The Princess is dead...long live the princess.
I've never understood America's fascination with British royalty. Didn't we have a revolution precisely so we wouldn't have to deal with all that rigamarole? And yet, here on the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death, the airwaves are filled with the sights and sounds of a memorial service and all the gossip about who didn't show and why they didn't.
Diana's death was tragic, to be sure. No one with a heart didn't feel for her family and her sons when the car crashed a decade ago.
But it seems to me that the phrase "The People's Princess'' is an oxymoron.
I asked my wife if she planned to hold a memorial service for me a decade after I croak.
"No,'' she said. "One is all you're going to get.''
I told her that I could put a codicil in the will pretty much requiring it.
"Or what? I won't get your millions? That's funny.''
On the other hand, maybe a little Henry VIII wouldn't be all bad.
Diana's death was tragic, to be sure. No one with a heart didn't feel for her family and her sons when the car crashed a decade ago.
But it seems to me that the phrase "The People's Princess'' is an oxymoron.
I asked my wife if she planned to hold a memorial service for me a decade after I croak.
"No,'' she said. "One is all you're going to get.''
I told her that I could put a codicil in the will pretty much requiring it.
"Or what? I won't get your millions? That's funny.''
On the other hand, maybe a little Henry VIII wouldn't be all bad.
posted by Michael Riley at 11:24 AM
10 Comments:
You are the People's Princess too.
"Or what? I won't get your millions? That's funny." -- Reverend Riley quoting his wife, Susan
It's more sad than it is funny. It's a shame that you couldn't provide your wife and kids with, at the very least, a home that they could call their own.
But hey, you knew more Jeopardy answers than anyone they knew. I am sure that will be quite the consolation once you are gone and the bills keep coming in.
A home is more than a building with your name on the mortgage. There are plenty of wealthy homeowners with miserable family lives.
It's the height of hubris to presume to know and then judge anyone's background, lifestyle, financials, etc. with little or no knowledge of that person much less to do it from a comment in a blog.
What do you hope to achieve with this comment?
Princess Diana died soon after Mother Teresa. I remember being saddened by both deaths, but moreso by Mother Teresa's because she reflected that great love of neighbor, and love of God. Her humility was unparalleled. Princess Diana was very human. She did good things for the poor and defenseless. She was also very human. People loved her for and in spite of both qualities. I think that's why she is called the people's princess.
Right on backwards nebraska.Pat, don't be a hater,man.Thought you were a christian,dude.
Pat,
What a god-awful comment to say about someone. What was that I remember Jesus saying about the wealthy and the eye of a pin?
JDS
Princess Diana is dead???
[Joke mode off... just in case Margaret wasn't sure]
Way to go, Spooky!!!!
That's the way to make friends and influence people!
JDS, Jesus said it would be easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle (which is a narrow passageway) than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Margaret
Thank you, Margaret
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