Princess Dianawas one of the most photographed, most recognizable, and most chronicled people of the 20th century.
When it came to the story of Charles and Diana, however, peoplereallytook notice.
Absolutely, although there is a certain royal logic behind it.
Marrying into royalty, despite what the title may imply, does not make one a princess.
This perception, said Dickie Arbiter (a.k.a.
the queen’s longtime press secretary), is utter nonsense.
“I first met her about three or four days before the wedding.
She just turned 20,” Arbiter toldVogue.
But there was nothing shy about her.
What she was conscious of was her height 5-foot-10.
Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, also dismissed the “Shy Di” label.
He added, “And she would take a judgment of somebody before reacting to them.
So, that’s not shy… that’s actually quite clever.”
She also came up with a clever way to foil the paparazzi.
Speaking withHello!magazine, her former chef, Darren McGrady, revealed that Diana’sactualnickname was “Duch.”
“She came into the kitchen with Sarah Ferguson and ‘Fergie’ called her ‘Duch.’
For proof,Hello!had obtained a Christmas card signed by “Duch” and Charles.
In an interview withPeople, Spencer insisted that “Di” was merely a media invention.
“First of all, none of us ever called her ‘Di’ at home,” he declared.
Diana may not have been born a royal, but she was certainly raised royalty-adjacent.
According to the author, Diana’s friends accepted her dishonesty as simply a part of her personality.
“At least once… she lied to me outright,” her friend Clive James oncewrote.
Another friend, Peter Palumbo, shared a similar experience.
“Diana was beautiful but she was emotionally very needy,” Herman toldBBC News.
That was the difference.”
On the flip side, it’s certainly not as if Diana wasn’t havingnumerous affairs of her own.
So how to explainall those photosin which Charles seems to be far taller than Diana?
Other tricks included Diana laying her head on Charles' shoulder, or Diana posed in a strategic slouch.
That word, reportedThe New York Times, was “obey.”
I think this is much more Christian.
The notion that Diana was suddenly thrust into the unfamiliar world of royalty is fiction.
In addition, Diana’s grandmother, Lady Fermoy, was lady in waiting to the Queen Mother.
Paul and Diana’s boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, also perished in the wreck.
“They murdered her!”
he told a 2008 inquest, reportedThe New York Times.
The investigation ultimately found there was “no conspiracy and there was no cover-up.”
Years later, Spencer poured cold water on reports that the boys followed the casket of their own volition.
But is it accurate?
As thePostnoted, when revelations of Diana’s infidelity finally did leak, her popularity was hardly dented.
When it came to public perception, reality proved to be no match for the myth she created.
