More than twenty years have passed since Princess Diana died unexpectedly, but the story about her has never stopped circulating.
This lifelong legendary British rose has left an indelible mark on the fashion industry, the philanthropic world, and the public heart.
She was unparalleled in style, and every piece she wore was popular and still outdated today; she was generous, sincere and kind, and with a brave handshake, she shattered all the fears of the AIDS community.
Barbara Bush, the wife of the former President of the United States, commented on her: Compared with the noble and self-sustaining attitude of the royal family, her heartfelt concern for the weak is touching.
And her old friend Michael Jackson, who said that Diana was one of the most gracious people he knew, that she was real, warm-hearted, unpretentious, and wouldn't cheat for public relations propaganda...
Britain's Financial Times reported that she said:
"In Diana's time, the royal family still aimed to make aristocratic girls know how to wear white gloves and hold village parties, but many of Diana's actions broke with tradition and gave girls more rights."
However, in all of Princess Dai's identities, among all the impressions she has left on the world, the most impressive and moving is actually the part of being a mother.
Royal experts have also said that more than ten years with the two children is the most enjoyable time in Diana's life!
Some people say that Diana lacked love in her life, but she also grew strong and gave her two sons the most precious companionship and education, which is indeed the case!
60 years ago, as the youngest daughter of the eighth Generation Ofsa, Diana was born in Norfolk, England, although she was born noble, but her parents divorced from childhood and did not live happily.
About her parents, she once said in a documentary:
"They wished I was a boy, never said they loved me, never hugged me, not once!"
Later married to the British royal family, originally as a princess, she still had a little illusion of marriage and love, but she was seriously injured by her husband's infidelity and the indifference of the royal family again and again.
But none of this stopped Diana from becoming a great mother.
At that time, according to tradition, the royal children should have stayed in the palace to study, but rather than the atmosphere of arbitrariness and arbitrariness, lack of warmth and humanity, she wanted the children to have a real life outside the palace walls.
Diana was determined to make sure that, no matter how difficult it was to grow up in the public eye, to ensure that William and Harry lived as ordinary life as possible.
So she broke the palace rules, sent the children to montessori kindergarten, let them go to the group, get along with the children outside, and personally pick them up!
When William first entered the school, he was very stubborn, threatening to wait for him to become king and let the guards kill his teacher. Diana taught him harshly after she found out, making him apologize to the teacher and personally supervising his lessons.
After some time, William understood a lot and was polite to everyone.
Years later, speaking of his mother, William said: "She carefully let us have a life outside the palace walls from an early age, so that we can understand from a very young age that there are some real problems in life." ”
Not only that, in order to give the two children a normal childhood and warm affection, Diana jumped out of the royal rules and regulations and withstood the pressure of the media to follow the shooting.
From time to time, she would take them out for a hamburger, sneak to the cinema, teach them to appreciate paintings, listen to music and opera together, or take them on a country road in her old BMW.
Let them feel the fireworks and fun of ordinary life, and enjoy the warm time of ordinary mother and child. In the documentary Diana Our Mother, William recalls:
She was the kind of naughty parent who would often come to see us play football, sneak candy into our socks, and enjoy wearing strange suits for us. She loves to write cards, and every time she finds some embarrassing, funny cards, she will write some warm words on them and send them to our school. I always have to open it carefully, for fear of being seen by my teacher or classmates.
Diana's frankness, playfulness and humor deeply infected those around her and her children, and the two princes said: "Marrying into this huge family, everything she does brings fresh air to the royal family." ”
"You can be naughty as much as you want, but don't get caught," he often told his children.
In Harry's mind, Diana never hesitated to express her love, and was best at hugging and speaking with her eyes. And her laughter was infectious, changing the usual stiff face of the royal family.
Once William and Harry complained that it was too boring to go on vacation with their father, and without saying a word, she flew them to the other side of the Atlantic, and the mother and son three played crazy at Disneyland for 3 days, laughing non-stop.
This pleasant vacation has always been deeply imprinted in Harry's memory. Then his mother was gone, and Harry, who had grown up, returned there alone many times, sitting alone in the flying car over and over again.
They missed her so much that William said: "Harry and I are so beloved by our mother that I feel like that love is still around me!" ”
Although the time spent with the children was not long, in that short period of more than ten years, she gave them the best love. At the same time that they were taught how to live, it also taught them what responsibility is.
Despite wishing William and Harry the joy of ordinary life, Diana, as a princess, has not forgotten the responsibilities she and her sons have shouldered.
From an early age, she taught the two princes a truth: to enjoy the privileges of being a child of the royal family, but also to know how to bear more.
She personally took them to various official services, to the children's hospital to comfort them, to participate in the work of charitable organizations, or to visit the homeless elderly in the shelter.
Whenever William was as annoyed as all the children in the world, she would teach him: "You always have to smile, it's your job." ”
She did all this not to go through the motions and put on a show, but to really let the children understand the real social reality outside the royal family.
At the same time, Diana herself has been doing her best to care for and help the vulnerable in society.
To see what real life looks like on the streets, she ventures into London's worst neighborhoods to care for the homeless crowd.
In the 1980s, when AIDS was raging and the world was in a state of panic, the media ignored the suffering of those infected and accused them of spreading the disease, and even doctors were horrified by the threat of contagion.
Diana visited a hospital and bravely shook the hand of an infected person. That physical contact shattered all the fears of this group.
It was under the influence of his mother's acts of kindness and great love that William began to visit the "Road Home", a gathering place for the homeless crowd, at the age of 12, and has been insisting on doing charity to this day.
When Harry was a soldier, he did not hesitate to go to the most dangerous places to carry out missions, and after retiring from the army, he followed his mother's example in going to the mine-infested areas to comfort the survivors.
They continue their mother's great love, but they always say that their charity is far less than that of their mother.
Although Diana's death has always hit the two princes hard, after the grief, they also know that "my mother will not want me to be devastated." ”
Therefore, they insist on continuing their mother's great love and living actively with everything she has taught themselves.
Later, Prince Harry, 32, said in an interview: "My mother has a deep influence on me, she took me to see the lives of ordinary people, and if I have children in the future, I will also educate my children like her..."
Princess Diana's life, to be honest, is not lucky, and can even be described as tragic. But instead of being depressed, she did her best to release love and kindness.
As a princess, she cares about the weak and strives to help those who have difficulties in life.
As a public figure, she dares to be the first in the world and single-handedly break all kinds of unreasonable rules and regulations.
As a mother, we are committed to creating a loving and inclusive environment for our children.
The more I know Diana, the more I feel that she deserves all the honor and love, and the people call her "the eternal princess of the people"!