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Drowning Lifeguard Princess Diana

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Jerrica Perriguey Miss Thompson English 101 1 October 2016 Princess Diana: A Drowning Lifeguard “She was that desperate to be happy. Happy people laugh a lot, so she would laugh whenever she could-and often when she should not.” A quote from P.D. Jephson, Princess Diana’s one and only private secretary, speaks of the desperation of the seemingly happy princess to find joy in her life, in his book Shadows of a Princess (13). Jephson also mentions his fear of Princess Diana’s “fragile mental stability” becoming more known to the public (5). Although many know Princess Diana as the “People’s Princess”, rightly so due to her charitable acts and approachable personality, many would be surprised to learn of her failing marriage and mental illnesses, …show more content…

As a child going through upheavals at home, Diana was very perceptive and wanted to prevent others from feeling the way she had (para 46-47 Andersen). This continued on into her teenage years. In The Day Diana Died by Christopher Andersen, it is recounted of Diana asking Prince Charles about his emotional well-being after a funeral and Prince Charles having been impressed by Diana’s perception of his emotions (para. 37 Andersen). Even still, after her estrangement from her husband began, Princess Diana immersed herself into helping any person she could. Diana would spend hours in hospitals visiting with terminal patients, as well as their families, and treating them with unreserved kindness. Diana would listen to battered women for hours as they poured out their troubles, which one could imagine she would relate to after having a very distant and dysfunctional marriage of her own (48 Andersen). As Diana worked to mend others’ lives, hers was coming …show more content…

Diana had fought so valiantly to live her life and be happy only to die in a crash attempting to flee from the people who profited on her sadness for many years. The world mourned a tragic loss of their princess and demanded a proper funeral for her regardless of her royal status being revoked. The Queen attempted to fly her flags at full mast but the people pressured Her Royal Majesty into flying the Union Jack at its proper half-mast for such an influential member of their country (Biography.com). After her death, many people would come forward and speak of all the wonderful and kind things she had done yet some would attempt to tarnish Diana’s

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