Princess Diana :: Informative

Princess. What does the term really repute? Most people associate it with a fairy-tale life. You have e realthing you want right at your finger-tips. You are perfectly bright and nothing can go wrong. In reality though, is this true? dame Diana Spencer was seen as a perfect, flawless 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 make the way the world thought of her. Throughout her life Diana displayed a genuinely insecure nature. Psychologists think this was rooted in her childhood (Smith). When she was six, her mom left-hand(a) her family (Smith). After her parents high-profile divorce was finalized, she remembered her fathers distant, lonesome silences, and her mothers constant crying (Morton 35). Diana described this as a wish-washy and painful experience (33). Due to these circumstances she felt detached and diametrical from others at a very young a ge (34). For Dianas date party to the Prince of Wales, she wore a black dress that she thought was pretty and invigorated (51-52). When Prince Charles saw her, he said with disgust, only people in bereavement 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 some(prenominal) suicide attempts (85-86). Once, when she was attempting to gain Prince Charles attention, she took a penknife and cut her chest and thighs (77). Seeing the blooming(a) sight he said, You are crying wolf. This comment added to her negative self-pride (188). The constant press coverage put her under lots of pressure. It falsify her sense of who she was through its unrealistic expectations, distortions, exaggerations and outright inventions (Smith). It made her believe she had to represent up to the impossible expectations that were being forced on her (Smith). Diana was easily influenced and very sensitive. She let other peoples views of her and lifes disobedient 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 crimp down to an empty corridor at night and practice for hours on end. level(p) though she grew too tall to accomplish her dreams of becoming a superior ballerina, she kept dancing throughout her adult years (Morton 125).