Peter,

I think you could stand to learn a little more about Princess Di's real life. I'm not going to call her a hero or anything, but I am going to say that having wealth and "glamour" and fame does NOT bring happiness.

Princess Di lived with an immense load of pain that she had to hold within herself. She lived as an "icon" to the world and felt the pressure to present a smiling face regardless of her own struggles. For instance, she found out ON HER WEDDING NIGHT that her husband was unfaithful to her. She had many self-esteem issues and a LOT of pain that she felt unable to share with anyone BECAUSE of the pedestal she was on. She did her public duty and presented the beautiful face of an ever-smiling Princess: with all the glamour that you have described. At home, she cut herself and even threw herself down a flight of stairs once as a way of coping with her pain. Her ever-so-wonderful husband, who provided her with all the "finer things" in life felt that her self-injury was nothing more than being melodramatic and he invalidated her feelings.

Princess Di paid a price for the "pedestal" she was on. Her "pedestal" was her prison.

Yes, she had money and fame and beauty. But sometimes things are not what they seem.

Angela