diana circle flops

Disappointing royal nuptials. In particular, little sign of the Diana Circle, who promised us:

...if Charles is permitted to go ahead with the civil ceremony on April 8, Diana Circle members will place anti-wedding slogans on banners at Kensington Palace, alongside a giant poster of Diana in her wedding dress.

The paper pictured Mrs Berry holding a two-page letter the group had sent to the Queen criticising her for permitting the marriage to go ahead.

It read: "This is not a time for rejoicing but for sadness. If the marriage is allowed to proceed there is no doubt the monarchy will suffer damage and unpopularity never seen before ... how can you permit such a disservice and unpopular occasion to take place?"

In the event, we just got this:

A derogatory image of Camilla Parker Bowles was removed from the gates of Diana, Princess of Wales’s former home today, sparking fury among protesters.

Diana fans gathered outside Kensington Palace in London to protest about the royal wedding.

About 15 members of the Diana Circle decked the gates with mainly flowers and pictures of the Princess.

However, a uniformed member of the palace staff removed a picture, which depicted Mrs Parker Bowles’s face superimposed on a horse, from the palace gate.

I’d hoped for a pitched battle in Windsor High Street, partisans of Charles recognizable by the sign of the golden tampax, Dianistas going at their opponents with tiny little lemon slicers, the instrument apparently used by the late princess in her self-harming moods.

It seems to me that the media have decided to play Charles a bit more rope, perhaps anticipating that the public will quite like seeing him taken in hand by a game old upper class bird. New royal slogan: Well, would you kick her out of bed? But of course, he’l start giving his opinions again, and the sniggering will resume once more. Courage, Dianistas. Your time may yet come.

Comments

[margaret funnell]

I am a founder member of the Diana Circle and I was at Kensington Palace on the day of the wedding of Charles and Camilla.Your info;that there were about 15 members of the DC is 100% incorrect.I was there all day and there were at least 70 members of the circle as well as around 8o people who were not members.Do bare in mind that there are thousands around the world who feel as we do about Princess Diana and share our loathing for the two people who betrayed and hurt her so much.As for the people who put pictures of Mrs parker-Bowles,that were derogatory,you can be assured that it was not put there by an member of our Circle.We insist that they must not do so and before they join us they are well aware of it. We all are there for Diana and all that she means to us and always will.I myself write to the queen and charles and my MP as well as the Archbishop of Canterbury and the papers,if I feel that Diana is being spoken of in a disrespectful manner. from margaret funnell.Brighton

[arnold baldinger]

you are so right.

[julie cain]

what planet are you circle members on?
you are at the palace but once a year.every year the circle members cause trouble.

by stealing peoples pictures and flowers then putting stickers on them proclaiming them to be frm members of the circle.
yet all you ever seem to do is portray yourselves as goody two shoes.

[Christine Stokes]

I take objection to the comment posted Feb 13th by Julie Cain despite being wheelchair bound I try to go to K.P every year for the August 31st anniversary and most certainly do not steal peoples pictures and flowers or proclaim them to be from members of the Diana circle of whom I am very proud to be a member. One thing's for sure "Goody two shoes" is not an epithet, one is ever going to apply to Prince Charles's wife. Lots of choice terms come to mind in relation to this lady this is not one of them. God bless Diana and long may her memory be venerated.

[Alan Berry]

Anyone who still loves Diana and what she did and stood for can always contact our group The Diana Appreciation Society incorporating Justice for Diana. We are completely non-militant and charge nothing for membership. Please e-mail us if you would like to join.

[me]

i sure hope the diana circle or what is left of the circle do not attend k.p on august 31st.
they do nothing but cause problems especially the large lady with glasses.

[Nomad]

Just listened to some meely-mouthed self-righteous bitch from hell on BBC News 24 who purports to be from "Diana Circle UK". If this scum queen represents the mainstream of this organisation, all its members are welcome to kiss my arse and die a slow lingering and painful death.
As for the anti-Royal BBC who gave the platform to this cow, the BBC are utterly contemptuous and vile. Scum!

[Elaine Nunn]

Thank God there are people left who remember what really happened to Diana, how she was hounded out of her marriage, stripped of her title and also her security!
Of course there will always be cretins like the person who left the message above, but we can just ignore idiots like that can't we1

[me]

the comment posted nomad is disgusting

he or she sounds like a very bitter person who obviously has a problem with the diana circle.
i have problems with the diana circle but would never leave a comment like the one frm nomad

we all know what REALLY happened to our dear princess

and onne day the truth will come out

[joanne sharp]

Dear Alan and Joan,
I was in the Diana circle when you were involved but I lost touch and from what I have heard you have since developed the Diana Appreciation Society.
Could you please let me know how I can join and get in touch with you.
Kind Regards
Joanne Sharp.

[Mildly Amused]

Thank God Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall seem genuinely happy togther and unaffected by a handful of people who are coming off as quite sad by this point. Incidentally I think Camilla has behaved impeccably and that her decision not to attend the Memorial was just more evidence of her wish not to be a controversial or imposing figure.

