She finally died in a car accident, and paparazzi participated in the chase for some unknown reasons (or no reason at all). This makes me a potential journalist feel ashamed.
The Queen is a film that describes the influence of Diana's death on the British royal family and how the royal family got rid of the crisis of public trust.
In view of the beautiful image of the Princess of Wales in the eyes of the world-although to put it bluntly, her image was accurately shaped by the news media-I thought it would be another film that distorted Queen Elizabeth and the British royal family. At least in the first ten minutes of the movie, I still think so. However, the opposite is true. The British royal family may be the biggest victim of the whole incident.
In the film, the Queen and her family members may be unfriendly to Diana in personal likes and dislikes, but what can we say about it? Because she is the queen, do we have the right to ask who she likes? But the unpleasantness between them was exaggerated by us onlookers and the media, and even became a conspiracy and persecution. In an interview with Diana, she said that her existence was a threat to the royal family. It can be seen that even she herself is extremely dissatisfied with this unhappiness. However, such unhappiness does not only exist between the British royal family and Diana, it may exist among any of us. Moreover, it is difficult for us to define such unhappiness with rationality and irrationality. It's just a helpless existence.
However, how can such personal disharmony turn into a dramatic war in the eyes of the public? There is no doubt that the media (not just newspapers and periodicals) have played an extremely important role.
The British royal family with Queen Elizabeth as the core represents the most orthodox tradition in Britain: perseverance, decisiveness, conservatism and etiquette. Their position, image and attraction in the public are all gifted.
And how did Diana get an equal position with the royal family in the eyes of the public? Diana said she got nothing from her marriage. Obviously, she was wrong. If she doesn't have the status of Princess of Wales (or former Princess), it is obviously difficult to enter the public eye. Even after her divorce from Prince Charles, she is no longer a member of the British royal family. In people's minds, she is the mother of the future king of England and still the princess of England. Because of her position, she can get in touch with celebrities from all walks of life and have the opportunity to engage in various charity and fashion undertakings.
Of course, it is indeed a problem that her own behavior is incompatible with the traditional royal behavior, but this is her characteristic and also attracts media attention. After processing by the media, she became the image in the eyes of the public, the embodiment of beauty, fashion, kindness and modernity, and the real princess. And God knows, maybe Diana is just a girl who is unwilling to be lonely, just like all young people who are obsessed with pop culture.
But obviously we made a perfect mold for this girl. And gave her a mission that we want her to accomplish-shaping a perfect standard that belongs to this era.
However, she can neither abide by the rules of the royal family, nor obviously has any reason to obey the expectations of the public. We are dealing with a person who has his own needs and cannot meet all public requirements.
She wants to pursue her own life.
Such another rebellion against the expectations of the public probably makes her more newsworthy-she does not belong to the royal camp, and obviously can't obey the wishes of the public.
This also gives her a tragic color-she is lonely from beginning to end. I think even if she joins in charity and walks into the masses, it is difficult to get much sense of security from the spontaneous intimacy of the people.
Finally, she had a tragic ending. Her unhappiness with the media made her famous.
The royal silence is justified. She is not a popular person in the royal family. Of course, it is not inhuman indifference, but the queen is still shocked. She is no longer a princess in England, and has nothing to do with the royal family except the mother of two princes. So the queen thinks that she should be given a quiet arrangement, a low-key private funeral. In a calm day, this is of course understandable.
However, Queen Elizabeth obviously underestimated the personal unpleasant influence of herself and Diana in public. In fact, she was at a disadvantage in this contest-this is in line with her usual low-key and conservative style, which is definitely bad for her. In contrast, Diana always talks about family affairs in the spotlight, but she trusts her own judgment.
In the low-key of the royal family, the people became fanatical. It is really strange to calm down and think about such fanaticism. However, it did happen. First of all, the media expressed their dissatisfaction (in fact, people familiar with the operation of the media can probably see that this is both a political dissatisfaction and a deliberate provocation). The newly elected Blair government took advantage of this provocation and even added fuel to the fire to win the hearts and minds of the people. Then everyone thought Diana was treated unfairly, and the culprit was successfully passed on to the royal family. It is a bit wrong to apply this endless causality to such accountability.
Although Diana is already an ordinary British citizen in the eyes of the royal family. In the eyes of the people, she is still a member of the royal family, a perfect princess and an idol of the people. So she deserves the respect she deserves. Blair's evaluation of "the people's princess" successfully incited the people's sense of justice. Yes, she is the princess of the people, and we want to find her dignity for her. This is a wonderful metaphor, the opposition between the princess as the people and the queen as God.
Therefore, the large-scale spontaneous mourning activities of Huahai condemned the royal indifference. In such an atmosphere of national grief, there seems to be no doubt about the infighting of the royal family. There is no room for argument.
Queen Elizabeth endured another kind of loneliness. The greatest king under the British monarchy, a leader who dedicated his woman to this country and never went against the will of the people, had to face opposition from the people because he didn't like another woman. A quarter even asked for her abolition.
Apologize and praise publicly.
The flag is at half mast (Buckingham Palace has never had a flag, nor has it been in 400 years).
Royal standard funeral (the queen mother said it was originally for herself).
In order to regain the trust of the people, Elizabeth accepted all these demands (but in the eyes of the people, these demands are very worthwhile). And it's done quite well. Prime Minister Blair also had to admire her perseverance, and changed from an initial opponent to a loyal partner (in the movie, I don't know what the reality is). Yes, that's how she survived. After all, she is the queen of the people, and she needs to be responsible for the people and God. She remembered that she was sworn in to the throne.
Finally, the royal family survived the crisis. Diana probably wouldn't have thought in heaven what trouble her death brought to the British royal family she hated.
In this film, there is no deliberate imitation of the grand narrative of the documentary. Just tracking the details of a few people's personal lives.
Then we can see that when we look at the most important person from this incident, we think it is everyone, most of us are not calm and forced.
This film tells us how such personal disharmony has evolved into a worldwide quarrel. And this is just personal unhappiness. It is the queen and the royal family who are wronged.
We don't know the truth, at least that's what the movie says.
After all, maybe only God knows.