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...Diana was done with discretion, both politically and emotionally. She said at one point, "I mean, once or twice I've had people say to me that, you know, that Diana's out to destroy the monarchy, which bewilders me, because why would I want to destroy something that is my children's future? I will fight for my children on any level in order for them to be happy and have peace of mind and carry out their duties...
...even as she saw herself as an angel of mercy, Diana was also the world's most famous divorce. Everyone wanted to know, what she would do next. She recruited freelance photographer JAYNE FINCHER to advise her on how to handle photos and to deter intrusion by the photographers who stalked her. Says Fincher: "Several other photographers were in fact also helping Diana with this problem. It was getting out of control. The paparazzi would abuse Diana, physically and verbally. With no policeman on hand, they would push the lenses right up to her face and obstruct...
...Diana had married for love, for the sake of a monarch, for country. But she found love false, her prince unfeeling, herself confused and alone. The future would not be long in coming. "I could see an accident coming, but not one like that," says Fincher, her photographic consultant. "I heard it on the local news," says Kresic. "My daughters cried. It's terrible that she wasn't allowed to have some private life." "I can't believe that she was here, sitting next to me," says his daughter DIJANA, 13. "She always smiled at me. Conqueror of hearts...
...interview just before her wedding to Charles, Lady Diana Spencer, then 20, said she had one musical request for the ceremony. "[I've asked for] one hymn, 'I vow to thee, my country,' which has always been my favorite since schooldays." Today, through the prism of her whole life, the words of its two stanzas are possessed of the awful poignancy of half-fulfilled prophecy...
...mention the scenery. The Vice President announced more than $1 billion in welfare-to-work grants to states, stuffed four appearances into a day's swing through New Hampshire, and paid a call on his next-door neighbor, the British embassy, to sign its condolence book for Princess Diana. He also managed a hike in Montana's Glacier National Park to highlight a talk about global warming--or was that just the heat he was feeling as the yearlong Democratic campaign-finance scandal moved squarely...