Survey influence Diana on the British people
To gather information about the influence of Diana in Great Britain we asked different British people or people who used to live there to fill in our survey. We were able to reach many different age groups, which helped us get a clear picture of what the people thought of Princess Diana. We had 55 respondents. Below you can read the answers to our survey questions.
How old are you?
Were you living in the UK during Princess Diana’s lifetime (1961–1997)?
How would you describe your opinion about Princess Diana?
What words come to your mind if you think about Princess Diana?
Common answers are
- Kind
- People’s Princess
- Mother
- Car crash
- Fashionable
- Caring
- Naive
- Relatable
- Damaged
- Charity
- Humble
- Tragic
- Too young for royal marriage
- Popular
Do you think the British royal family has changed during the time Diana was princess?
In what way has the royal family changed?
(Only answer if you answered yes to the previous question?)
Common answers are
- I feel the royal family have made steps to be more relatable since the death of Diana.
- More open, modern and approachable
- It became less formal
- More conscious of needing to connect with the public, less extravagant, far more visible / in the public eye because of social media
- They have shown their human side more
- More understanding of public perception and willing to break with tradition
Why do you think she was nicknamed the people's princess?
Common answers are
- Because she was more relatable than the other royals at the time.
- She did a lot of charity work.
- She was very down the earth, almost as if she wasnt even royal
- Just propaganda
- Because of her passion to help people
- She crossed boundaries that no other royal had and made an effort to be more relatable
- She wasn’t from a closed circle of European royal families marrying each other
- It was because she connected easily with the public. She made a point of visiting AIDS patients, the elderly, the sick and vulnerable
Do you think that the British society has changed by Diana's influence?
In what ways has the society changed?
(Only answer if you answered yes to the previous question?)
Common answers are
- Less reserved, better at expressing feelings.
- In one way, she helped reduce the stigma of HIV and AIDS
- More welcoming of royals
- Attitudes to the press have changed
- Perhaps they are warmer and friendlier
- People felt that she genuinely made an impact. She helped destigmatize HIV by shaking a patient without gloves on so that helped the gay community heal and feel less prejudice.
- For many british people, Diana's very public split from Prince Charles and the revelation of his relationship with the now Queen Camilla together with the royal family's reaction to her death, led to a lessening respect for the monarchy.
Do you believe Princess Diana helped humanize the royal family in the eyes of the public?
Did the royal family’s handling of Diana’s death affect your opinion of them?
Do people still talk a lot about Diana?
What aspect of Diana's life is being talked about the most?
(Only answer if you answered yes to the previous question?)
Common answers are
- Her influence on her sons
- Mostly random conspiracy theorys about her death
- Her difficulties, eating dissorder, loneliness, harassment by the media
- The good things she done rarely do I hear anything negative said about her
- The cheating of her husband
- She is seen as characterising qualities of goodness, and also spoken about as a victim of the media.
Overall, do you think Princess Diana has had a long-lasting impact on how people see the Royal Family?
