Theatrical farce, in which a female human being, not too different from any other normal hetrosexual (6 degrees of difference) female human being became the tragic heroine of legend!

She died because there was a drunk at the wheel and they didn't have seat belts! And because of a gutter trash paparazzi, who just couldn't get enough royal exposure pics and man made scandal, for the their scandal rags!

Thank heavens their advertising revenue is drying up along with the vituperative interest of folks, who don't have a life of their own?

And with that lack of interest, maybe we just might get to focus on real tragedies and by the millions; and issues that matter more to ordinary folk!

That said, she was a lovely lady and a fair dinkum caring empathetic human being, who made the world a better place with her advocacy! And that and that alone was why I loved her!

Would that we could say that of all the royals, acting out various parts in this theatrical absurdity, called of all things, royalty!
Alan B.

"royalty". royal, from Latin regalis from rex "king," from PIE root *reg- "move in a straight line," "to direct in a straight line," thus "to lead, rule."

Somebody has to -

"On Tuesday 8 August 2017, , the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove hosted a reception for Association of South East Asian Nation’s (ASEAN) 50th Anniversary.
Earlier, the Governor-General met with students from Taree Christian Community School, NSW, as they undertook a tour of Government House, .
On Wednesday 16 August 2017, at Macgregor Primary School, Canberra, the Governor-General, , met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Professor José Carlos Mahia,
In the afternoon, .. hosted an afternoon tea for the Northern Mallee and Loddon Murray Community Leadership Groups.
Earlier, the Governor-General met with students from Bolwarra Public School, NSW; Penshurst West Public School, NSW; Nichols Point Primary School, VIC; and Mungindi Central School, NSW, as they undertook a tour of Government House as part of their visit to Canberra.
Later, the Governor-General was represented at the departure from Canberra of the President of the Republic of Croatia, .. by the Acting Official Secretary to the Governor-General, ."

I still remember the young princes walking behind
the car that carried their mother's coffin.
It's something that has stayed with me all these
years.

Princess Diana made a huge impact on the people
she met, especially the most vulnerable. She did
not wear gloves when shaking the hands of people.
She sat on hospital beds, she talked to people
eye to eye and face to face, hugging and touching
them. She shook hands with aids victims, with lepers,
The elderly.
And the people reacted to her. She made sure that
her children knew that they were loved.

That is why even today, twenty years later - people
still remember her with love, and miss her greatly.

I served at the function in Sydney for Princess Di exactly a year before she died. Usually with celebrities you are surprised at how short/small they are in person. Princess Di wasn't. Her charisma flooded the room. Terribly sad how she died.

Alan,

"She died because there was a drunk at the wheel and they didn't have seat belts! And because of a gutter trash paparazzi, who just couldn't get enough royal exposure pics and man made scandal, for the their scandal rags!"

True enough, but they also died because there was no crash rail along the pillars in the tunnel, and so what would have been some lucrative work for a panel beater became, for many, a tragedy.

Foxy,

She was an ordinary woman well out of her depth and she is remembered and venerated by the media because there is money in it.

HRH did good work for sick people . For several hours. Nurses do that sort of stuff at a lesser income level.
"As part of the divorce in July 1996, Diana reportedly received a lump sum of £17.5 million and an allowance for her private office".

Dear Is Mise,

No. Princess Diana was not an ordinary woman by any
stretch of the imagination. She was the first wife
of the Prince of Wales and mother of royalty.
She came from the Spencer family, one of Britain's
pre-eminent aristocratic families whose family
members have been made knights, baronets, and peers.
Her father was Viscount Althorp.

As for being out of her depth? Hardly. A woman who
was "out of her depth" as you put it, would not
have achieved what Princess Diana did in both reaching
out to people and raising funds in the millions for
the charities and organisations that she supported.
She also raised awareness for so many causes - including
mental illness, aids, land-mines, the plight of lepers,
and so on. A woman out of her depth would not have
had the effect that she did on the people of England or
globally which was shown by the reaction of people to
her death. Everyone felt the loss worldwide. And today
20 years after her death - it still resonates with most
people.

As for the media? Yes they are making money out of it
all. They always have. However, if she was just an
"ordinary woman out of her depth," as you claim I doubt
if the media would give her the time of day.

Foxy,

"She did not shine academically, failing her O-levels twice. Her outstanding community spirit was recognised with an award from West Heath.[21] She left West Heath when she was sixteen.[22] Her brother Charles recalls her as being quite shy up until that time.[23] She showed a talent for music as an accomplished pianist.[21] Diana also excelled in swimming and diving, and studied ballet and tap dance.[24]
After attending Institut Alpin Videmanette (a finishing school in Rougemont, Switzerland) for one term in 1978, Diana returned to London, where she shared her mother's flat with two school friends.[25] In London, she took an advanced cooking course, but seldom cooked for her roommates. She took a series of low-paying jobs; she worked as a dance instructor for youth until a skiing accident caused her to miss three months of work.[26] She then found employment as a playgroup pre-school assistant, did some cleaning work for her sister Sarah and several of her friends, and acted as a hostess at parties. Diana spent time working as a nanny for the Robertsons, an American family living in London,[27] and worked as a nursery teacher's assistant at the Young England School in Pimlico.[28] "
From Wikipedia.

That is someone quite ordinary the later charity work was probably orchestrated although she had shewn an interest in such previously (see quote above).

