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MASARYK UNIVERSITY the Diana Myth MASARYK UNIVERSITY FACULTYOFEDUCATION Department of English Language and Literature The Diana Myth Bachelor Thesis Brno 2008 Supervisor: Written by: Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. Dana Ebringerová BIBLIOGRAPHY EBRINGEROVÁ, Dana . The Diana Myth; bachelor thesis . Brno: Masaryk University, Facultyof education,Department of EnglishLanguage andLiterature,200861pages.The supervisorofBachelorthesisisMgr.LuciePodroužková,Ph.D. ANNOTATION Princess Diana,the BritishHeir tothe Throne Prince Charles’s former wife,was a mythi- cal beingandduringher life,especiallythenafter her death,there emergeda plethora of myths bothabout her personalityandher life.This thesis will explainsome of them or at least make anattempt todoit.First,Diana is brieflyintroducedfrom her birthtodeath while some of discrepancies that hadbeendiscussedinthe books about her life are already foreshadowed.Then,of course,plentyof speculations andconspiracytheories appearedin connectionwithher deathandthese ones are alsopresentedinthis thesis.Finally,the my ths connected with Diana’s character are pointed out. For better acquaintance with the events andfor gettingsome additional information,there is addedthe appendixat the end of this thesis.I have paidmyattentiontothe sources that shouldbe reliable andauthentic, comparedthemandtriedtobeimpartial. Keywords: Princess, Queen, King, Viscountess, Earl, Duchess, myth, discrepancy, bulimia, suicide, conspiracytheory BIBLIOGRAFICKÝ ZÁZNAM EBRINGEROVÁ,Dana. Mýtus Diana;bakalářskápráce. Brno:Masarykovauniverzita, Pedagogická fakulta,Katedra anglickéhojazyka a literatury,200861stran.Vedoucí baka- lářské práce jeMgr.LuciePodroužková,Ph.D. ANOTACE Princezna Diana,bývalá manželka britskéhonásledníka trůnuprince Charlese,byla mýtic- koubytostí a během jejíhoživota,obzvláště pakpojejí smrti,se objevila spousta mýtůjak ojejí osobnosti,takojejím životě.Tatopráce vysvětlí některé znich,nebose otopřinej- menším pokusí.Nejdříve je Diana stručně představena odjejíhonarození posmrt,zatímco jsoujiž nastíněny některé znesrovnalostí,které bylydiskutoványvdílechojejím životě. Vsouvislosti s její smrtí se pak samozřejmě vyrojila spousta spekulací a konspiračních teorií,a tytojsou vtétopráci prezentoványtaké.Nakonec je věnována pozornost mýtům týkajícíchse Dianinypovahy.Prolepší obeznámení se sudálostmi a získání dodatečných informací je na závěr přidándodatek.Svoji pozornost jsem věnovala pramenům,které by mělybýtspolehlivéaautentické,porovnávala jsem jea pokusilase býtnestranná. Klíčová slova: Princezna,královna,král,vikomtesa,hrabě,vévodkyně,mýtus,nesrovnalost,bulimie,se- bevražda,konspiračníteorie Declaration I declare that I wrote the bachelor thesis myself andusedonly the sources listedinthe enclosedbibliography. Brno,20April2008 ----------------------------------------- DanaEbringerová Acknowledgements I wouldlike tothankMgr.Lucie Podroužková,Ph.D.for her kindhelp andvaluable ad vice,whichshe providedmewithasasupervisorofthis bachelorthesis. Brno,20April2008DanaEbringerová CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................7 1 DIANA’SCHILDHOOD ...........................................................................................9 1.1 DIANA ’S BIRTH ......................................................................................................9 1.2 THE PARENT ’S DIVORCE ........................................................................................9 1.3 DIANA THE CHILD ................................................................................................10 1.4 DIANA THE PUPIL .................................................................................................11 2 DIANA’SADULTHOOD ........................................................................................12 2.1 “W HAT A SAD MAN “ ...........................................................................................12 2.2 ENGAGEMENT ......................................................................................................13 2.3 WEDDING .............................................................................................................15 2.4 MARRIAGE ...........................................................................................................16 2.5 MORTON ’S BOOK .................................................................................................18 2.6 THE DIVORCE .......................................................................................................18 3 DIANA’SADULTHOOD ........................................................................................22 3.1 DIANA ’S NEW START ...........................................................................................22 