@DorkySupergirl Said
I think, looking back at everything, Diana had some untreated mental health issues like depression and maybe even Borderline Personality Disorder. I do think she loved Charles, but he never loved her, she realized it and it made her issues worse. He created and she only wanted to be loved, so she cheated. I think she realized it was a pretty much forced marriage for Charles. Her being mentally unwell, it cause things to get worse for her.
I think despite everything, she was kind and caring and loved those boys and raised them right. She taught them not to be snooty, how to relate to everyone and taught them empathy and compassion. There is so much of her in those boys, especially William.
Yes, we are a little obsessed here with the Royals. They often come here so when they do, we fly the Union flag higher and our anthem changes to God Save The Queen. I think a lot of people don't realize the relationship of Canada and the royals.
I am now reminded to a photo a saw online of the Queen photobombing a girls selfie and smiling as she did it.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Diana loved the boys. They must miss their mother terribly. She wasn't the airhead that some made her out to be either. She could be a bit of a radical when she wanted. She once rather coyly remarked that "Men cannot have babies, but if they did, they would each only have one." She did love Charles but his heart lay elsewhere, as we now all know.
I was actually in the US when the news of her death broke..!! (yes, I've been there). We had just finished a family cruise holiday in the Caribbean, disembarked in Fort Lauderdale and were off to Miami for a few days before flying home. We disembarked the ship on the very day the news of Diana's death broke. Everywhere we went, as soon as anybody realised we were British it was all they wanted to talk about.
I was unaware that in Canada the national anthem changes when the Queen is present. Wow, that's amazing. I think we sometimes underestimate, or even possibly take for granted, the loyalty of the Commonwealth countries to the Crown. It's quite humbling.
This'll make you smile though..... God Save the Queen is also the National Anthem of Northern Ireland, so when there is a football match between England and Northern Ireland, the band plays GSTQ twice, once for each team. It does come across as being a bit bizarre.