People still adore Princess Diana years after her death: The psychology of her enduring popularity
Princess Diana’s attraction endures decades after her passing. She keeps setting trends in fashion, such as the resurgence of blue eyeliner and French manicures, and her clothing fetches modest sums of money when auctioned. Women all throughout the world adore her. Furthermore, according to a 2017 survey, she’s the royal most millennial Skype users would prefer to communicate with, and another identified her as “the deceased person that Britons would most love to meet, coming second only to Jesus Christ.”
Before her tragic death in a Paris vehicle accident in 1997, pictures and films of the Princess of Wales, her humanitarian work, and her style were widely available throughout the 1980s and 1990s. But why, after all these years, would a fresh batch of millennials and Gen Zers find the royals so fascinating?
According to media psychologists, there are a number of reasons why many people, even those born years after her passing, continue to adore “the People’s Princess.” This is important to know.
According to Rebecca Forster, an associate professor at Chapman University’s School of Communication who specializes in media psychology, Diana was elevated throughout her lifetime and converted into a tragic heroine similar to Marilyn Monroe.
Forster claims that the media “made her into a modern-day Disney princess and elevated her to [the] status of an icon.” Furthermore, that legendary, colossal picture has managed to outlive Diana in real life.
