Princess Diana :: Informative

Princess. What does the term really mean? Most people associate it with a fairy-tale life. You have everything you wish right at your finger-tips. You are perfectly happy and nothing can go wrong. In reality though, is this true? Lady Diana Spencer was seen as a perfect, unflawed princess. But who really was she? What did the title Princess mean to her? Diana secretly struggled with insecurity her entire life, but her determination and compassion shaped the way the world thought of her. end-to-end her life Diana displayed a very insecure nature. Psychologists think this was rooted in her childhood (Smith). When she was six, her mom left her family (Smith). After her parents high-profile divorce was finalized, she remembered her founders distant, lonely silences, and her mothers immutable crying (Morton 35). Diana described this as a wish-washy and painful experience (33). Due to these circumstances she felt quarantined and different from others at a very young age (34). For Dia nas engagement party to the Prince of Wales, she wore a black dress that she thought was pretty and apt (51-52). When Prince Charles saw her, he said with disgust, only people in mourning wear black (170-171). She was destroyed by this comment. She needed peoples constant support and compliments (170). Later in her marriage, her husbands lack of attention led her to suffer from bulimia and to make several suicide attempts (85-86). Once, when she was attempting to wee-wee Prince Charles attention, she took a penknife and cut her chest and thighs (77). Seeing the bloody sight he said, You are crying wolf. This comment added to her negative self-esteem (188). The constant press coverage put her under lots of pressure. It warped her sense of who she was through its unrealistic expectations, distortions, exaggerations and outright inventions (Smith). It made her believe she had to live up to the impossible expectations that were being compel on her (Smith). Diana was easily influence d and very sensitive. She let other peoples views of her and lifes uncontrollable circumstances affect her self-image.Diana showed great determination by following what she believed in. She had a passion for ballet throughout her entire life. When she was at boarding school, she would sneak down to an empty corridor at night and practice for hours on end. Even though she grew too tall to accomplish her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, she kept dancing throughout her adult years (Morton 125).