I never understood the hysteria when Princess Diana was killed in that accident.
It was a sad thing, but there was something creepy about that over-outpouring of emotion.
In most of our history, we had kings and queens. In a sense, many of us are programmed to genuflect to royal personages. Diana unlocked that primitive reflex in a way that her mother-in-law never did.
Lady Di was apparently being chased by the paparazzi, as if she were playing some cat and mouse game with them. But the fun and games went too far resulting in the crash. I remember how George Clooney went apoplectic over the lack of respect for the Royal’s privacy, even though they crave the publicity