‘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.”