In Memoriam of Princess Diana (1961-1997)

A tribute for The People's princess

Two... in one week.. It was indeed a sad.. sad.. week..



(Unfortunately) the only Elton John's song I can remember.. Candle in The Wind

Princess Diana should be remembered as a loving, down-to-earth mother,
Prince Harry said yesterday at a memorial service during which a bishop urged an
end to a decade of bitterness over her death and her broken marriage.

The service organized by Prince William and
Prince Harry capped a week of recalling Diana’s life and reigniting old battles,
albeit in a far lower key than the emotional tidal wave that swept over Britain
following her death 10 years ago.
In his eulogy,
Harry said it was important “that we remember our mother as she would wish to be
remembered, as she was: fun-loving, generous, down to earth and entirely
genuine.”

Richard Chartres, the bishop of London, called for
an end to the sniping.
“Still 10 years after her
tragic death there are regular reports of ‘fury’ at this or that incident and
the princess’s memory is used for scoring points. Let it end here,” Chartres
said.
“Let this service mark the point at which we
let her rest in peace and dwell on her memory with thanksgiving and compassion.”
That may be wishful thinking.

Diana’s face still sells magazines and
newspapers, and her story inspires an unending stream of books.
A formal inquest into her death opens later this
year. Mohamed al Fayed, whose son died with Diana in the car crash in Paris, has
deployed a high-paid legal team to argue his belief that the couple were the
victims of an Establishment conspiracy led by the queen’s husband, Prince
Philip.

Diana’s admirers, many of them suspicious of
the cause of her death and resentful of Charles, tied bouquets, poems and
portraits to the gates of Kensington Palace, her former home.

For Harry and his older brother, William, it
was a simple tribute to an adored mother.
“To us,
just two loving children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world,”
Harry said.

Looking back, 10 years ago, just a few hours after Princess Di's death, my Mom (who is a big fan of her), bought all the magazines and newspapers she could find just to read the articles about her.. One week after that, another world's princess died. Her name is Mother Theresa.. Unlike Diana, she doesn't have physical beauty, but her heart is made of the best material possible (I don't think platinum is good enough to represent it).

This world needs ten, twenty or even more of Princess Diana and Mother Theresa...