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...course, Britain's First Family has many significant problems that have nothing to do with Diana, and it is hardly her sole responsibility to solve them. Moreover, her hopes to modernize the image of the royal family are both admirable and almost inevitable. Clearly there are old traditions that have contributed to the dysfunctions evident in the system today...
Even more of a turn-off than this utter irony in her method of dealing with the situation between herself and the royal family were her motives and the calculation behind them. Referring to friends of Prince Charles as "the enemy," Diana appeared to be in the midst of some sort of military campaign in which the key was, in her own words, to "always confuse the enemy." For someone trying to start a war within her family and already spouting her attack strategy, she hardly seems the victim that 72 percent of the British in a recent MORI poll...
Perhaps it seems like she is always the victim because she so often refuses to take action. According to this week's Newsweek, Diana was careful in 1992 to make sure that it was the Prince and not herself to move for a separation. She does the same again in her interview, refusing, despite all that she reveals, to ask for a divorce and strategically placing the burden of action in Charles' hands. Whatever he does, she can again appear acted upon, and again play the victim...
...Still, Diana should be more careful as to what type of modernization she is striving for. A monarchy that airs its dirty laundry in front of the media, taking sides and constantly battling for the approval of the public, is not quite progress in the right direction, nor is it one of the aspects of our modern culture that is most enviable. Blind rebellion to values such as discretion, while certainly something new, does not automatically become something good...
Beyond the interview itself, there is the whole question of the public's over-whelming sympathy towards her. Seventy-two percent of the population makes for a powerful support group, and one wonders at the advantages of "telling all" in this day and age. What ever Diana had to say, the public would have been drawn to her the way the FBI takes to informants. Regardless of the part she played, at least she was telling them what they wanted to know when no one else would. Before opening her mouth, the Princess had this advantage over anyone else...