And the Culture of Celebrities vs. Paparazzi Living Private Life in the

and the Culture of Celebrities vs. Paparazzi

• Living Private Life in the

• Public Eye

Diana Spencer

• Royal ancestry, but was considered first common English person to marry into the royal family in generations

Fairy Tale Wedding

• The couple was a media sensation from the beginning

Paparazzi

• Tabloid culture in UK different

Picture Perfect?

• With in 4 years, couple had 2 healthy children to the delight of British nation

Rocky Marriage, Tabloid Goldmine

• -Charles’ relationship with

• Camilla Parker-Bowles

• -Press a strain on marriage

• -Incompatibility?

• -Both admit infidelity

• -Very Public divorce

• -Strained relationship with

• royal family

“The Crash Heard Round the World”

• Fleeing from paparazzi in Paris, the car Diana and boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed are riding in crashes in an underpass tunnel killing Diana, Dodi, and their driver.

“Marathonic Broadcasting”

“Blood On Their Hands?”

• “I always believed the press would kill her in the end….It would appear that every proprietor and editor that has paid for every exclusive photo has blood on his hands today.” –Charles Spencer

Works Cited

• “31 August: On This Day.” Retrieved May 5, 2007 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_2510000/2510615.stm

• Davies, Jude. Diana: A Cultural History. New York: Palgrave, 2001.

• Gray, Paula. “Farewell Diana.” Retrieved May 5, 2007 from http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986977,00.html

• Kear, Adrian and Deborah Lynn Steinberg. Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture, and Performance of Grief. London: Routledge, 1999.

• Mulvaney, Jay. Diana and Jackie. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002.

• “Paparazzi.” Retrieved May 5, 2007 from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paparazzi

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• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7146220860076907322&q=diana+wedding&hl=en

• “The Romance that Enchanted the World .” Retrieved May 5, 2007 from http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/diana/wedding/index.html

• Turncock, Robert. Interpreting Diana: Television Audiences and the Death of a Princess. London: BFI Publishing, 2000.