2007年6月24日日曜日

Book Review 1-9




Diana





This book is about Diana Spencer. She was born on 1st July, 1961. She have two old sisters and one younger brother. Their family was given the title of 'Earl'.

The Spencer family's home is called Althorp House which was built in 1508, but when she was born, her grandfather still lived at Althorp House so her family's home was Park House which was near one of the royal family's country homes.

When she was seven, her mother fell in love with another man and her parents divorced in 1969. She felt pain and unhappiness. She lived with her father and he became the new Earl Spencer in 1975 because her grandfather died. He and his children moved to Althorp House.

Diana married Prince Charles on 29th July, 1981, at St Paul's Cathedral in London. She was twenty years old and twelve years younger than him. Later, they moved into Kensington Palace in London. She bore two boys, William Arthur Philip Louis and Henry Charles. She was very happy but troubled by mass media. Relationship between Diana and Carles was becoming bad and they divorced in August, 1996.

She believed that the press would now leave her alone but she was wrong. The public wanted to know if she had a new boyfriend. She felt stress because of the press by mass media. She and Dodi who was a son of Mohamed who was a very rich Egyptian businessman became very close.

She thought to use mass media for people having interest in terrible diseases. She went to official charity events and helped them to bring in money and she really cared about people. She changed people's ideas about AIDS. Some people had believed that they might catch by touching patients of AIDS so Diana held patients' hands. People were shocked by it but they could understand their ideas were wrong. She continued to help many people in many countries.

In the early morning of 31st August, 1997, Diana and Dodi had a terrible traffic accident and were killed by it. She was only thirty-six years old.

I had known her before reading this book, but I hadn't known her campaign for many kinds of people. I think she got over many difficulties and became attractive woman. I'm sorry that she cut off in her prime but many people will remember her forever.