Last night and tonight, ABC is airing a two-part special on the life of “Princess Diana,” who died in a car crash almost twenty years ago. This is one of numerous media tributes in our country surrounding this almost anniversary, all of which commemorate the life of a woman who was neither American, nor ever held any position of actual official power in her country, from which we fought a war for independence.
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This is a fascinating phenomenon in need of explanation. I hope to provide some here.
It may surprise people to know that my connection to Diana’s story is rather deep. Especially for a fifty-year-old heterosexual American male who has disdain for both monarchies in general, and the “princess syndrome” in particular.
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