some women put up with a sham of a marriage. but not diana. she wanted to blow the lid off everything. isn t it normal to feel angry and want to change the situation that is hurting? this was her going totally rogue, she was risking it all, not knowing where it would lead. diana s taking on one of the oldest and most powerful institutions in the world. she wanted her truth to be told, and she was determined that she was going to control her narrative. it was the summer of 1990, and charles was playing polo, and he fell badly off his horse and broke his arm. and he was rushed to the local hospital. it was a major fall, a major break. and it takes time for the swelling to go down. diana was 100 miles away in london when she heard about the accident, and she jumped into the car with her bodyguard and drove to the hospital. it was a very big story. lots of reporters, photographers, film crews outside of the hospital he was being treated. inside royal palace
but whose norm is it? some women put up with a sham of a marriage. but not diana. she wanted to blow the lid off everything. isn t it normal to feel angry and want to change the situation that is hurting? this was her going totally rogue, she was risking it all, not knowing where it would lead. diana s taking on one of the oldest and most powerful institutions in the world. she wanted her truth to be told, and she was determined that she was going to control her narrative. it was the summer of 1990, and charles was playing polo, and he fell badly off his horse and broke his arm. and he was rushed to the local hospital. it was a major fall, a major break. and it takes time for the swelling to go down. diana was 100 miles away in london when she heard about the accident, and she jumped into the car with her bodyguard and drove to the hospital. it was a very big story. lots of reporters, photographers, film crews outside of the hospital he was being tre
the princess blushed. she couldn t speak. she was publicly humiliated. that was just a great example of how he tried to paint her as shallow, as frivolous. it opened my eyes to what diana was dealing with every day. charles tries to grapple with the attention that diana receives and that he resents it. and finally he tries to put her in her place, but that was simply not possible, she was a global superstar. the prince and princess were originally invited by the old communist government. but there s been a revolution since then, and the man who met them off the plane was the country s new president, arpad goncz, who spent six years in prison under the communist regime. i remember the first high-profile visit to a former communist country and the president s wife was moved to tears by the emotion of the moment. princess diana noticed and spontaneously, instinctively put
some women put up with a sham of a marriage. but not diana. she wanted to blow the lid off everything. isn t it normal to feel angry and want to change the situation that is hurting? this was her going totally rogue, she was risking it all, not knowing where it would lead. diana s taking on one of the oldest and most powerful institutions in the world. she wanted her truth to be told, and she was determined that she was going to control her narrative.
and that is why the book was so shocking to ordinary people. they really cared about her. and they were horrified that her life wasn t the wonderful thing they thought it was. diana s experience, despite all of her privilege, is strangely universal. how many women know what it s like to be in an unhappy relationship, to feel trapped like that. there s an emotional truth to what diana went through, which millions of people worldwide experience themselves. there was enormous sympathy. crowds of people turned out as if to say, we re with you. we understand. public support really polarized. you were either for this rather cold and remote royal family, or you were with diana. diana s actions also changed what was possible for women at the time. diana grew up in a scene where women had to shut up and have babies. not have opinions. diana did not shut up. she stood up with amazing