Princess Diana: First Real-Life Fairytale Princess
The Secret Behind Fascination with Princess Diana
Princess Diana as Cinderella
Maybe she didn't have to clean up after wicked step-sisters or slip her feet into petite glass slippers, but Princess Diana and Cinderella had a lot in common. Like Cinderella, humble commoner Diana Spencer came out of nowhere to marry the Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne, beating out such formidable competition as Camilla Parker-Bowles, who, although not technically a step-sister to Diana, looked and acted the part. After their wedding ceremony, Prince Charles and Princess Diana's carriage ride evoked the image of Cinderella riding to the ball in her magical pumpkin-turned-coach, further reinforcing the image of Diana as Cinderella. Even the press noticed; many newspapers ran stories about the new Cinderella princess.
Princess Diana as Snow White
Who better than a modern day mother-in-law to remind one of the wicked step-mother in Snow White? In the movie, The Queen, Queen Elizabeth is depicted as being very jealous of her more charming and beloved new daughter-in-law, a porcelain skinned beauty who could draw crowds and paparazzi just by wearing a new dress. Just as in Snow White, Queen Elizabeth banished Diana by condoning, if not advocating, Charles' affair with and subsequent marriage to the plainer, less threatening Camilla Parker-Bowles, but in true Snow White fashion, the charismatic Diana could not be hidden away and forgotten. She had her own version of the seven dwarves, attracting an entourage of luminaries to her side, including musical pop star Elton John. Just as the wicked queen discovered in Snow White, Queen Elizabeth learned it was not that easy to rid herself of "a problem like Diana."
Where's the Happily Ever After
Although Diana did not live out the perfect fairy tale of marrying her prince and living happily ever after with him, it's possible that her story had a different, albeit equally satisfying, fairy tale ending. Peter Schaufuss, the creator of the 2005 ballet, Princess Diana, said in The Sunday Times of London, "In my world, we have a lot of fairy-tale ballets, like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. That is how Diana and Charles were documented at first: a beautiful young girl got her prince. But it was a fairy tale that went wrong."
Schaufuss noted, however, that in ballets like Swan Lake "the lovers can only be united in death." Many believe that after years of heartbreak, Diana found her true love and died with him in the backseat of the speeding car in that Paris tunnel, suggesting the real-life fairy tale of Princess Diana could have had a happy ending after all.
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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article506655.ece
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Post a CommentToo bad the press, when talking about the future Mrs.-Prince-Charles, lied to all of us and portrayed her as a 'simple school teacher,' not the fact that her family was VERY WEALTHY and she lived a life even celebrities could only dream about. How many people have a public zoo bring animals to your birthday party? ONLY the very rich.
Nancy Tracy - What a gushing love letter to an undeserving subject.
"Lady" Diana Spencer did not receive that "courtesy" title until she was fourteen years old when her father moved up one rung on the nobility ladder from Viscount to Earl. upon his father's death. There are hundreds of Lords and Ladies throughout Great Britain and Ireland and you can buy the title for as little as $2000.00.
The Spencers are longtime courtiers of which there are many. Diana Spencer's lineage was NOT "more royal" than the Windsors. In fact, she and the Duchess of Cornwall were related through the same two mistresses of King Charles II ( he had twelve ) and their illegitimate children who were not in line to the throne (even though he had no legitimate heirs with his Queen who was barren) but many were given "courtesy" titles, land,etc. So Diana Spencer's "blue blood" was no bluer than the much maligned former Mrs.Parker-Bowles.
Furthermore. Diana Spencer was NOT "conned" into anything. She knew about Prince Charles' longtime mistress and she still chose to walk down the aisle. If she had been smart like Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, etc. she would have understood that the aristocracy have always had mistresses and she could have kept her titles, her jewels, beautiful homes,money, and her dignity if she had been discreet and said nothing instead of running to the press. for sympathy. She had everything, and if she had followed the rules she might even have won her husband's respect and affection, if not his love. She could even have had a lover of her own if she had been more discerning in her selection. It is just not done to dally with the servants as she did.
Her end was unfortunate but not that surprising given the company she was keeping and using one man to make another, (who had broken with her and did not wish to resume,)" jealous". It was the immature and foolish act of a schoolgirl and she died for it. She chose that ,over seeing her sons grow up and marry and becoming a grandmother and still being a princess a and perhaps Queen consort nd having the love of the country and the protection of the House of Windsor.
She was a fool.
I think if you were to go through Diana's linage, she would have more royal blood in her than Charles and her family.
Loved this
Thinking about her makes me so sad. From the very beginning, she was conned into that marriage, Charles had no love for her, he just needed heirs.
I checked several sources and Diana Spencer was considered a commoner. It could be like vice presidents at banks; it seems half the employees have that title.
What an interesting concept: comparing Diana with Fairy Tale characters. She had something very special and hers was like a real life fairy tale.
This was so amazingingly told Nancy. I don't understand why she felt she needed to run, unless she felt guilty and was trying to hide.
Brilliant analysis! But is Diana a commoner? I thought her brother was an Earl and she was referred to as Lady Diana before the wedding, wasn't she? It was so long ago I don't remember that well. Maybe lords and ladies ARE pretty common in England :)
Terrific write up!