Andrew Morton Quote
On one trip in January this year she and Cardinal Hume spent nearly two hours with homeless youngsters at a hostel on the south bank of the Thames. Some teenagers, many with drink and drug problems, greeted her presence with aggressively hostile questions, others were simply surprised that she had bothered to see them on a cold Saturday night.As she was talking, a drunken Scotsman lurched into the room. Hey, you’re gorgeous, he slurred, totally oblivious of whom he was talking to. When he was told about the identity of the Princess, he was unconcerned. I don’t care who she is, she’s gorgeous. While Cardinal Hume was deeply embarrassed, Diana found the incident amusing, perfectly at ease among these young people. In spite of these lapses in manners, she feels very comfortable on these occasions, far more so than when she mixes with the royal family and their courtiers. At Royal Ascot last year she attended the race meeting for just two days out of five before undertaking other engagements. In the past she enjoyed Ascot’s annual parade of fashion and horseflesh, but she now finds it frivolous. As she says to friends: I don’t like the glamorous occasions any more.I feel uncomfortable with them. I would much rather be doing something useful.
On one trip in January this year she and Cardinal Hume spent nearly two hours with homeless youngsters at a hostel on the south bank of the Thames. Some teenagers, many with drink and drug problems, greeted her presence with aggressively hostile questions, others were simply surprised that she had bothered to see them on a cold Saturday night.As she was talking, a drunken Scotsman lurched into the room. Hey, you’re gorgeous, he slurred, totally oblivious of whom he was talking to. When he was told about the identity of the Princess, he was unconcerned. I don’t care who she is, she’s gorgeous. While Cardinal Hume was deeply embarrassed, Diana found the incident amusing, perfectly at ease among these young people. In spite of these lapses in manners, she feels very comfortable on these occasions, far more so than when she mixes with the royal family and their courtiers. At Royal Ascot last year she attended the race meeting for just two days out of five before undertaking other engagements. In the past she enjoyed Ascot’s annual parade of fashion and horseflesh, but she now finds it frivolous. As she says to friends: I don’t like the glamorous occasions any more.I feel uncomfortable with them. I would much rather be doing something useful.