The Coronation of King Charles III and Camilla took over social media on Saturday, but many viewers were preoccupied with the late Princess Diana. The king’s first wife and mother of his children remains an icon in pop culture around the world, and many fans still feel that she was mistreated by the royal family. They posted tributes to her throughout the day โ as well as a handful of memes and jokes.
King Charles took the throne in September when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II passed away, but Saturday marked his official coronation โ a ceremony steeped in history and, to some extent, esotericism that was updated for modern audiences for the first time in seven decades. That means his wife Camilla is now the Queen Consort or simply Queen, as she will be styled. To some fans, this will always be a reminder that the king had an affair with Queen Camilla while married to Princess Diana, and that doesn’t sit right.
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Princess Diana and King Charles married in 1981, separated in 1989 and divorced in 1996. In 1997, Princess Diana died in a horrific car crash in Paris, which is still the subject of unproven conspiracy theories to this day. While the monarchy is an institution with a long checkered past and an ambiguous role in modern society, Princess Diana’s legacy seems to have crystalized a a positive one thanks to her advocacy and charity work as well as her tragic personal story. Here’s a look at what people were saying about the princess on Saturday.
