[Salvanas]

Originally Posted by RobinMask

What happened to Diana was a true tragedy, and she was a wondeful woman. That said, I don't think what happened to her will happen to Kate . . . Diana didn't really act as a royal should and when she came out to the world about her eating disorders and things it - obviously - gave the press a lot to go on and use, because for a royal to speak so openly and personally is very inappropriate, the royals value their privacy and so to go onto national/worldwide TV and confess such private things . . . it was like she was asking for attention in a way. What she did was fantastic in allowing people with disorders like she had in finding confidence and seeking help, but at the same time - as a royal - she shouldn't have been coming out with such things.

It wasn't just that, either. I think the divorce was also a huge issue that caused her to be hounded, because - again - it just isn't "done", or at least it isn't expected, and then the accusations of affairs and her new "lover" and so forth . . . Yes, the paparazzi were a major cause of her death, but who fed them and constantly interacted with them and gave them reason to follow her?

Kate - so far - seems a very mature woman who is highly familiar with royal protocol, and the fact that she didn't go running to the press when she broke up with William speaks volumes about her character. I think, so long as she continues in this vein, she'll escape all that Diana went through, mainly because she'll make far better and more informed choices.

My my. Diana was far from a wonderful woman. She was a woman who slept around because her husband slept around. They were as bad as each other. She was lovely to the press, and got sympathy from the press. That was all. Harry isn't even Charles' son for god sake.

She tried to play the Royal family, and ending up at the bottom of a car wreck because of it.

I have doubts about Kate, mainly because I can't imagine her marrying William for love. She might have an inkling of love for him, but the prestige and the ability to become the next Queen is too much to push aside for anyone.

She's beautiful, I'll give her that. But of her thoughts and goals, I'm not sure.

I went into London on the day because I had heard there were going to be protests, and my curiosity piqued, I went to watch. There was real potential for chaos that day, and I wanted to watch to happen and unfold.

Unfortunately, people didn't show up, and my entertainment for the day was dashed to pieces. Luckily though, watching the throng of people follow each other like sheep took over as the next piece of entertainment. Extraordinary how the general public of the UK can be oblivious to most things. It's cute.