Monday, December 11, 2017

The Death of Princes Diana by: Seth Porter


         Princes Diana died August 31, 1997, in a car accident (Bishop 1). It shocked the world to hear about the tragic accident to a young princess. The acclaimed cause of the accident was the driver of the car was very intoxicated and trying to escape the crowd of paparazzi (1). There are multiple clues that just don't line up, which has created many theories’ on how her death may not have been an accident:

1. Princes Diana was pregnant and the Royal Family did not want the baby.
2. The driver of the car crashed the car on purpose
3. Diana believed that she was going to be killed.
Let’s explore the different conspiracies about Princess Diana, and which one best solves the case.
Character Analysis
         Princes Diana, the beautiful face and character that everyone seemed to know and love, whose life was taken away too early due to a tragic accident, was famous for many reasons but her story started long before her death. Her parents Patiently waited alongside her two older sisters, waiting for their baby brother to be born and go home to wear the perfect baby blue layer out for him (“Princess-Dianna” 1).
But on July 1st, 1961, a baby girl was born, baby Dianna. Although her parents were hoping for a baby boy they still loved and treated princess Dianna no different than her sisters, for they got their baby boy three years later.
         Princes Dianna had Avery unique personality and character which is due her upbringing and experiences. While growing up her parents had troubles in their marriage and at just three years old Dianna felt as if it was her own fault (2). Although her parents tried everything they could to save their marriage, when Dianna was seven they got a divorce (3). With her father having the royal name and blood of Spencer, custody of Diana was given to him. Being raised in a royal family has its perks but it also means not seeing your true family all of the time. Dianna, her brother Charles, and two older sisters were raised by nannies and servants who definitely cared for them but nothing could compare to their mother. All of the children missed their mother but none as much as Charles who could not bear not having his mother. This is where her story starts to come together and her personality comes out. Dianna Sort of became a mother for her brother comforting him in times of need, and always protecting him (4).

         Two years later at the age of nine, her father sent off to Riddlesworth Hall in Nofolk, a high end boarding school for girls. Dianna was not excited learning math, science, and other subjects for academics were not her string suit (5). But this did not stop young Dianna, she still succeeded at what she could, she loved sports and was very good at swimming (Pettinger 1). Also at her boarding school her caring personality did not disappear. Dianna would often comfort girls that were having troubles, help solve arguments between girls, and even arguments between girls and a teacher (“Princess-Dianna” 1). Dianna continued to succeed in sports and went on to West Heath Boarding School in Kent. BY the time she was 16 she was done with school and focused on more important things such as getting married (2).

         After She was done with School she was a nanny and a cook for a little while, but then eventually got a job working as a kindergarten school teacher in London. This is where she met her the love of her life Charles. Fast forward to 1981 the two were getting married and it was being watched all over the world. Although Dianna never had a doubts about Charles and her marriage with him, things were not always smooth between the two. Charles was very much for the royal life style, but after how Dianna had grown up she was very much not for it. Dianna and Charles had two boys William and Harry, and she was going to raise them in the most normal way possible without the fame and away from the public (“Yourdictionary” 1). Even though this seemed to go away from the “Royal way” of raising children, Dianna did not care. The differences in the two’s opinions is a very big reason for Dianna’s and Charles’s divorce. There is even a story of young William who fractured his skull after being hit with a golf club. Dianna stayed at the hospital for two nights to comfort her injured son, but Charles only made time to stop by once to see him (2).
        
         It was told from people and even seen by the public how the relationship between Dianna and Charles was not the same as it was when they were first married. Their relationship only seemed to fade as it went on, where at the beginning Dianna showed a lot more affection for Charles than she did by the end of their marriage (3).  But even through all of her troubles Dianna did not stop, she joined multiple charities. She was heavily involved in many social issues such as homelessness and drug abuse. She also went to foreign countries to help with diseases such as AIDS. At one point Dianna was a part of forty-four charities, and making up to 180 visits for them (4). Later she even joined Relate, the leading marriage counsel agency in Britain (5).
         Although Princes Dianna took on a lot of trials and tribulations in her life, she never let it stop her from doing what she loved, and that was helping other people. Now it may sound odd that someone who only wanted good for other people could have bad coming their way, but people think that the conflicts of her life could have been reasons why she died at such a young age in the tragic “accident”.
Conspiracy Descriptions (Main Ideas and Details with Survey Results)
                With being one of the most talked about and unexpected deaths of all time, many theories have risen on not how, Princess Diana died, but why. There are many conspiracy theories that lead people to believe that her death in the car crash was not really an accident. These theories include: Princes Diana was pregnant and the royal family did not want the baby, the driver of the car crashed the car on purpose, and that Princes Diana already believed that she was going to be killed. Along with any other death, questions cannot be answered by the victim, so all we can rely on is evidence, and there is convincing evidence to one of the theories.

