IV - Princess Diana

• AO3 of Princess Diana

  • The press loathed her before her death, hounded her, but perceptions changed completely after her death, lucrative
• “Dead,” (Princess Diana)

  • Blunt, significant part of her legacy and a world event
• “she’s elegant bone” (Princess Diana)

  • Her bulimia caused by society
• “bone in mud,” (Princess Diana)

  • Crushing immortalisation
• “ankles crossed, knees clamped, hands clasped, empty head” (Princess Diana)

  • Anxiety and vulnerability
  • Performative demureness
  • Inert, passive body
• “where her shadow fell, under her spell, swore that what she wore they’d wear, coloured their hair.” (Princess Diana)

  • Image holds power and influence
• “to stare and stare and star.” (Princess Diana)

  Objectified
• AO3 : “her wooden prince” (Princess Diana)

  • Unromantic marriage, George’s preoccupation in with Camilla
• “the flashbulbs, the half-mast flags, the acres of flowers. History’s stinking breath in her face.” (Princess Diana)

  • Died to be adored