Charles and Queen predicted to stay silent on 25th Diana anniversary

[antelopevalley]

I know Diana was Charles ex, but she was the mother of his two sons. Surely they could just issue a joint bland statement acknowledging her untimely death and the impact on William and Harry?
To pretend it is not even happening would be pretty crass.

"Incredibly, however, the royal family has no plans to formally commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana on Wednesday next week—illustrating, some would say, just how threatened they still are by her, even in death.
While her sons are widely expected to issue, at a minimum, online tributes, Prince Charles, who conducted an affair with his second wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, both before and throughout much of his marriage to Diana, which Diana publicly blamed for the collapse of their relationship, is likely to maintain radio silence."

www.thedailybeast.com/queen-elizabeth-and-prince-charles-have-no-plans-to-mark-25th-anniversary-of-princess-dianas-death

Yes. I remember the ones I've lost regularly, I don't wait for one day out of the year to do it.

I am finding it hard to believe that you all do not give a toss about the anniversary of a significant death to someone close to you.

But by the time she died, Diana WASN’T someone close to the Queen or Prince Charles. She was an ex-wife and ex-DIL. I’m sure they both care about how William and Harry are coping, but what does a public statement have to do with that? Why can’t the Queen and Prince Charles have private conversations with their own family members?

I still don’t get why the 25th anniversary is any more significant or difficult to handle than any of the 24 before it. Why are you frothing at a lack of public statement now? They’ve had 25 years and it hasn’t happened. I can’t understand why you’re horrified that it isn’t happening this year.

I am not prescribing, just surprised. The anniversary is important for friends and family I know well for at least the first few years after death. So I naturally assumed that was a normal reaction.

Exactly.

I actually watched a TikTok, old video of her where she's asked why she does all her charity work. She replied 'because I have nothing else to do' and laughed. And all the comments were 'poor her', 'sadness in her eyes', but 'how amazing she was'...

She simply sounded like a typical aristocrat to me.

I loved Diana. She was a remarkable woman.

I don’t think anyone would expect an ex-DH or an ex-MIL to make reference to the anniversary of the death of someone who was divorced from them/their son, long before their death.

It’s not any different because they are royals. I’m sure the sons will mark it privately.

I honestly don't think the family owes anyone anything

I don't mean to speak ill of the dead, I'm sure she's missed by her sons. But 'remarkable'? In what way?

Yes, me too.
I don't want to celebrate deaths, I remember the lovely things about people who have dies, as they pop into my head - usually associated with places we used to spend time together or particular events or activities or pieces of music etc.
I don't do anything on the anniversary of people dying.

Oh, and your desire for the Royal Family to issue some sort of statement is bizarre.

I am sure the close family will privately make sure that William and Harry are doing okay in whatever way their close family do that. It is nothing to do with "the public" and is only talked about in the press to try to sell stories or give TV companies a change to repeat their so called documentaries.

After all this time I am sure grieving privately is better for them. That may be together or separately however having to make a public statement year after year is a lot of pressure. I feel so down on my own mothers anniversary never mind having to release a statement and be the face of the royal family. They can and will remember Diana however they feel is best. You can remember her too if that's what you want.

My dad died 4 years ago.
His life was meaningful.

His death was just painful.

I want to remember the year it snowed like mad and he spent 2 days building is a massive igloo. I want to remember how he'd swing us round the garden like aeroplanes. I want to remember how he'd play the guitar and we'd sing. How he'd make up ridiculous games and make a tit of himself just to make us laugh.

I don't want to remember the night he lay unconscious on the floor in a pool of his own shit. Or that it took several days for him to die. Or that he was reduced to a big bag of ash that was thrown around his favourite place.

I don't want to make his awful death the time of year I focus on thinking about him.

I expect I am not alone in that.

I’ve never commemorated the death of someone. Maybe remember the first year anniversary, but not after that. To be honest, the only date I remember, is one grandparent, and that’s because she died on dc’s first birthday party date, and we had to tell relatives that she had died as they arrived.

No, I really don’t want to hear from either of them on this topic. Nor would I want one of my own divorced parents behaving as if the death of the other was about them.

PW and PH are adults and the torchbearers now for Diana. It’s is their place to memorialize her. And it would be particularly galling given that Harry and Charles are not speaking now (according to the latest interview with team Sussex.)

I’m sure we will have a new thread from the OP complaining, however they handle it.

tsk tsk said the antelope.

Maybe the Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William can speak together OP and Harry if he wants to.

There’s no need for a public statement.

Seriously though - are the constant threads on this board really what make you happy?

The anniversary is being somewhat overshadowed by the latest nonsense from Montecito

I read that PW and PH ageeed after the statue of Diana was unveiled they would no longer publicly mark the anniversary of their mother's death. We should respect that

All the family birth dates are firmly fixed in my mind and those are the days I remember, to myself, those who have gone

My mums a birthday is still very important to me (and my family) and whilst I can’t really remember the date she died (not long after Diana) I never forget her birthday and we always have a cup of tea and cake that day.

Still it will give a certain poster their next thread