            The first and most plausible theory is that Princes Diana was pregnant with a baby that the royal family did not want. This theory makes sense in a lot of ways and does the most important job of proving her death was not an accident, it is the why. No matter the theory of how her death wasn't an accident this gives the reason why it could have happened. Princess Diana was not the only death in the car crash, three out of the four people in the car died (“Princess Diana Remembered: Conspiracy Theories Surrounding her Death” 1). One being her boyfriend at the time Dodi Fayed (1).  Why this would matter may seem odd, but according to Dodi’s father this is the reason for Diana’s and his son’s death (1). Mohamed Al-Fayed, (Dodi’s father) claimed that their death was all a plot from the husband of Queen Elizabeth II at the time, Prince Phillip (1). If any one were to plot the death the beloved princess surely it wouldn't be her own family. But, Dodi’s father claims just that. Mohamed says that Diana was pregnant with Dodi’s baby, and that they were to announce that they were getting married soon (1). This is a very understandable motive for the royal family to be upset, they may have already been tired of Diana different life style and were certainly not going to have a man of another culture be married into the family. Although there was never any proof of an engagement going to be announced or that princess Diana was even pregnant (1) this still remains a top conspiracy to her death. Because if the royal family could plot an “accidental” murder, surely they could have covered up a pregnancy.
            The next conspiracy theory can be taken as one of its own or it can help out the first theory and explain how the royal family carried out their plan to kill Diana. The second theory to her death is that the driver of the car, crashed on purpose. Henri Paul was the driver of the car on the night of the accident (Griffin 1). It was spread to the media that the reason for the crash was that Henri Paul was drunk while he was driving (1).  This would make sense as to how the crash happened because a fatal crash at high speeds due to a drunk driver was not all that un common. But some people believe that Paul’s body was later replaced with someone else’s so that the results of him being drunk would come back positive (1).  Also people claim to have seen Henri Paul earlier that night and said he did not appear to be drunk at all (1). One last suspicion about Paul is that he was head of security at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, which could have led to him being a part of the security secret service of France, or the UK.
            Lastly and the saddest theory of all is that Princess Diana knew she was going to be killed. Just as the second theory, this may not point fingers at someone new, but maybe just point more fingers in a certain direction. A young and loved princess’s death is already tragic enough, but to find out that she might have known it was going to happen shows just how twisted this “accident” truly is. Diana had given a note to her one-time butler and told him to keep it safe (1). The note read: “I am sitting here at my desk today in October, longing for someone to hug me and encourage me to keep strong and hold my head high. This particular phase in my life is the most dangerous. [...] is planning ‘an accident’ in my car, brake failure and serious head injury in order to make the path clear for Charles to marry,” (1). The note is scary close to how Diana died, and she made it clear that she feared for her safety before she died. There are many clues that lead people to believe that her death was not an accident, and on a twitter poll of random followers, only 36% of people believe it was an accident. The rest of the 64% majority believe that her death was not an accident.
            The death of Princess Diana is tragic none the less, but there are just too many things that don't line up for it to be an accident. With the evidence collected the most likely Conspiracy theory is that the royal family had something to do with her death, that it was not truly an accident, and that Princess Diana knew something about her own death. But, without the hard proof evidence, the Death of Princess Diana still remains an accident.
Conclusion
Twenty years ago the world lost the beloved Princess Diana, in a tragic car accident. Since her
death many conspiracy theories have come about:
1. Princess Diana was pregnant and the royal family did not want the baby.
2. The driver of the car crashed the car on purpose.
3. Diana believed that she was going to be killed.
Although many of the theories have convinced people that it was not an accident, it is believed that the family did not want the baby she was supposedly pregnant with. However, the case still is listed as an accidental car crash















Works Cited
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S "Diana, Princess of Wales." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 29 October 2017. <http://biography.yourdictionary.com/diana-princess-of-wales>.
S Griffin, Andrew. “Princess Diana Conspiracy Theories: Eight Reasons People Believe the Crash in Paris Wasn't All It Seems.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 31 Aug. 2017, www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/princess-diana-death-conspiracy-theories-paris-tunnel-car-crash-reasons-why-not-clear-planned-murder-a7918766.html.
S Pettinger, Tejvan. “Princess Diana Childhood Years |.” Biography Online, www.biographyonline.net/people/diana/childhood.html.
S Princess-Diana.com. “Princess Diana - Princess of Wales > Childhood.” Princess Diana, Princess of Wales: Diana`s Childhood, www.princess-diana.com/diana/childhood.htm.

S “Princess Diana Remembered: Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Her Death.” Fox News, FOX News Network, 25 Aug. 2017, www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/08/25/princess-diana-remembered-conspiracy-theories-surrounding-her-death.html.


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