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The Royal family and Lady Diana

1) Underline the political aims of the marriage between Lady Diana and the prince of Wales.

Lady Diana was chosen in order to provide a heir:

"The prince of Wales had chosen a bride ideally suited to bring glamour and a capacity to show human sympathy to a royal family that needed to renew its links with its people"

2) Say what aspects of the Princess' life turned her into the "people's princess".

Lady Diana sustained several charitable activities and she was able to being helpful to others. 

3) Quote the parts that reveal the royal family's attitudes to Lady Diana.

"For them she was an intruder who had brought the Prince little happiness and had disturbed the royal pattern of existence in many unwelcome ways"

4) Why did the royal family change their minds about taking part in the funeral?

 Because the Prime Minister Tony Blair said them that the absence of the royal family at Lady Diana's funeral would be considered as an insult for people.