As far as family goes I have some 50 Kings in the family tree, including 15 kings of England and 6 of Scotland, Brian Boru, High King of Ireland and Lords, Dukes, Earls and down the line.
I have a Scots title (that I don't use).
I am distantly related to the Queen (very, very distant!!) but I'm just an ordinary bloke, noble forebears mean nothing more than an interesting family history and a bit of privilege, if one plays on it, when in the UK.

Medieval Ireland had 150 kings at the same time , Tudor/Yorkists and Jacobites had 2 and George I had 50 further up the tree than himself. Queen Victoria had 1130 descendants . When Oz gets an Australian monarch then Is Mise could find 5.5 million royal contenders battling for the Crown.

Yes, Is Mise for President of the republic. And an acknowledgement, that my DNA apparently connects me to both Robert the Bruce and George 1.

I apparently share a rare genetically transferred skin disorder? I hope it doesn't also include a reported mental disorder?

That said, let's not stray too far off topic and what a tragedy, the untimely premature death of Princess Diana was! And as square peg thrust in a round hole, she stood out among the "royals" as a class act and a fair dinkum caring human being!
Alan B.

I blame his mother. When HM returned from her conquest of Australia without Charles she met him aged 5. She shook hands with the little man. He probably saluted .

If an aristocrat falls in a forest and there is nobody there to hear it, does anybody care?

Toni,

"If an aristocrat falls in a forest and there is nobody there to hear it, does anybody care?"

Kith and kin, insurance company for starters!

Medicare covers pathology tests for amount of blue blood to prove the right to rule:

Activated Partial
Thromboplastin time
(APTT)

Light Blue
Done Daily.
Of course , democracy may require 150 kings for Australia , with travel , palace and horse money.

Dear Is Mise,

Princess Diana was a unique Royal.
She had the capacity to reach people and touch
people's lives. She was the "People's Princess,"
and the entire world cried when she died. This does not
happen for ordinary people. You may consider her as
ordinary, however there are millions around the globe
who would disagree with you, myself included. The following
link explains her achievements and how effective she was:

http://www.biographyonline.net/people/diana/achievements_princess_diana.html

Foxy,

Millions around the world can be wrong, sheer numbers is no guide;
the fact that millions celebrated the New Millenium as commencing in 2000 instead of 2001 is proof positive of how easily public opinion can be swayed.

Diana was not the brightest candle in the room and had she not married into the limelight was destined to a career in odd jobs and remaining an unknown.

Dear Is Mise,

I'll take the reactions of millions to the Princess of
Wales instead of your singular one.

What either of us
think really does not matter in the great scheme of
things. The Princess will go down in the pages of
history and will forever be remembered for the compassion
she showed to the most vulnerable, for the hard work
that she did for all the charities and organisations that
she supported and the funds she raised for them, for her
work towards having land-mines banned and so much more.

It's been 20 years since her death - yet she is not
forgotten. Not a bad achievement in itself.
What other Royal is remembered so affectionately 20 years
after their death - by not only the UK but globally?

//What other Royal is remembered so affectionately 20 years
after their death//

Just limited to England?

Alfred the Great, Harold Godwinson, William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionheart, Richard III, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Charles II, Victoria, amongst others...

Proper royals, as opposed to rich tarts that married well.

As the Princess of Wales title has been done then Camilla won't score that one. Not Queen Consort but Princess Consort will be her role when Charles starts the job in his 70s. " In the year 1929, legislation was passed by the NSW Government of the day to prevent the consorting of criminals, known prostitutes, and persons of ill-repute. . To enforce the provisions of the new legislation, a Consorting Squad was formed within the Criminal Investigating Branch." However, Charles as king will have joint citizenship with Oz so getting her through Customs should be a rubber stamp .

and, from Foxy's part of the world, Vlad the Impaler, who will never be forgotten.

Gentlemen,

Methinks you protest too much.

And frankly I can't understand why?

Princess Diana's death was obviously felt
very deeply around
the world - not only in her own country.
However, that is not something that
I am making up. The evidence is there for all
to see on film. The news reels speak volumes.

This is not a competition of who shall be
remembered. The fact that 20 years after her death
people are still voicing the loss speaks for itself.
And all your denials can't change that fact.

BTW: All the people that you've listed as also
being remembered from Richard the Lionheart et
cetera. They are part of history - however, how
many of them so captured the hearts not only
of their own people
but of many others globally -
in the same way that Princess Diana did 20 years after
their deaths?

Have a nice day.

As her brother neatly put it , it's ironic she is named for the huntress who impaled impala. She was pilloried by the press , hounded by her husband and her charity chariot crashed. The nightingale in gilded cage.

Princess Diana basically was the first royal anyone
could remember who behaved like a person rather
than a distant blue-blood who met people out of
obligation rather than affection.

Hopefully that mentality did not die with her but will
live on in her sons.

Royals sit on horses for the Changing of the Guard. Probably when Charles would do it , the PoW would be round the back patting horses and checking their hooves and asking troopers how their Mum is getting along.

I wonder if 'nicknamenick' is a reincarnation of that great rambling poster of "...one...word..." posts, 'One under god'?

Long term OLOs will remember him with affection or its opposite!!

Dear Is Mise,

I loved "One Under God," it would be great if he
really was back and posting.

what?