Massive events that are seen from a totally different point of view nowadays

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Was just thinking of Diana’s death with all that is going on with the royal family at then moment
I am not a royalist or anti so to speak totally on the fence And Diana’s death was and still is a tragedy
However the public reaction and the papers reactions towards the royal family.
Calling out for those boys who had just lost their mother the be seen in public. People at the palace gates in their thousands lots put flowers down saying “they have blood on their hands” and those poor boys had to get out of the car with their father, grandmother and grandfather and read these messages not of love but of hate.
It makes me shudder to think of it. Not one of the people calling for these boys to be seen in public at the time had those boys best interests at heart. The papers were awful. Yes the queen could have handled it better such as the flag at half mast straight away and a public statement a lot quicker but how those boys were treated
To think of it happened now we would react a lot differently or I hope so anyway

Really, I think it would be worse nowadays.

It would be much worse now with social media.

I agree that it would be worse now

Mass hysteria that was, disgusting behaviour by the media and the people at the palace demanding appearances. I wonder if any of those people have reflected on their behaviour since and realise they were part of of the problem?

I was early 20s at the time and realised then that it was a private matter that should have dealt with behind closed doors. A few years later my own dad died and at the graveside I turned around and was faced with this sea of people (obviously nothing compared to crowds royals see) but having to shake all those people's hand and thank them for coming and listening to their condolences was exhausting and daunting, but it was just o e day. They were just children on public view for years

But the people, fuelled by the media were the ones at fault not the royal family. And even now it's the media fuelling the gossip about the young royals, it's no wonder they all support mental health issues and want their children kept out of the public eye.

I disagree. I think it was totally the fault of the Royal family. They basically sacrificed those boys in an effort to placate the public who were not happy that the Royal family were minimising Diana’s death.

But they totally misjudged it. Pretty much everyone, even then, was appalled that they walked behind the coffin like that.

Well whoever's fault it was it was a totally blind-siding incident (as is any unexpected death of a young person) so I wouldn't condemn anyone.
As far as I was aware the flowers were in deepest sympathy not chastising the RF.

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