Word: princess
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crux of the matter is this: princess consorts, royal non-heirs such as Diana, are the weak archaic links in all royal families, which, except for Sweden, betray a marked preference for male succession. There is therefore a feminist dilemma regarding the behavior of modern princess consorts, not unlike the one that Hillary Clinton faced when her husband was running for president of this country. Essentially, the consort's role must be a supporting one, and always subordinate to both the monarch and the heir...
...princess consort merely marries the prince who will occupy the throne. As such, it is her duty, as the trade-off for great wealth and social prestige, to be discreet. She puts the interests of the royal family, and most certainly the prominence of her husband, before her own. Similarly, a princess is not to be praised for social work--it is to be expected of her. It is not for a princess to seek celebrity, but to lead a life of duty and sacrifice, which was not exactly what Diana...
...judges by the standards of duty and loyalty to country, there are more successful princesses than Diana in this world. If only the international media was not English-dominated, we in America would have had much better model female consorts to follow. Take, for instance, Princess Alexandra of Denmark. A Eurasian former economist, she works hard to improve Danish trade. Or Crown Princess Masako of Japan '85, who was able to adapt herself to a most private and ancient family without a murmur. Look at Queen Noor of Jordan. As an American woman, she had been one of the first...
Diana, by dying early, will eternally be thought of by many as young and beautiful. While she will never see her sons marry, she will also not have to see another Princess of Wales take her place. Nor will she face the outrage people felt when Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis. And she will never be judged for her social and character failings. In addition, if Diana had lived, she would have had to face an increasing barrage of criticism, evident from the growing acceptance by the British public that her ex-husband, Prince Charles, would marry his mistress...
...people's princess" had been finishing up her fourth luxury vacation in less than two months. This came after a year in which, among many other things, she also came under attack for meddling in politics, ordering an assault on a photographer and forcing the removal of her sons' beloved governess, who just happened to be her rival for their affection. And this "very British" princess was saying that she loved being abroad more than being in Britain. Diana has been called the lonely princess. But one must stop to wonder at the discrepancy between her popular image...