3.2 DODI (E MAD ) AL FAYED .....................................................................................23 3.3 DIANA ’S DEATH ...................................................................................................25 3.4 DIANA ’S FUNERAL ...............................................................................................27 4 MYTHORREALITY?...........................................................................................30 4.1 SEARCHING FOR THE CULPRIT ..............................................................................30 4.2 COSPIRACY THEORIES ..........................................................................................35 4.3 MYTH OR REALITY ? .............................................................................................37 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................42 BIBLIOGRAPHY ..............................................................................................................44 APPENDICES ....................................................................................................................47 INTRODUCTION Princess Diana has her iconic status all over the worldandmore or less her destinyhas touchedall of us.Maybe the reasonfor that is the fact that her problems were sosimilar to eachaverage person’s ones.Andmaybe it is just her abilityto present herself inmedia. She didnot have ambitions tobecome Queen.She claimedthat she wouldlike tobecome Queenof People’s Hearts andshe managed.There is oftendiscussedthe questionabout her influence onmonarchy.Accordingtothe surveyof public opinionwhichis remembe- red in Diana. A Princess andHer Troubled Marriage byNicholas Davies and that was conducted by Daily Express in January 1992, Diana’s popularity raised to 29per cent, while Charles’s decreasedtotenper cent.QueenandPrincess Annwere bothgiven15per cent.Diana was alsoelectedtobe the most entertainingmember of the royal familyby49 per cent,Charles got just sixper cent (Davies 14).Nicholas Davies alsopointedout that the royal familyhadnever beensocriticizedas it was at that time.About one fifthof citi- zens donot thinkthat theyneedthe monarchyandthe youthevenwishedtoendthe mo narchy. On the other hand, it was just Diana who helped to popularize the monarchy. Thanks toher indisputable empathyandsympathyfor sufferingpeople all over the world she was worshippedthe same as Mother Theresa,whom Diana visitedtooandwhodied five days after Diana’s death.She was a patronof plentyof foundations.The photographs of Diana meetingpeoplesufferingfromAIDS,shakinghandswiththemandhuggingsmall dyingchildren,changedpeople‘s attitude tothis illness.Diana encouragedpeople not tobe afraidof the contact withthese seriouslyill patients.Alsoher campaignagainst landmines was sosuccessful that after Diana’s death,inOttawa inDecember 1997,there was conclu dedanagreementaboutthe banonusingoflandminesthatwassignedbyfourtycountries. Mike Whitlam,the headof BritishRedCross,was evenpersuadedthat if Diana hadnot visited Angola, the negotiation in Canada, where the agreement was ratified, would not have takenplace at all.“Infact,it was the appreciationof her work“ 1 Whitlam is citedin the bookbyRosalindCoward, Diana:The Portrait (Bradford345). Unfortunately,duringher childhoodandher marriage as well,she went throughmanysad eventsthatinfluencedherlife.Oneofthe purposesofthisthesisistogetclosertoDiana’s 1„Ve skutečnosti šlo o uznání její práce.“(translated by the author) 7 personality.Accordingtogiveninformationthe reader possiblycanfindout if without bad treating,Diana’s worse character traits transpired,or if the treatingher was reallysobad. Andbecause,as the title hints,the mainaim of this thesis is toclarifysome myths Diana’s life is shroudedin,her life will be describedhere inchronological order from her birthto death. On the basis of comparing of available sources, this work will objectively assess Diana’s personandher surroundingandthenalsosome hazyevents connectedwithher deathas well as discrepancies that appearedduringthe investigationof the fatal car acci- dent and conspiracytheories that emergedafter includingthe questionwhether Diana was killedbeingpregnant.BesidesthehazycircumstancesitwasDiana’sintuitionandherabil- ity to forecast her death (and there are tangible proofs for it) that became the breeding groundfor conspiracytheories,but partlyalsothe fact that people were not or some still are not willingtocope withtheir model’s death.Theysimplyare not able toadmit that life of their iconcouldhave endedinsucha commonway.Finallythis thesis will brieflysum- marize her personalityand accordingtothe establishedfacts trytofindsome of reasons for Diana’s behaviour andher psychic
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