You might be surprised that it’s been 25 years to the tragic death of Princess Diana in a car accident. She was trying to flee from Paparazzi and met with an accident. The presence of the press and media in Diana’s life created a mess from the very beginning to the end of her life. This was the reason that Diana’s brother Charles, called out the press on her funeral.
It was obvious because the press and media were the reason for her sister’s death. And he wants to prevent any catastrophe to happen again by them. The fear of seeing the history repeating, the way media has treated Harry’s wife Megan.
Harry was protective of her, which becomes the major reason for their step-down as a senior member of the royal family.Princess Harry and Megan now want to live a life with as much as possible normalcy toprevent themselves from all ‘media’s mess’.
Childhood of Princess Diana
Princess Diana and Megan’schildhood has several similarities. But the one major similarity, which affected both them in childhood, was the divorce of their parents. Diana’s father was the Earl of Spencer while her mother was the countess of Spencer. They were divorced, when Diana was only seven years old.
On the other side, Megan’s father Thomas Markle Sr. and her mother Doria Ragland divorced, when Megan was six years old. Both the ladies face profound negativity by their parents after divorce.
The Career
The father of Diana was a British peer and nobleman. He was the Viscount Althorp and 8th Earl Spencer. She even grew up in the Park House, which is located on the Sandringham estate owned by Queen Elizabeth. Besides all the privileges, Diana didn’t attend the college and she used to be a nanny or a teacher’s assistant.
While Megan was no stranger to Hollywood and grew up in Los Angeles. Megan’s father was a director of photography and lighting on the TV shows. Megan graduated with a double degree in theatre and international studiesfrom Northwest University.
The Engagement
You might know that Prince Charles was in love with other women namely Camilla Shand. But his mother Queen Elizabeth II did approve her proposal. And apparently, Charles engaged with Diana. In a somewhat disastrous interview, when they were asked, if they were in love, Diana replied ‘Of course’. But Prince Charles replied ‘Whatever in love means’.
As far as the engagement of Prince Harry and Megan is concerned, it didn’t feel like a royal obligation to continue the line of succession. But there was just one major consideration in the press about Megan is to be biracial having a Caucasian father and an African-American mother. And how monarchy will be perceived, when she will join the royal family.
The Wedding
The wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana was extravagantly pomp and celebrated in 1981. While the wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Megan was not as much as extravagant as Charles and Diana. But it has all the essentials necessary for an extravagant wedding ceremony.
While Megan had to face the unusual family drama at her wedding ceremony. Her estranged father already sold the staged photos of himself preparing for the ceremony before the wedding and then he was back out of the wedding due to a heart attack.
Wrapping Up
Princess Diana has lived a life that maybe the dream of many young girls. But she experienced the worst scenarios in a more sophisticated manner being the spouse of the future king. Her tragic death was a shocker to many to us, which happened because of the paparazzi chasing her car. And her driver was trying to get rid off him. The event ultimately leads to a decision to stepdown by Prince Harry and Megan after seeing the unbearable treatment of the press with Megan similar to Princess Diana.