Reforming the Image of the Royal Monarchy

Reforming the Image of the Royal Monarchy

For the Britain’s at the end of the twentieth century, reforming the image of the royal monarchy became ever more important. Princess Diana brought popularity and awareness to the Royal Establishment. Princess Diana helped begin the reformation of the image that was needed in Britain by being a part of the people of Britain instead of being above them like most royalty has done before her reign as Princess of Wales. She knew there needed to be a change and began speaking of her beliefs, human troubles, and ideas, and began to act upon them. She took the first step to the reformation of the royal image that the public longed for. Throughout the nineteenth century the British monarchy has kept its traditional, old fashioned and consistent attitudes that had always been maintained as a duty of the Royal Family, however when Diana came unto family attitudes, she changed the old fashioned sensibilities one after another. Princess Diana began the image reformation of the traditional British monarchy by not conforming to the traditional values of the Royalties. She helped the people see what the Royal Establishment really was and she did that by being there for the people and caring for them and showing them that the establishment can help more people if they really wanted to. After Diana died the British monarchy was never quite the same again because the Royalty had to show the people the kind of care and respect that Diana showed them since that was what the people wanted. Diana broke through the barriers of the emotional fidgety. She believed in giving your children as much love as possible as did most modern women of many countries (Lennon, David, “Can the Next Generation Remake the Monarchy?” British Royal Family. December 1997, pg 16.) Another way she showed an emotion connection with people is keeping in touch with them by listening and helping. Princess Diana had once said, “Itis vital that the monarchy keep in touch with the people.” She helped keep in touch...

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