Once highly regarded by her people, the death of Lady Diana was a real shock for the British. However, after the death of her ex-daughter-in-law, Elizabeth II hid herself in silence. A surprising reaction which has seriously undermined the popularity of the Queen of England.
There are birthdays that we would rather not celebrate. On August 31, 2022, it will be already twenty-five years that Princess Lady Diana lost her life in a tragic road accident in Paris. Divorced for less than a year after living “a marriage of three” as she often said, William and Harry’s mother bowed out forever on August 31, 1997. For the British, her death was a real shock. Lose Princess Lady Di, only 36 years old, after all she had been through… It was an inconsolable tragedy. A few days after his death, the English were waiting a speech by the royal family, in vain. Against all odds, Elizabeth II, who stayed in her vacation home in Balmoral, Scotland, was hiding in silence. If this confirmed the stormy relations between the two women, the people experienced this silence as a lack of respector even worse, as a betrayal.
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The various reasons behind the absence of Elizabeth II
“Why doesn’t she speak up?”, “Why does she care what the public feels?”, “How can the Royal Family be so callous after all they did to Lady Diana?”, wondered the British. It took wait eighteen years for the answerwhen royal family biographer Ingrid Steward released her book The Queen’s Speech: An Intimate Portrait of the Queen in her Own Words. The author revealed in particular the first reaction of Elizabeth II to the announcement of her death. “Someone must have greased their brakes”, she would have reacted spontaneously, convinced that the death of Diana Spencer was not an accident. Ingrid Steward also explains why the Queen of England did not want to comment on this tragic event, in front of cameras around the world. She says that Elizabeth II wanted to protect her grandchildren William and Harry from the turmoil that reigned in the streets of London. Eventually, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair managed to convince her to do a television address. The day before the funeral of Lady Di, she said, therefore, to pay tribute to the mother of princes William and Harry. Applauded by the crowd, some British did never forgave his lack of consideration to the late princess.
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