She was our princess, and we wanted her life to have a happy ending. Diana's death was more than a personal tragedy. It was a revelation. A startling confrontation that that the world is askew. In the core of our being is an original mind which longs for true love.
Every child responds to the fairy tale ending in which the chaste maiden meets prince charming.
They marry and live happily ever after. The gallant knight must undergo ordeals, slay dragons, pass tortuous tests, to prove his virtue and win the fair maiden. As children we all learned these stories, and, in the purity of our hearts, we embraced them. We were the princes and princesses, the knights and fair maidens. We believed that we would prevail.