Pa For The Course: Testing Princess Diana And Prince Philip
WHAT excitement on hearing that Prince Philip’s letters to Princess Diana have been made public at the inquest into her death.
Philip is famously Greek, and Diana was partial to a foreign gentleman. Might more be revealed than anyone could have dared think?
“Thank you for taking the time to respond to my letter,” writes Philip in fluent English. “I hope this means we can continue to make use of this form of communication since there appears to be very little other opportunity to exchange views.”
Philip’s letters are typed. Diana’s letters all begin “Dearest Pa” and are all handwritten.
Experts will cue up to comment on that. But we wonder if there is not something odd about calling your in-laws mum and dad, pa or ma? If they are your mother, what does that make your spouse - your brother, your sister? Should such name calling be encouraged?
“DEAREST PA,” says the Mail’s front-page headline. “Revealed: Intimate letters between Diana and Philip.”
It all depends on how you read these missives. The Mail sees a bond in the edited letters. The Express reads the same letters and asks: “Did Philip want Diana dead?”
In years to come one imagines that question forming the basis of an A-level exam, students invited to quote the set texts: Daily Express 1997-2007; Paul Burrell Volumes I to XI and Philips Letters – The Who The Hell Are You? collection.
Posted: 14th, December 2007 | In: Princess Diana Inquest, Royal Family, Tabloids Comments (10) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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December 18th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
In today’s testimony, good friend Lucia di Flecha Lima, who introduced Rosa Monckton to Diana for the purpose of their being friends, does not know that Monckton has connections to MI6! So interesting that Monckton had to disclose this to the inquest, but concealed it from her “true friends.”
December 17th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I for one, do not think that Phillip’s letters are genuine letters to the Princess Diana. Rather, I think they are a decoy in case of publicity of what he was really feeling about her messing up the image of their son and their firm. Philip is a man who is used to saying whatever comes into his arrogant head and I doubt very much that he would have 3 kind words to say of anyone, especially someone like Diana who was rocking the “firm’s” boat into the 21st century like she was. The good thing now is that they are all stuck with Camilla, who seems to know Charles’ secrets like no other and has allegedly blackmailed the “firm” into keeping her on for good. Money is being spent on Camilla as was never done on the Princess. Why, can you wonder…
And, like someone said before, there is a higher power to whom all is visible, whether they believe it or not and who will retribute in the end. It will be interesting to hear what will come of all this.
December 15th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
No, someone “close to” Monckton is MI6. No comment required on the rest.
December 15th, 2007 at 5:28 am
Rosa Monckton a n MI6 agent. Oh, well, Diana did not choose her friends well did she.
Strangely, my first thought on nearing of the tragedy was that Diana was gotten”rid of” because she would not do as was wished of her, marry Dodi. She was seen cryi sng at the restaurant and had sent her luggage on to London. She could have been making a quick exit. It is my belief that Diana, Dodi, Henri Paul, may have been sticking their noses into what did not concern them.
Henri Paul was spying of Harrods!
December 15th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Good question as to why Philip typed his letters, by testimony himself personally, some of them running to many pages. I know no man of that generation who can type. Perhaps his handwriting was deadly, but so was Diana’s. Yet good manners required her to write out Monckton and Lawson’s lengthy drafts by hand. Strange.
In any event, with friends like Monckton and Lawson, Diana required no more enemies in my view.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:29 am
We will never get the truth from the Royal’s and the people who suck up to them or the wantabes who want o be able to suck up them. Nor the truth about who killed Diana, there are more than one conspirtor here. Diana was a lose cannon and had to be killed. The worlded loved her, however this inquest will have more questions than answers when it is over. Her son’s are trained to not believe anything against poor PA and MA. Good greif who wrote Phillips letters, not him I would think, it was all get Diana. Do men in England wear pointed cowboy boots? America agents were there also in the tunnel, everyone feared a 120 pound woman who gave her heart to all in return for love. About being raised in an “OLD FAshion Family”. Does that include affairs, divorce, raised by a father who was busy and always at Harrads dept store,forced to schools she did not like, anything to get rid of Diana. Diana’s Father ask Mr. Al Fayed to look after his family. Diana family turn against her, where could she turn. Anyone can get pregnate with the pill ask any doctor, they are not 100%, I know. This whole this is sicking, when it is over Charles will safely become king. Now Phillip need immunity of the Crown. God save us all from the lies, and insulting our integrity and intelligence. A body guard is is photographed looking out the windshield with horror at something. He saw everything but will he tell or fear for his life? What will millions of Muslums do when this is over and no justice? The Bible says an Eye for an Eye, etc. Revenge does not always go in a straight line, there really is a Higher Being. has anyone ever thought of that. There should be alot of fear out there! I hope Diana’s son are spared. I guess whenyou live high on the political food chain, you are all powerful and fear nothing.
Happy Holidays!
December 14th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
why did Philip type his letters?
December 14th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
The most important aspect of Rosa Monckton’s testimony is that she accepted the opportunity to be Diana’s friend, knew how concerned Diana was about surveillance by intelligence, yet continued to conceal that someone “close to her” , that is Monckton, was MI6. Who that person is thought to be is in the public domain. I find this woman vile and disgusting beyond belief, having previously thought well of her, for accepting and persisting in a “true friendship” knowing she was a leak to MI6. It seems not a single person in her life ever did anything but use and/or betray her.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Excuse me but didn’t the royals refuse to have anything to do with the princess after her death until seventy three million people lined the whole route the body was driven, and most throwing flowers at the coffin. Isn’t the Duke one of those accused by Al Fayed, and hasn’t the accused removed large portions of the letters so the jury has no idea what was really gong on in the old boys head
December 14th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
It is not like Prince Philip to treat a lady with disrepect. I bet he had plenty to say in private about the situation. No wonder Diana used to get so angry at the lies that went around. There were definately two camps.