Diana's Impact ( Archived) (192)

Dec 13, 2021 12:45 PM CST Diana's Impact
IntoTheWoods
IntoTheWoodsIntoTheWoodsMoscow, Idaho USA189 Posts
jac_the_gripper: There is no question, whatever our personal opinions of Diana, that she was adored by many and influential as a result.

Some may question the the manner of her death, whether it was accidental, a consequence of recklessness, or even murder, but let's work from what we know for sure: Diana died on the 31st August 1997.

Had the trajectory of her life continued, had she lived and maintained a relationship with Dodi Fayed, would the world be the same as it is today?

Would you be the same as you are today?
Diana who?
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Dec 13, 2021 12:53 PM CST Diana's Impact
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
IntoTheWoods: Diana who?
Spencer.

She wasn't a US citizen, but I'm not sure how that's possible given there are no other countries on the planet.
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Dec 13, 2021 12:58 PM CST Diana's Impact
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
tomcatty: Of course I realised you must be some kind of Royalty from your natural imperious way

and strange accent
It's true, although I don't have enough of a German accent to speak the Queen's English.
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Dec 13, 2021 1:07 PM CST Diana's Impact
tomcatty
tomcattytomcattyCoral Bay, Paphos, Paphos Cyprus368 Threads 6 Polls 6,885 Posts
jac_the_gripper: It's true, although I don't have enough of a German accent to speak the Queen's English.
Touche I am of French ancestry which is why I am so emotional sometimeslaugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh
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Dec 13, 2021 1:27 PM CST Diana's Impact
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
tomcatty: Touche I am of French ancestry which is why I am so emotional sometimes
The Germans are an emotional people with a great sense of humour.

It's just that no one else can see it.
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Dec 13, 2021 1:39 PM CST Diana's Impact
tomcatty
tomcattytomcattyCoral Bay, Paphos, Paphos Cyprus368 Threads 6 Polls 6,885 Posts
jac_the_gripper: The Germans are an emotional people with a great sense of humour.

It's just that no one else can see it.
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Ve have ways of making you laugh, well the trains run on time in Germany, Why not a timetable for cuddleslaugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh
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Dec 13, 2021 1:51 PM CST Diana's Impact
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
tomcatty: ,
Ve have ways of making you laugh, well the trains run on time in Germany, Why not a timetable for cuddles
laugh

My mum has actually said that, taking the piss out of herself...and the English. giggle

I was thrilled to bits when Arriva Trains Wales were bought out by European companies, but they started with takng all the unsafe rolling stock off the tracks before they tackled sticking to the timetable.
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Dec 13, 2021 1:58 PM CST Diana's Impact
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
IntoTheWoods: Diana who?
People seemed to like her in the US, mind.

I tried to find an interview with people from a women's refuge, I think it was. They were glad and taken aback that she wasn't stuck up, but easy to be with.
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Dec 13, 2021 2:24 PM CST Diana's Impact
I was in my second year of college when the interest and infatuation with Lady Diana Spencer began. She had been dating Charles under-the-table, but a reporter had trekked up to a cottage in the way-far out country, and saw them together. They were actually fishing, and Charles had his canvas and easel propped (the prince is an accomplished artist). Diana worked in London at an elementary school, and when she returned to work she was nearly mauled by a teeming crowd of people. Soon after, she obligingly posed for photographers, not knowing her underwear shown through her light dress. The queen was enraged, and thus began a permanent rift. (Diana hated not being allowed to tell her side of things since she was a small child). Although the queen would be publicly kind, it has been documented that she was condescending to Diana, sarcastic. Diana once went to the kitchen to get a snack, and talked with the service staff casually. It was reported, and The Duke, The Queen, and Charles gave her a bawling- out that lasted several hours. Some Americans at the time were upset at Ronald Reagan’s win of The White House, and First Lady Nancy’s uppity smarminess, so they naturally saw Diana as a celebrity nouveau, and dismissed her validity ( at first). It was only after the separation, and the “ tell-all” of Camilla’s involvement, that people started seeing which way the wind blew. What a mess. The marriage should never have happened. And Charles and Camilla are together, after all. What a Donnybrook Fair that could have been avoided.
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Dec 13, 2021 2:25 PM CST Diana's Impact
tomcatty
tomcattytomcattyCoral Bay, Paphos, Paphos Cyprus368 Threads 6 Polls 6,885 Posts
jac_the_gripper: People seemed to like her in the US, mind.

I tried to find an interview with people from a women's refuge, I think it was. They were glad and taken aback that she wasn't stuck up, but easy to be with.
The Wedding
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Dec 13, 2021 3:28 PM CST Diana's Impact
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
tomcatty: The Wedding
I was a student working in a well known shop behind the pharmacy counter at the weekend on the day of the wedding.

Of course there were next to no customers that day and all the staff, including the pharmacist/manager wanted to spend the day in the electrcal department watching the event on the TV.

It was clear to me from Charles' 'whatever in love means' comment that Diana was being betrayed as a human being and I had no interest in watchng the pomp and ceremony, the facade covering her being used and abused.

I did get to run an entire, albeit small and rather empty, department store on my own, though. That was a unique experience for a 'Saturday girl'. laugh
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Dec 13, 2021 4:17 PM CST Diana's Impact
tomcatty
tomcattytomcattyCoral Bay, Paphos, Paphos Cyprus368 Threads 6 Polls 6,885 Posts
jac_the_gripper: I was a student working in a well known shop behind the pharmacy counter at the weekend on the day of the wedding.

Of course there were next to no customers that day and all the staff, including the pharmacist/manager wanted to spend the day in the electrcal department watching the event on the TV.

It was clear to me from Charles' 'whatever in love means' comment that Diana was being betrayed as a human being and I had no interest in watchng the pomp and ceremony, the facade covering her being used and abused.

I did get to run an entire, albeit small and rather empty, department store on my own, though. That was a unique experience for a 'Saturday girl'.
Nite Jachandshake
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