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The People's Princess, Princess Diana, 10 Years On
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Diana Spencer
lived only 36 years, with just 17 of them in the public eye. But her
intriguing, ironic story the girl whose dream of marrying a prince
became a nightmare, the dazzling princess with endless luxury but little
happiness made the public interest white-hot, the scrutiny microscopic
and endless. Even her death in a Paris tunnel 10 years ago next month
did little to reduce the fascination with Diana's transformation from
naive youth to global superstar. In her new book, "The Diana
Chronicles," writer and editor Tina Brown devotes 482 pages to a
critical retelling of Diana's story and another 34 pages of tiny type to
footnotes outlining her thorough research, ranging from dozens of
interviews some reported here for the first time to letters and diaries,
as well as every book ever written on the princess.
The world has moved on since Diana, Princess of Wales, died. Yet, on the 10th anniversary of her passing, there seems to be a collective need to recall her life, write yet another book on her and wonder, what if she had lived to see her 46th birthday today. "ON Aug 31, 1997, a princess died. Like many others, I remember where and how I received the news � in my friend's London apartment and being woken up by her cries of "She's dead! She's dead!" I wrote about it in the September 1997 issue of Clove (The Star's monthly women's magazine), of which I was the editor then. The years have dimmed some of the details but as I read what I wrote, the memories came flooding back; fortunately, not the tears. Yes, of course I cried with the rest of the world during those overwrought days after Diana Frances Spencer's untimely death with her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed. I must admit that what I wrote sounds rather overwrought too in today's light. I had picked up on what her brother said." JUNE H.L. WONG |
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Aug 31, 1997 News Flash -
THE body of Diana, Princess of Wales, was last night returned to a
nation united in sorrow and shock. Accompanied by the Prince of Wales
and the Princess's two sisters, her coffin arrived on British soil
draped in a royal standard to be greeted by mourners, including the
Prime Minister. |
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