It's always a slight shock to find that the very rich, however cocooned they are in the middle of all their money, are still vulnerable to the same things as the rest of us.
I think this is a big part of it. People had built Diana into a fairy-tale fantasy figure that bore little resemblance to any real person. Fantasy figures don't die. They're not really real, after all. They're always there, on their pedestal, enduring. So it was an awful shock to find that she suddenly wasn't there any more. It's a strange thing, celebrity. Even as the tabloids and magazines delve into every aspect of a celebrity's life, there's always seems to be an element of them being a fantasy wish-fulfilment figure.
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Date: 2007-06-27 10:00 pm (UTC)I think this is a big part of it. People had built Diana into a fairy-tale fantasy figure that bore little resemblance to any real person. Fantasy figures don't die. They're not really real, after all. They're always there, on their pedestal, enduring. So it was an awful shock to find that she suddenly wasn't there any more. It's a strange thing, celebrity. Even as the tabloids and magazines delve into every aspect of a celebrity's life, there's always seems to be an element of them being a fantasy wish-fulfilment figure.