Dame Nauseated By Diana - Comments?
From “The Royalist” (thanks World of Royalty!)
Mirren Unmoved By The Death of Diana
Written by Joanne Leyland
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
While the death of Diana, Princess of Wales ultimately presented her with an Oscar-winning role as ‘The Queen’, Dame Helen Mirren has revealed that the tragedy itself essentially passed her by.
Quizzed about her reaction to the car crash which claimed the life of the 36-year-old princess, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul, the actress who in reality had little time for Diana in life has admitted: “I honestly can’t remember where I was when Princess Diana was killed. I was in America but don’t recall where.”
“Everyone I know says they remember that moment, but I do not.”
Dame Helen, who in 1996 referred to the princess as “really nauseating — and half crazy, poor thing”, was equally unmoved by the public outpouring of grief which was witnessed on the streets of London in particular in the week between Diana’s death and her funeral on September 6th 1997.
Says Dame Helen: “I did not see the public reaction as grief. I saw it as people, like addicts, having their drugs taken away from them.”
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Wow, Dame Helen does not mince words. It’s a nice change to see someone publicly speak their mind so clearly and astutely without worrying about being politically correct. This is one of the reasons I love Princess Anne, too.
