Joan Ganz Cooney | 08/27/2008 12:00 am

Joan Ganz Cooney Reflects on the Passing of a Princess

In response to: Sunday is the 11th anniversary of Princess Diana's death. Do you remember where you were when you heard the news that she died?

I was at our then-house in East Hampton. My stepdaughter called to tell us to turn the television set on and I then watched until it was announced that she was dead. As sad as I felt for that beautiful, befuddled girl, I knew the royal family and their retainers were, at least in their hearts, popping champagne corks. And I didn’t blame them.

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You didn’t blame them for not liking her or for her death????

By Brooklyn Gal on 08/27/2008 12:25 am

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I’m with you, Carol. I really don’t think the royals are that evil.

By Mugsy Peabody on 08/27/2008 12:41 am

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“And I didn’t blame them.” What a mean thing to say! Might you have been part of the silent entourage, perhaps, wishing she would just ‘go away’? The majority of the royal retainers had no opinion they wished to share with anyone outside their job site, even if that, and later, when everyone could see the affection with which Diana was held by the public at large, those who felt anything other than admiration of what she had done for the forgotten, lonely, and in distress, would not have expressed it.

By J Boylynn on 08/27/2008 3:02 pm