Floral tributes, posters and messages commemorate the death of the Princess of Wales 25 years ago
Early risers had left flowers and hung posters with photo collages on the iron gate of Kensington Palace, where Princess Diana lived for fifteen years. Other people were arriving as the morning passed and others stopped when they discovered the congregation of cameras and admirers of the princess, who died 25 years ago.
“It is difficult to forget someone who gave us so many memories,” read one of the messages labeled on a poster. “As the sun illuminates Diana and her family, may it forever illuminate all of our hearts as we remember our special princess. Her task continues through her children », said another.
In a corner formed by the gate and wall of the garden that became a shrine to a mass shocked by death on August 31, 1997, sit Anne Daly and her husband, draped in Welsh flags. “We are here,” she says, “because we are from Wales, she was the Princess of Wales and she will always be remembered that way.”
She worked on the other side of the park and says that Diana was courteous and friendly to everyone, despite the fact that photographers always chased her when she left the palace. He does not believe that there was any conspiracy to kill her and believes that she died as a result of a traffic accident. “With a drunk driver,” adds her husband.
They point to the courtiers as responsible for the marginalization of Diana, and then of Meghan, Enrique’s wife. «They want the continuity of the monarchy and they do not want any change, nor people who come from outside. They want things as usual: ‘Good morning, where did you come from, thank you very much, next’. Diana was an innovator.”
dishonorable
The couple feels frustrated because the statue that their children commissioned and inaugurated is, according to them, in a place that is not accessible. It is in the Sunken Garden of the palace, a beautiful space, which is open to the public all year round. A bronze figure of Diana with hers, her two children and a girl, as a universalist message, according to the sculptor.
Andrew Bridge, a furniture manufacturer, in the Somerset region, believes that “it is not constructive to continue digging into the past; the fact, so sad, is that she is dead ». He does not believe that members of the royal family planned the assassination of the future king’s mother, but notes that “there are dark forces at work all over the world.”
She believes the British press behaved “abhorrently, publishing conversations of her with others, and acted dishonorably for her financial gain.” “All of that played a substantial role in how she ended her life,” she says. “Running away from the media is something no one should have to do, princess or anyone else.”
He sees no danger to the British monarchy from Diana’s specter over Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla. “Not at all, in the end they are human beings, we are all human with our flaws. Prince Charles and Camilla are in love, and that’s great. He’s going to be a fantastic king, and in particular having Camilla by his side.”
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