Princess Diana once said,“I would like to be a queen in the hearts of the people.”, and if there is anything she has done it has been to take over our hearts with her compassion and generosity. Princess Diana dedicated her life to helping others and using her fame to do it. She was humane and humble never seeing herself above others, even as royalty. This considerate woman would show up to hospitals just to talk and encourage people with her kind words. Princess Diana supported more than 100 charities in her lifetime, although she mostly impacted AIDS/HIV patients and landmine usage.
All the work done by Princess Diana was because of the abundance of compassion in her heart. She once said, “Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to
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Not only did she use her popularity to raise money for research, but she also donated financially on her own.(Charity Love to Know). Princess Diana was one of the first celebrities photographed physically touching a patient with AIDS/HIV. (Charity Love to Know) She was admired by many for her sympathy and love. In 2001, Bill Clinton said,“In 1987, when so many still believed that AIDS could be contracted through casual contact, Princess Diana sat on the sickbed of a man with AIDS and held his hand. She showed the world that people with AIDS deserve no isolation, but compassion and kindness. It helped change world opinion, and gave hope to people with AIDS with an outcome of saved lives of people at risk.“ Princess Diana really did change the world for AIDS patients, she brought a great deal of attention to the issue. She changed the world by informing people that you should give a hug to an AIDS/HIV patient because if anybody needed loved it was them. Princess Diana’s love for all certainly affected the AIDS/HIV community not to mention that her involvement in the National AIDS Trust changed everything. Her work inspired other celebrities and organizations to help the cause. Without Princess Diana, the AIDS/HIV community would not have the help and charities it has
Growing up in 1960s, Diana Spencer always knew royalty. This idea of power was a birth right through her father, but yet Diana did not know of the influence she was going to inflict one day. Princess Diana, through her marriage with Prince Charles, became an icon for the United Kingdom and impacted many in the world (Princess Diana Biography Princess). Along with her compassionate heart and humble soul, Diana ascended in the eyes of the public and became England’s sweetheart and beloved leader. Princess Diana soon inspired people all over the world by breaking the royal stereotypes, sponsoring many charities and providing a prime example of what it means to love one’s children and people.
Through out her life, Eleanor Roosevelt had served the world. She helped so many people by doing simple work with Human Rights. She put her heart and soul into her work and gave the world, especially the United States, a new respect for both women and African Americans. From her years as a United Nations delegate, she gave over one hundred lectures a year, wrote daily newspaper columns, contributed to magazines and wrote three autobiographies. She hosted a weekly television interview show and broadcast a daily radio commentary. She was the most influential First Ladies to date, and continued her well doing for years until her death.
[Even when her power was fading Elizabeth showed her love to her people. She gave one of her most famous speeches, Golden Speech]. In it, “Of myself I must say this, I was never greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait, fast holding prince, nor yet a waster. My heart was never set on worldly goods but for my subjects’ good” (History.com).
During the 1980’s and 1990’s, Princess Diana was loved among many. She is remembered as the "People's Princess" because of her widespread popularity and global humanitarian efforts. Diana was born July 1st, 1961 in Sandringham, England, where she was adored among the British elite. Princess Diana married Prince Charles on July 31st, 1991, and later gave birth to two boys--William and Harry. Diana served as a strong supporter of many charities. She worked to help the homeless, people living with HIV and children in need. As her popularity spread, the paparazzi's began documenting her every move. Diana steadily became the most photographed person in the world. Charles and Diana eventually became estranged and finally divorced in 1997. Even
Even twenty years after her death, the world continues to remember the princess who perpetually remembered them. Princess Diana lived as one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. She devoted her life in the spotlight to bring recognition to causes that she felt others should care about, such as AIDS, homelessness, leprosy, and landmine removal. Diana believed that love and kindness served as the remedy for any sort of suffering. She once stated in an interview with BBC journalist, Martin Bashir, “I think the biggest disease this world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month—I’m very happy to do that and I want to do that” (Roisin Kelly). While the matter remains certain that people were initially starstruck having a princess in their midst, it is undoubtedly Diana’s kindness that attracted and continued to attract beings to her presence. She held the hands of those deemed unsafe to touch and broke down stigmas in the process. Diana became a hero for those who had no one to speak up for them, or the trials they endured, through simple acts of kindness, such as a warm smile or a gentle handshake. While Diana aided those around her, she herself desperately craved love and kindness, as discussed in the following quote from the New York Times’ Article, “Diana in Search of Herself”. “Indeed, Diana's unstable temperament bore all the markings of one of the most elusive psychological disorders: the borderline personality. This condition is characterized by an unstable self-image; sharp mood swings; fear of rejection and abandonment; an inability to sustain relationships; persistent feelings of loneliness, boredom, and emptiness; depression; and impulsive behavior such as binge eating and
During her funeral they played the song Goodbye England’s Rose which said, “Goodbye England’s rose from the country lost without your soul, who’ll miss the wings of your compassion more than you’ll ever know.” The people of Wales and other places were devastated at the death of Princess Diana. She made a difference in the
Shaw, A. (2012, August 31). Six Things we miss about Princess Diana. In ABC News.
