What+was+the+impact+of+Princess+Diana+upon+the+British+monarchy?

I will be studying how Diana Spencer affected the British Monarchy.

How the Marriage between Diana Spencer and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, affected the British Monarchy.

When Diana and Charles got married there were an estimated 600,000 people filled the Streets of London to try and see Diana and Charles on their wedding day, 3,500 people were invited into St Paul’s Cathedral to watch the ceremony and it was said that another 750 million people world wide watched the day on television. It is obvious from the number of onlookers and viewers that this was a massive event in history. The amount of press coverage that the newly-weds relieved was massive and Diana used it to the advantage of herself, the Monarchy and the Royal family. She did this by the amount of charity work that she did. She did a lot of work to highlight people living with HIV or AIDS and other disadvantaged people. She offered visible helping hands to those in need. Diana and Charles also had two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry (now aged 27 and 24, see picture A). Prince William is heir to the throne after his father. When these two were born it brought a lot of extra attention onto the Royal family, and excitement for what Prince William would be like as a king.

How the Divorce between Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, affected the British Monarchy.

After the divorce of Diana and Charles a lot of the press and public chose who’s side to be on. Although there were plenty of people who were on Charles’s side, the majority of them were ‘Team Diana’ and supported her, believing she could do nothing wrong and that she was the ‘Queen of Hearts’. Diana was in the spot light a lot more than Charles when they were married because of her charity work which meant that a lot of people felt a bond or connection with Diana because of how well she was with people. Diana was frequently snapped hugging people and carrying children and looking after them. A lot of people blamed Charles for the ruined marriage. Diana had the public and the press wrapped around her finger because of her work and her ‘innocent’ ways. She used this power with them to create a negative view on the Monarchy, dragging down it’s reputation, alone with the Royal family’s at the same time as improving her own. Diana continued to work with her charities to stay in the public eye.

How the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, affected the British Monarchy.

Diana’s death affected people world wide. Billions of people were devastated by the news of her death on the 31st August 1997(See picture B).

It’s estimated that a 2.5 billion people world wide tuned in to watch her funeral on the 6th of September 1997. These series of events were devastating days for many people all over the world as the French police tried to find out how Diana’s car had crashed. The press was buzzing with news about her and remembering all her good times. Diana was the talking point of more or less everyone for quite a long period of time. This would have improved the reputation of the Monarchy, if the Queen had responded how the public has expected her to. When the British public first found out about her death the Queen refused to fly the flags at half-mast because Diana was ‘no longer part of the royal family’ This caused a lot of upset throughout England and other countries, causing the reputation of the Monarchy, and the Royal family, to fall once again.



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I had a quick look at these two books and thought they were intereting. They are both biased toward the Royal Family, but they would still be a good read and answer a lot of questions about Diana and the Royal Family.