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How Diana's passing has impacted royals today
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- Date Sep 1, 2012
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She was the people's princess most globally recognized and beloved royal.
Diana's sudden death sent shockwaves around the world that so hard to believe -- you guys fifteen years ago yesterday so how does her legacy continued influence the UK and the royal family and the world let's ask.
In engine Lloyd Webber is a broadcaster producer and author of the new book called the Twitter diaries -- see this morning.
You're there when this happened -- were in the UK when this unfolded it was the middle of the night in and woke up that morning to watch.
A huge outpouring of a nation that was very young British it was.
One of the strangest weeks and -- history and you can forget the -- to flies outside Kensington Palace and of course Diana won't house at Buckingham Palace the queens residents.
I it was an extraordinary extraordinary week by the monarchy was rocked in -- when she wasn't going to buy life.
I'm of course house that is going to be completely rebuilt since Diana's death it is going to be seen as one of some nice major turning points in British history.
And afforded to her legacy and -- -- he has been rebuilt why was it that her death and she affected.
People worldwide here in the United States we were bereft when we heard the norm in the news people remembered that moment I remember -- I was -- panic.
And where I was when I heard the news that we're not -- why did she have that sort of -- It's close she instead of herself -- wants to be the queen of people's -- and she she walls she.
She made him on a -- approachable and accessible.
And also one of this -- -- even a follow tell -- -- say many levels but she seemed to be that -- talent of course we've found out the fact tell didn't have a happy ending.
But he's been volatile -- -- -- him.
And -- the -- useful it is -- is always an interesting word to use because ultimately that is in many ways and perhaps what led to her death that night escaping from the paparazzi trying to get away from that camera that was constantly following her around talk about her legacy has that changed has the paparazzi change of this.
Incessant culture of needing to -- her in any moment that type of the type of thing.
I think is still bad but set in Britain have sorry away Arafat to say prince Harry's latest escapade.
Has she gotten away with it and 68% of brits thinks he thinks he did not seeking nothing wrong.
-- -- I was punching away in Las Vegas -- -- is invasion of privacy.
Sutton Winnie and -- -- cordless mining hatred of the media he believes his mother was hounded to had death by the media.
And so he's very very protective of Kate Middleton.
And she and they've been -- -- step back can be sexy time royals -- it was fitting get a bit more in any -- you have to be set.
-- did you -- of course to watch her sons and an ever -- -- if she -- she did a good -- actually -- them and they -- -- even -- Harry had.
A few you know debacles -- -- -- Somalia.
They seem like they're good kids what what is her -- lasting legacy do you well Sutton has sons and she's making monarchy more approachable and accessible through them.
And -- -- -- -- about keeping it real that keeping it world as well so the -- king's -- were lucky to supply.
Because of -- doing that but also of course Agassi amazing charity what was she gets aids victims at a meeting statement that they aids and HIV.
Shining a spotlight on homelessness and children's charities -- since -- fourth.
She's incredible wet and since she died the Diana memorial fund raise -- 116 million dollars for charity that's a huge huge legacy.
And folks have been pouring out this weekend putting flowers -- and -- over the area that tunnel where of course she was killed.
It is it still resonating in UK fifteen years later I mean we're seeing some of Japanese it is palpable as it was then -- -- -- that it is an animal.
Measured way and Sutton the monarchy is strongest she left I mean the queen's approval ranking -- -- to nine cent when he and his ninety -- I'm an American politicians would -- -- that -- approval.
But that's happened because she died in and the -- -- lessons from now or the problems have to punt in general Lloyd Webber.
A book again is the Twitter diaries and it's great to have you here with having Leon said --