Princess Diana is the
subject of two new documentaries and still makes front-page
news regularly.
Despite it being 25 years
since her untimely death in a Paris car crash in 1997, Diana’s memory and
legacy still loom large over the British monarchy.
And it’s something Buckingham
Palace aides expect will continue until Prince George becomes King in two
generations’ time.
“I remember being told by
a very senior Palace courtier that probably the memory of Diana will really
only die out when George is on the throne,” royal commentator Katie
Nicholl tells 9Honey.
“As long as William is
there, even as an older man, as an older king, the fruits of his labour, such
as work that he will do, the king that he will be is going to be … the
influence of Diana, the influence that she had on him from such an early age
and throughout his adulthood, is there. You can’t deny it.”
“It’s impossible to look
at William, actually, aesthetically look at him and look at him in terms of his
work and what he does, and not be reminded of his mother,” the author
says.
“I think just the ethos
of her philanthropy, her ideology of how the world could be philanthropic in a
modern world, I think William will continue that throughout his tenure as
Prince of Wales and reign as King.
“I think it probably will
fade away when George is King, yeah, because it will be by that point a
generation removed, and I think that we’re looking at more than half a century’s
time.
“Her legacy is frozen in
time, she’s immortalized, forever in our hearts, in our memories and in our
lives,” she says.
