No, it’s very nearly the 20th anniversary of her death, and I’m already fucking overwhelmed and infuriated by the level of universal coverage the occasion in getting. Fuck off already.
Where were you when you heard the news? It was the day my family moved to Wales (and she was the Princess of Wales! Spooky!) and my dad who was meant to help us move in had to go to the office all day. All the normal programmes were messed up with coverage. One of the shittest days I’d ever experienced.
I remember listening to the radio in the early hours on Sunday morning that there was a serious car accident and how she was was unknown. Like most , I woke up to the news on TV that she died.
Two young boys losing their mum is a horrific thing. I can’t imagine anything worse. Endless speculation on how they might be feeling, how they should react in accordance with protocol etc. Horrible.
Nonetheless, Britain went into some weird collective hysteria for two weeks after her death. I got the impression people were comparing how sad they were at her death to make them seem a nicer compassionate person that the next.
Blair’s response to her death after his landslide win cemented him also as a “people’s person”.
shit moody music on the radio all day
overwhelming repetitive mush on the telly
was a Sunday as well wasn’t it? So the worst day of the week anyway…
still find the love and mad coverage for her a bit well, odd.
Obviously terrible for the kids to lose their mum, and in a way they have such a privileged existence that the issues they faced as a one parent type family are very different to your usual family whilst still experiencing the same emotions. Must have been such an odd time for all of them…seem to have turned out well enough though hey?