I think the memorial itself was a subtle way of saying: move on. Rather than focussing your attentions on someone who was no martyr, just a loved public figure stupid enough not to wear a seatbelt, live your own lives Diana Circle! Or join a book club like the rest of a bored middle aged population..

[Alexis Francos]

Just a note that if the Christine Stokes who posted a message in April of this year is my friend, and I'm certain it is, she passed away 2 or 3 days ago. Her funeral, according to an e-mail her daughter sent, will be on Sept. 10.

[Paul]

The Diana Circle are conveniently forgetting that Charles was pressurised into marrying a woman he didn't love in the 1st place.
He knew Camilla way before Diana and they're somehow surprised that he eventually divorces her and marries someone he truly does love? Does Charles not have as much right to be happy as everyone else? This lot strike me as a sad bunch of hypocrites who need to get on with their own lives, and I wonder how many of them are on their 2nd. marriages?

[joanne sharp]

In reply to the previous comment I would like to say that Charles was not pressurized into marrying Diana as he had a choice in the matter, he could have married her or let her go and he opted to marry her knowing he was in love with camilla parker bowles.
He never stopped contact with her throughout all the marriage.
He and camilla were deceitful to Diana from the start. He got a heir and a spare and then discarded Diana.
She always wanted her marriage to work and if Charles and Diana were still married she wouldn`t have been with Dodi that night and would still be alive and for that I will never forgive Charles.

[me]

i must say it was nice to see and hear that the diana circle have split in half.

fancy wanting to charge a fee for membership of a group in our dear princess's name u should b ashamed of yourselves

[me]

i hope and pray NO members of the diana circle or diana appreciation society turn up at the palace in either july or august this year.

they are nothing but trouble makers.
especially the OLD lady with dark hair in a beehive style.
she is nothing but a meddling old fool.

[Duch]

The Diana Circle UK did have some issues that have since been ironed out in the end all they do and we do here in the US is honor her memory. For those who have submitted the catty comments they are so not needed.

[me]

the so called catty comments are needed

these ppl have to realise they are not the only ones who love diana.
if they are so much in admiration for the princess how come they only turn out in august when there is likely to be media coverage?

[me]

as the time approachs for the 1th aniversary of princess diana's death,

i hpe ad pray that if tediana circle/appreciation society turnup , thatthey do not try and take over like they do every year.
the railings andgates arefor all tributes from everyone theydo not belongto a certain group of peple please bear this in mind

[rahulk]

I want to know more about blood & treasure. I am a founder member of the Diana Circle and I was at Kensington Palace on the day of the wedding of Charles and Camilla.

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rahulk

Wide Circles

[rahulk]

I want to know more about blood & treasure. Because I am a founder member of the Diana Circle and I was at Kensington Palace on the day of the wedding of Charles and Camilla.

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rahulk

Wide Circles

[rock123]

I listen about Diana Circle.Now i want to tell you some thing about this topic.I think the public has an understanding that it's not going to be overnight regime change. But there are three factors he's got to be aware of that could backfire on him...If the economy turns for the better, the public can be more forgiving about world...But if the economy doesn't turn, everything magnifies for him.
rock123
Wide Circles

[PK]

For the 11th year the Diana Circle was in front of KP to honor Diana as we do every year. As noted in several comments who assume we take over every year. I am sure you have seen us on the front page news and dominating every news station around the world? Of course not. We do what we have always done and will do so yes ONCE A YEAR is hold a memorial service to honor her.

[margaret funnell]

The members of the Diana Circle uk were at Kensington Palace on the 11th annversary of the death of Diana and we joined with the many other lovely people who came to remember Diana. Father Gelli conducted the service of rememberance for Diana and a big thank you we gave to him.
There was not one word of discord or friction as some of your letters would have us believe.
The rude remark that we take money from the members,again was put in such a way as to cast aspersions on the Circle. The fact of the matter is that money used given to the secretary of our Circle with cheques made out to him, but an accountant whose friend is a member ,pointed out that it is illegal and that any money or cheques are for the Diana Cicle UK,not any individual. If you care to check this statement you are at liberty to ask any of our members.
The donation is a few pence per week and is put into Diana Circle Uk bank account. It covers expenses,postage,paper and envelopes,printing ink for our computers etc. BUT what is left over at the end of the year is passed to one of Diana's many charities.
We have a treasurer and a co-signatory,so everything is legal and correct.
I objected to the sisuation as it used to be,because I knew it was wrong to take money and place it into ones own account.
The Diana Circle is growing and the only criteria to join ,is that you love Diana and wish to keep her memory alive.

Margaret Funnell
c/o founder Diana Circle UK

[Diana fan]

I am glad that the Diana Circle were there to honor Diana as they always do..The comments by people who have nothing else better to do than try and cause problems are a bunch of loosers...