'She No Longer Exists As Herself, Only As What We Made Of Her': Hilary Mantel Considers The Myth Of Princess Diana

"[Royals] are not people like us, but with better hats. They exist apart from utility, and by virtue of our unexamined and irrational needs. ... She could not have imagined how insatiable the public would be, once demand for her had been ramped up by the media and her own tactics."

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