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bevisp1 Sun 07-Jul-24 13:21:39

Apparently Prince Harry compares his wife Meghan the same as princess diana.
Don’t think she is anything like her, no I don’t know her personally. My own opinion if anyone is compared to princess diana is Catherine/kate.
And anything that Harry and Meghan try to do then Prince William & Catherine can do better.

Calendargirl Sun 07-Jul-24 13:41:29

She was never ‘Princess Diana’.

She was Diana, Princess Of Wales after her divorce, and simply ‘HRH The Princess Of Wales’ when she was married.

JaneJudge Sun 07-Jul-24 13:45:16

yeah but she was the people's princess innit though

crazyH Sun 07-Jul-24 13:47:12

No one can be compared with Diana - not even Princess Catharine - she was one of a kind . Sadly, sometimes the good die young🥲

Bumface Sun 07-Jul-24 13:49:24

I don't think you can begin to compare Princess Diana with the current Princess of Wales. For a start they come completely different backgrounds. Diana was Lady Diana Spencer before she married the then Prince Charles. Catherine was a commoner although her family were very well off. All that is before we onto the fact that William and Catherine were a love match and still seem to have a very strong and loving relationship.

Diana described her marriage as involving three of them as Charles never ended his affair with Camilla before during or after his marriage to Diana. How Catherine would have behaved in similar circumstances is anybody's guess.

Whatever you may think about them, Meghan and Harry also seem happy with each other and I think Harry compares Meghan with Diana partly because they are the two women in his life he really loves. He also seems to find echoes in the way the royal family and the press treated Meghan in the way his mother was treated.

Freya5 Sun 07-Jul-24 13:58:58

crazyH

No one can be compared with Diana - not even Princess Catharine - she was one of a kind . Sadly, sometimes the good die young🥲

Every one is one of a kind. Cannot understand why everyone seems to have elevated her to sainthood. Very sad she died so young, but unfortunately many do.

HousePlantQueen Sun 07-Jul-24 14:00:46

Freya5

crazyH

No one can be compared with Diana - not even Princess Catharine - she was one of a kind . Sadly, sometimes the good die young🥲

Every one is one of a kind. Cannot understand why everyone seems to have elevated her to sainthood. Very sad she died so young, but unfortunately many do.

I agree, the mawkish adoration is startling.

MissAdventure Sun 07-Jul-24 14:02:41

Looks like the "trouser suit debate" has run out of steam...

Wyllow3 Sun 07-Jul-24 14:02:42

"He also seems to find echoes in the way the royal family and the press treated Meghan in the way his mother was treated."

Thats the emotional drive in Harry behind the comparison I think, but they aren't comparable.

There was I, a rather lefty not particularly royalist crying the day Diana died!

Wyllow3 Sun 07-Jul-24 14:05:06

"I agree, the mawkish adoration is startling" indeed HPQ I cant explain it either in me!

Rekarie Sun 07-Jul-24 14:06:20

We are all unique

Jaxjacky Sun 07-Jul-24 14:09:14

‘Apparently Prince Harry compares his wife Meghan the same as princess Diana’
Where does this come from bevisp1?

NotSpaghetti Sun 07-Jul-24 14:11:47

I never understood the hysteria around Diana.

I do sympathise with anyone whose family dies though.
My husband's father died in a car crash when he was 7. It does leave an impact.

Anniebach Sun 07-Jul-24 14:13:09

Catherine Princess of Wales is not like her husbands late mother, Catherine doesn’t hunt the cameras, parade her children for the press photographers, give interviews unless speaking of charities.

There were at least 7 in the marriage of Diana and Charles

MissAdventure Sun 07-Jul-24 14:15:26

I've never understood the whole royal obsession. I kind of took to Diana because we were the same age, and had babies at the same time.

I wasn't hysterical about her, though. smile

Wyllow3 Sun 07-Jul-24 14:17:49

Jaxjacky

‘Apparently Prince Harry compares his wife Meghan the same as princess Diana’
Where does this come from bevisp1?

A quick google shows this quote comes from the Daily Express.

JaneJudge Sun 07-Jul-24 14:18:37

My gran used to give me the newspapers to cut out pictures of the royals and i used to glue them into a scrapbook using flour and water

MissAdventure Sun 07-Jul-24 14:19:24

He's free to draw whatever comparisons he chooses.

petra Sun 07-Jul-24 14:21:46

MissAdventure

Looks like the "trouser suit debate" has run out of steam...

PMSL 😂

blue14 Sun 07-Jul-24 14:22:44

MissAdventure

Looks like the "trouser suit debate" has run out of steam...

Love it!! grin grin grin

JaneJudge Sun 07-Jul-24 14:24:44

did she look like a tart in a trouser suit?

Bumface Sun 07-Jul-24 14:26:13

Wyllow3 I used the words 'seems to find' advisedly as I was not wishing to express an opinion as to the value or otherwise of his comparison.
I was not a fan of Diana but, of course, it is always sad when, particularly young, people die so tragically.

I don't like any of them and I think far too much respect, wealth and privilege is accorded to them for simply being born into the firm. However, I think we need them as a barrier against a dictatorship.

If Trump is re-elected, I have very grave fears for the democratic future of the USA. Imagine if Boris Johnson had been president rather than prime minister.confused

NotSpaghetti Sun 07-Jul-24 14:26:33

Well, Jane, she was a bit crumpled!
grin

MissAdventure Sun 07-Jul-24 14:26:54

She looked fabulous.

JaneJudge Sun 07-Jul-24 14:29:29

she also wears trouser suits though