Is it normal i think princess diana was overrated

It's normal. The whole royal family is overrated.

They are not extraordinary examples of human beings. They have not accomplished anything of great value. They were merely handed power and wealth by their ancestors, many of whom were brutal tyrants that treated human beings like vermin.

I'm sure they could be decent people, but they are just actors and puppets, playing their roles to keep the public content with their celebrity, and securing the steady flow of tax-dollars from the peasants pockets into their bank accounts.

At best they are overrated, at worst they are scam artists (whether they know it or not), selling their illusion of superiority.

The whole British royal family is overrated.

I think the royal baby is overrated.

I still have the newspaper from the day after she died, in 1997. I actually brought it out and opened it for the first time just the other week. So spun out reading a paper from the 90s! Sure makes you realize the inflation over the years more than anything

But yeah Diana. Great person, beautiful woman. Of course the tabloids are always going to be crazy over a royal icon. In fact I'd go so far as to say the papparazzi are directly responsible for her death. Ironic that the people who loved her killed her by their needs to follow her in the tabloids, fuelling the paparazzi obsession with her and ultimately her untimely death.

I think that she's a great person.

The only thing I know about Princes Diana is those hot photo's of her working out at the gym in the 80's...wonder what she's doin these days???

According to Jeanathan, she never went to the moon.

While it isn't something I'd ever think much about, maybe because I don't know many royalists, I agree with you on every single point. I'm sure she was a very good person, and she certainly sounds like the best royal we've had for a long time.

But the third greatest Briton ever? I didn't know that poll existed, but it makes interesting reading. I wonder if the results would be the same now, after a longer time had lapsed after Diana's death?
A lot of people might have done the same good Princess Diana did. I doubt that many would have done, but we'll never know since very few people had the same opportunities. Was the good she contributed really greater than that of someone like Charles Darwin or Isaac Newton? Or Alan Turing, who's story just as much if not more tragedy than Diana's?

I think Diana remains so well-loved by so many people because her life has a certain tragedy and Hollywood-ready feel about it. That and the fact it was so comparatively recent. The disrespectful way she was treated by the other royals justly exposes them in a personal way we don't usually get the chance to see, and there's no denying she was a good person who did a lot more good than most people.