Many mothers passed AIDS to their children when giving birth or breastfeeding: like Mrs.Glaser when she contracted AIDS when giving birth to her daughter from a blood transfusion and spread it to her son through breastfeeding. When she lost her daughter she asked her friends to help her start the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics AIDS Foundation where they fundraise to help pay for research to try to save her son. They also worked to informed people of what AIDS actually is and how anyone could get it; because a lot of people misunderstanding AIDS and thought it was transmitted from the contact with gay men so they persecute the gay community because of the fear of getting infected by someone in the gay community. Once Mrs.Glaser started to advocate and inform people what AIDS truly was, the government started to invest more into the research and prevention of AIDS. Which started the national AIDS education campaign. Which helped people know what AIDS was and how it was transmitted because people feared that it was transmitted through casual contact. As time went by, the government started to impose test used to indicate if the blood donated was infected. They also started to approve a antiretroviral treatment. To this day, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics AIDS Foundation help women and children worldwide in preventing and treating AIDS. Mrs.Glaser made a huge impact on the research and prevention of AIDS because without her advocating for the research she wouldn't have been able to help all the women treat and prevent it and reduce the transmission of AIDS from mother to child, at the same time they wouldn't have been able to start the children on antiretroviral
Princess Diana was born in 1961, and soon after became Lady Diana after her father inherited the title of Earl in 1975. Her parents were divorced when she was very young, and she did not spend much of her life with her mother, as her father got custody of her. It is said that she was very interested in music and dance as a young girl, and was known to be very shy. Diana did not do well on her tests to consider finishing secondary school, and many believe that ‘failure’ contributed to her poor self-image (Packer-Fletcher). Similarly, after the loss of her mother and the emotional loss of her father contributed to the insecurities she faced, the anxiety she struggled with, and the abandonment issues she continued to deal with later in her life. Despite these problems that cropped up for Diana early on, the upper class British community was very against the use of psychiatry, and they were focused on the outward public appearances rather than the inner issues individuals face.
In Something Beautiful for God, Muggeridge explains, “Mother Teresa is fond of saying that welfare is for a purpose – an admirable and a necessary one – whereas Christian love is for a person.” Person by person, she has touch numberless people all over the world.
When they feel like it is the end of the world, many people have trouble keeping a smile on their face. Other people can continue to shine no matter how bad they feel. Those people can leave a long lasting impact on the world. Princess Diana influenced millions of people from all over the world, and her legacy will remain forever.
...encer, delivered an address that praised Diana and blamed the media for her death” (Lewis 1). She also covers a very ironic issue that Mother Teresa, an idol to Diana, died on September 6 but the news coverage on her was pushed out by the news coverage done on Diana (http://womenshistory.about.com/od/diana/a/diana_funeral.htm 3 November 2008).
CONCLUSION: It is believed that her coming forward as she did helped save many lives of those suffering from bulimia. She was a devoted mother and an outstanding humanitarian. She was full of grace and beauty and was loved by so many. Unfortunately Diana’s life was cut short when she died in a car accident in Paris in 1997. However, her efforts in bring awareness for eating disorders and the many other amazing things she did, will never be forgotten.
Diana Frances Spencer AKA Diana Princess of Wales - also known as Lady Di - was not only an iconic figure in the eyes of the world during the late twentieth century, but she was also a great leader and champion for the masses during a personally very difficult time. Diana grew up in Sandringham, Norfolk with her father and four other siblings, her mother wasn’t around for much of her life. Diana was a quiet and shy school teacher who married the Prince of England on July 29, 1981 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. She was able to overcome many of her personal difficulties. These included but were not limited to; her divorce from Prince Charles on August 28, 1996 which the Queen had to give permission for; her ongoing battle with depression; an eating disorder and dealing with the media invasion of every aspect of her life. She sought to help out others in their personal battles. These groups included but were not limited to people suffering with AIDS and people affected by land mines with special emphasis on children. Her kind heart towards others only added to her idolization as well as becoming known as the people’s princess. She was admired and beloved by all.
... had. Diana’s two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry continued their mother’s legacy with the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. In the first nine years, the Fund pledged more than $125 million to more than 350 charities around the world. Diana was a unique princess and her charities were handled on such a deeply personal level she became the real people’s princess. People could identify with her from around the world and they appreciated her approach to life. She was not just adored in her home country the United Kingdom, but around the world.