Had she lived

[Michael Rolls]

Princess Diana would have been 65 today.

[muddy]

As it is she is forever 35 .
A woman of a history.
A catalyst in many ways .
She shook the cold old Royal Family that is for sure .

[GrannyMac]

I wonder what she'd make of her sons now.

[klondike]

I imagine it was a life changing experience for both and they are now maybe different than they would have been.

[Alex]

One of those days where you remember where you were and what you were doing.  I imagine a 65 year old Diana would still have been beautiful.

[GrannyMac]

I imagine it was a life changing experience for both and they are now maybe different than they would have been.

I agree.  Even for ordinary people losing a parent before adulthood is tough, but the Royals have nowhere to hide! 

[muddy]

But they have had endless support that ordinary people don't have .
They don't have to cope with the day to day worries of living like an ordinary person has to as well as coping with grief .
Rhiannon Whyte Was only 27 when she was murdered by an illegal migrant
She was doing a low paid job in a hotel kitchen .
She leaves a 6 year old son .
He now lives with his grandmother .
He had but six years of a mother  his grandmother has to care for him as well as coping with her own sorrow the loss of her child .
And being ignored by the uncaring government of this country .
Her daughter was put into a dangerous situation .
Diana was killed tragically but preventably in an accident had she been wearing a seat belt she may have lived .
Both are tragedies but the difference in  aftermath  is rather different no less sad but different .
While Prince Harry rants about protection for his children Rhiannon Whytes  child faces a dangerous world with the same grief but in far more reduced circumstances .
His life will almost certainly be forever difficult .

[Scrumpy]

I agree.. Her boys had far more protection and care then any other child from any other background..
It is all very sad for any child to lose a loving parent..
But .. let it go.. It keeps being brought up again and again...