted many in the world (Princess Diana Biography Princess). Along with her compassionate heart and humble soul, Diana ascended in the eyes of the public and became England’s sweetheart and beloved leader. Princess Diana soon inspired people all over the world by breaking the royal stereotypes, sponsoring many charities and providing a prime example of what it means to love one’s children and people.
she thought was right and best for her and refused to marry him. In a lot
... just makes it more elegant. She presented herself as a queen and expects others to follow in her footstep. Her many accomplishments and the awards are just touchable proof what anyone can do. In becoming the first cable conductor added on to her ancestors and their work. The many books, poems, plays, and even speeches she presented were work of her own and knowledge. (Global Renaissance Woman) Being able to travel abroad and get a broader understand of life just made here wiser. She saw just about everything you can imagine. Her wisdom just helped her work to become unique, and easier to understand. She had no one to impressed, this done during her lifetime were all chosen by her.
Transition: Before we can pass judgment on her royal downfall we must first look at her life before she became the “executed” queen.
In fact, many aristocrats and other members of the royal family did not find her common blood and strange customs to be in any way unique or charming. She was gossiped endlessly about. It didn't help that she was extremely interested in democratic philosophy and enlightenment, two concepts that were used by revolutionaries later on in history.
...y appreciated. Her only request was to have more time to get ready, a request that was promptly shot down by the represenetives, saying that she must die at the exact time specified by Queen Elizabeth.
Many people remember Princess Diana for her very fragile and loving nature, however during an interview with BBC, she often remarks “I am a very strong person,” an ironic statement for someone whose life was full of challenges and disappointments (Elliot& Pederson, 1995, p.62). Beginning with her birth on July 1, 1961 to aristocratic parents Viscount and Viscountess Johnnie and Frances Althorp, Princess Diana (then Diana Frances Spencer) believed she was a disappointment to her parents because she was not born a baby boy, the desired heir to the Spencer estate. Feelings of disappointment continued for Diana during her parent’s divorce at the age of six and her father’s second marriage to Raine (a woman she despised) when she was 16. Shortly after her father’s marriage to Raine, Diana failed her “O-levels” (or college placement tests), and was sent to a Swiss finishing school to develop her passion for skiing rather than focus on academics. It was based on this new sense of freedom that caused Diana to exhibit problematic behaviors, such as relentless stubbornness and lying, as well as early symptoms of an eating disorder (Elliot & Pederson, 1995). Thus, it is the purpose of this paper to examine how the events of Diana’s life in conjunction with psychological components contributed to her development of bulimia nervosa.
reverence for the wealth and power the family possessed. This symbolises the quest that many minorities face as they strive to enter the middle class. Leonardo would argue that Chris, like many minorities’, navigates a society that saturates them with loving images of Whiteness. In this reality two key consequences arises: an adoration for whiteness or a “turning of the necrophiliac gaze on themselves through self-hatred” (Leonardo, 2013). It is Chris’ transition through these stages that is such a pivotal part of the movie. It is this admiration for whiteness that leads to deprivation that traps Chris in a symbolic sunken place. In the movie, Chris’ “sunken state” is triggered by the silver spoon. A metaphor for how the quest for the materialization
Throughout her life Diana displayed a very insecure nature. Psychologists think this was rooted in her childhood (Smith). When she was six, her mom left her family (Smith). After her parent’s high-profile divorce was finalized, she remembered her father’s distant, lonely silences, and her mother’s constant crying (Morton 35). Diana described this as a “wish-washy and painful experience” (33). Due to these circumstances she felt detached and different from others at a very young age (34). For Diana’s engagement party to the Prince of Wales, she wore a black dress that she thought was “pretty and smart” (51-52). When Prince Charles saw her, he said with disgust, “only people in mourning wear black” (170-171). She was destroyed by this comment. She needed people’s constant support and compliments (170). Later in her marriage, her husband’s lack of attention led her to suffer from bulimia and to make several suicide attempts (85-86). Once, when she was attempting to gain Prince Charles’ attention, she took a penknife and cut her chest and thighs (77). Seeing the bloody sight he said, “You are crying wolf.” This comment added to her negative self-esteem (188). The constant press coverage put her under lots of pressure. “It warped her sense of who she was through its unrealistic expectations, distortions, exaggerations and outright inventions” (Smith). It made her believe she had to live up to the impossible expectations that were being forced on her (Smith). Diana was easily influenced and very sensitive. She let other people’s views of her and life’s uncontrollable circumstances affect her self-image.
She journeys through a hallway to reach her colossal study, while Blair walks through a door and sits upon a couch. Moreover, Blair’s scenes are more illuminated, suggesting a bright future at odds with a dilapidated past. There is also a stark divergence between the callous language of the monarchy and the simple, compassionate ones of the modernizers. The Queen rejects altering the Sunday sermon to even mention Diana as Blair simultaneously immortalizes Diana as “the people’s
Princess Diana was born into a royal family and had a rather tough time growing up. She was the youngest daughter of Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and, Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp. During her parents' bitter divorce over Diana’s mother’s adultery with wallpaper successor Peter Kydd, Diana's mother sued for custody of her children. Diana went into many battles with her mother over this which led Diana to dislike her mother. Diana’s father’s rank was supported by Diana’s grandmother, on her mother’s side, in which her testimony against her daughter during the trial, meant custody of Diana and her brother went to their father.