For goodness sake, let it indeed end here. The almost medieval idolatrous intensity of those who see her as some sort of martyr does not get any easier, even after a decade of repeated claims to her supposed sainthood. I feel sorry for her sons and, indeed, sorry for Mr Al-Fayed for their respective losses but I am pretty clear that as far as Diana was concerned it is not the case that 'we lost an angel'.

Mark, Reading, UK

I do not agree with K Urban.I think the princes did the best memorial service I have ever seen. It was their tribute to their mother not the peoples princess. They invited all that they could, wheather you agree or not. There is no one stopping the ordinary people from having a memorial for her.

While, I agree with you in the war being without meaning, Princess Diana would have been proud that her son served her country.
Lets us all stop and let Princess Diana rest in peace.

eliza, new york, new york

The royals will be the royals (that's their fate) and the rest of us will be who we are - and perhaps never the twain shall meet (except for those caught in the middle).

Whether charwoman or Princess, servant or King - each person deserves to be known for who he or she was AND tried to be. And for good or bad, successful or unsuccessful, each person is a child of God.

I agree with the earlier poster. We here in the States are content with the legend of a beautiful and troubled Princess, who tried to help others. And at this time, for Diana, we generally have no interest in who said what to whom, royals or otherwise.

Jim, Arlington, VA

K Urban, I suspect her sons knew her better than "the people," who relied on media coverage for their perceptions of her - personally I never did get this "people's princess" thing, I just thought it was terribly sad for her sons, especially having to mourn in public and with 24/7 media attention and constant speculation about every aspect of her life, her death, etc. This was their memorial service for their mother - if "the people" respect her memory, even just as a human being, let alone "the people's princess," wouldn't they respect her sons' right to mourn and memorialise her in their own way?

Unfortunately, I agree with those who are saying that, much as it would be desirable to "let it end here," the media probably won't - her name still sells papers, programmes, etc.

Rose , Hawalli, Kuwait

I too would like her to be able to rest in peace but there always seems to be someone else writing this or that about her and while we are in one way fascinated - perhaps partly because she died so young - I have always been an admirer of Diana's - I do believe she should be allowed to rest in peace - I also wish people would stop trying to score points off her - the trouble is she cannot now defend herself.

Stephanie Torr, Barnstaple, England

"It seems the two princes, Harry in particular, have learnt very little about what the down to earth princess"was really about"? She was their mother! Of all the human beings on this earth they surely have more right to her memory than anyone else...And their wishes should be respected and that memory left to them and her close friends and family.

Emma, london, england

You are so wrong! The Bishop of London is/was NOT a friend of Diana, Princess of Wales. Chartres went to school with Prince Charles and is Charles' friend. As one of the trustees overseeing Diana's will, the bishop has come under criticism for not honoring Diana's wishes to leave certain items to her godchildren. Perhaps that is why his remarks at the Memorial were all over the place. He never really knew Diana at all!

Arthur, Fitchburg, MA, USA

Diana would be so proud of Harry & William.
I choked up watching Harry give his Eulogy.
I agree with my countryman & others who feel the Princess should be left to rest in peace, & her sons to live their lives. I will always remember her as the beautiful, kind, charitable lady that she was. I admired her greatly. May she smile down upon her sons.

Russell, Oxford NJ USA

Russell, Oxford, NJ USA

Harry looks more like his father every year.

Chris Jackson, London,

K Urban - do you really think you have a better handle on what Diana was about than her own sons? You knew her personally and very intimitely I take it ?

It obviously hasn't occurred to you that these boys lost more than anyone else the day Diana died. Certainly more than you and I did. They have more right than anyone to decide how she will be remembered 10 years after their tragic loss.

Edie, Sydney, Australia

I found the comment by K Urban staggering. He seems to think he knows more than the princes about what their mother would have wanted.

Diana wasn't the people's princess. We didn't own her. She was a young mother, who died tragically young, leaving two small boys behind. Yesterday's ceremony was organised by those two sons as a tribute to their late mother, and was attended by her family, friends and representatives of the charities she supported.

I'm sure that most people were sorry when she died, but I for one was horrified by the mass hysteria that seemed to take over, resulting in mountains of flowers outside Kensington Palace, and people who had never met the princess weeping and wailing as her coffin passed. The two princes showed much more dignity, young as they were.

I hope that the princes get their way now, and that the bickering between the pro and anti Diana factions can stop. After ten years, let her rest in peace.

Brenda Leonard, West Sussex,

Can we please move on now? Sure, go ahead and publish photos of Diana, I will always enjoy them, but I think we can pass on the "new revelations". There's really nothing new, just a rehashing of old gossip. We all miss her, none more so than her family. She belongs to them, not the world. Let's leave them be.

James, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

You can say what you want about the late Princess, but this moving tribute from her sons was very touching. I think the world should grant them their request. They have the only opinon that matters.

Watts Taylor, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Of course, the best way to have left Diana in peace would have been no high-profile memorial service and the glare of the world's media returning to haunt this woman.

Some people just can't leave it alone.

Tim, Bangkok, Thailand

Peter Stothard, former Editor of The Times, recalls a discussion with Diana about memos, mistresses and the media.


IT IS THE DAMN MEDIA THAT WON'T LET IT END.

s K LIN, guangzhou, china

Much as I like the princes, it's not up to them or anybody else
to tell us how we should remember Diana.
We will never (for others' convenience) forget her the way
they would like us to do.

gs, London, UK

Sadly the media,Tabloids,Broadsheets,and magzines,still use Diana as a means of increasing sales. Individuals use her to get or maintain a high profile in the media. We poor fools play into this circus by purchasing the papers and magazines. Now it is the time to let her go, give her poor sons the peace and time to reflect on the happiness they once knew. God Bless them

Gloria Tattersall, Girne, North Cyprus

Strangely, perhaps, I have found the American public feels the same as the Princes, and would prefer to let her rest in peace. Oh, the fools' tabloids hawked at supermarket check-outs may have the gall to publish such rubbish, and even the U.S. media stoop too low at times. But the vast American public generally takes the view that the dead should be off-limits to the continual prying and snooping and exposes.

Bob Evans, Anaheim, California

There it was yesterday.

It seems that the two princes, Harry in particular, have learnt very very little about what the down to earth princess was really about.
She was the people's princess and yet the ordinary people were kept out of the ceremony yesterday.
Thus the warmth with which Diana treated everyday people was not there. Looking at the ceremony yesterday, the 'great' had, once again, hijacked the good for themselves.

In addition, the very humane Diana would never have allowed Harry to play macho soldiers in Iraq, in a war with no meaning, other than the bludgeoning of a previously vibrant nation for oil.

K Urban, London, UK

‘Let it end here’
No chance.

Andrew Milner, Yokohama, Japan

Let this be an end to it. Diana rest in Peace. Please..................

Elizabeth, Maidstone, Kent, UK