Last week marked 28 years since Princess Diana’s tragic death at age 36, and one can’t help but wonder what the People’s Princess would have made of her Dutchess of Netflix daughter-in-law.
While for some, Diana is cast as an eternal angel to Meghan Markle’s devil incarnate, there are some parallels between them.
In contrast to sensible, malleable Princess Kate, both Diana and Meghan were problematic for the royal courtiers — the hidden power behind the institution. 7
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As a strong-minded US divorcee and former actress, Meghan made them wary, as did Diana when she found her voice and better recognized her value.
Buoyed by global adoration, the late Princess was, of course, no stranger to shaking things up. She modernized the monarchy and stood up to it. She took her sons to McDo