I worked with people who were in those circles in the Diana days. Stories get told. I do not think Diana wanted to take the BRF down. She wanted to take Charles down. And she essentially succeeded. Diana was a very politically astute woman. She “became” whatever the group she was with wanted her to be. If you were a republican crowd Diana would drop hints as to being republican and of course then that group adored her. Which is what she wanted. To be adored. More than Charles. So people projected their own desires on to her. Something she did deliberately. Hence you get these stories about her wanting revenge and taking the BRF down.
Peter Hitchens has a remarkable take on Diana. “ If what I saw on that cold morning had been what the public were used to, her reputation and effect on the world might have been completely different. She looked a good deal more like the formidable natural politician she was, and a good deal less like the breathtakingly pretty but rather lost and lonely young woman most people thought she was. But the camera loved her so much that the world saw the naïve and lovely victim, not the brilliant wielder of public relations skills and tactical genius.”
Harry is not his mother he is not tactical genius but like Diana we project on to him our motives and desires. Harry does not desire the abolition of the monarchy any more than his mother did. I suspect Harry just wants a good time and his father’s attention.
Thanks for sending this in. It’s very insightful and I’m going to have to re-read that Peter Hitchens piece.
http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2017/08/some-thoughts-about-the-princess-diana-affair.html
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