Kate Middleton “rejects the role of victim”. The bold confrontation with Diana

Since Kate Middleton announced that she had a tumor and, therefore, the need for privacy, the British people have embraced her with even stronger feeling. “I think the Princess of Wales is quickly becoming as popular, if not more so, than the other Princess of Wales.” Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine said this, speaking on The Reaction, the British tabloid’s current affairs talk show, daring, according to what the Mail itself believes, to utter what is “sacrilegitiously unspeakable”.

Diana, “the beautiful, desperately unhappy princess, managed to make the English feel less alone” and that is why she is still in their hearts. «The reason why I believe Catherine is now at the top of a recent YouGov poll of the most popular royals, even surpassing William and Charles – writes the Daily Mail – is that she embodies a more modern and self-confident ideal of femininity. Furthermore, Kate refuses to be a victim. She will not allow herself to be thrown into the troubled waters of whatever fate befalls her.”

«It is interesting to note that in third place in the YouGov rankings is Princess Anne – the newspaper notes – another woman who refuses to complain or give in to the weight of self-pity. Catherine is popular not only because she never gets caught wearing the wrong thing, but because she is strong. Even when she told the world about her cancer diagnosis, there was no hint of poor me, no hysteria, no man at her side to support her.”