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Princess Diana Remembered
纪念戴安娜王妃
Hello. I'm Marina Santee.
AndI'm Rachel Hobson. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special Englishmethod of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter wherein the world they live.
Thethirty-first of August, 1997. Many people remember where they were on that day.They remember what they were doing when they heard the terrible news - PrincessDiana had died. No one was more affected than her two sons Prince William andPrince Harry. Ten years later the princes have become men. And they wanted toremember their mother in a special way. So they planned a concert and amemorial service in her honour.
Intoday's Spotlight we tell of the memorial service. We remember the life of theprincess. We tell of the aid organizations that she supported. Is progressstill being made? Is her life's work continuing?
Onthe thirty-first of August, 2007, five hundred people arrived for the specialmemorial service at the Guards' Chapel in London. Many of them were importantto Diana. They were her friends and family members. They were people from theaid groups that she represented. Other people came too - famous politicians andsingers. They were all invited by the princes. This day was a very importantday to them. They wanted everything to be the way their mother would havewanted.
William was only fifteen when his mother died. Harry was twelve. Now as atwenty-five year old man, William stood before the people gathered in thechurch. With a calm voice he read from the Christian Bible. ForSpotlight, Tony Ford reads a shortened version of what William read:
"I pray that... God may strengthen you in your inner being with powerthrough his Spirit. And that Christ Jesus may live in your hearts throughfaith. May you have power... to understand Christ's love. May you know how wideand long and high and deep it is... God is able to do far more than we couldever ask for or imagine. Give God glory through all time. Amen."
Ephesians 3:14-21
ThenPrince Harry stood up. He went to the front of the church. He had prepared aspeech in honour of his mother. Again, Tony Ford tells part of what he said:
"Our mother will always be remembered for her amazing public work. Butbehind the fame, to us, just two loving children, she was... simply the bestmother in the world..."
"Put simply, she made us, and so many other people, happy.May this be the way that she is remembered."
Thememorial service lasted for one hour. The final song was a special one. It iscalled 'I Vow to Thee My Country' - I promise to be true to my country. Thissong was played years before at her marriage.
Prince Harry said that Diana made so many people happy. But why do so manypeople still remember Diana with such love? Maybe it was because of herkindness and gentle way. Maybe it was because she seemed to care so much forpowerless people.
Diana was involved with over one-hundred and fifty aid organizations during herlife. Included in this group were the National AIDS Trust that works with HIVand AIDS sufferers, and the Leprosy Mission, which treats sufferers of thedisease leprosy.
Leprosy is caused by bacteria. It causes people to lose feeling in theirbodies. And often they injure their hands, faces and other body parts. Otherpeople become frightened by the way leprosy sufferers look. And they believethey can get sick just from touching someone with leprosy. But Diana knew thatthis was not true. She went to a hospital in Indonesia to visit people withthis disease. The director of the Leprosy Mission, Keith Nicholson, said:
"Diana changed the way that people thought about leprosy. She would touchpeople with this condition, and she sat and talked to them. She treated themlike human beings. That was not always how they were treated before. She showedthe world a good example."
After her visit to the leprosy hospital, aid workers believe many more peoplecame to be examined. They no longer felt such shame about their condition.
Leprosy is caused by bacteria. It causes people to lose feeling in theirbodies. And often they injure their hands, faces and other body parts. Otherpeople become frightened by the way leprosy sufferers look. And they believethey can get sick just from touching someone with leprosy. But Diana knew thatthis was not true. She went to a hospital in Indonesia to visit people withthis disease. The director of the Leprosy Mission, Keith Nicholson, said:
"Diana changed the way that people thought about leprosy. She would touchpeople with this condition, and she sat and talked to them. She treated themlike human beings. That was not always how they were treated before. She showedthe world a good example."
After her visit to the leprosy hospital, aid workers believe many more peoplecame to be examined. They no longer felt such shame about their condition.
Butis her work continuing? The Diana Memorial Trust Fund was started after Diana'sdeath. This aid organization aims to support powerless people. It raises moneyfor many aid groups. One of these groups is Landmine Action. Landmine Actionworked on a recent project to get rid of cluster bombs. These bombs arecontainers filled with lots of smaller bombs. The containers break open in theair. Then the smaller bombs are released. Landmine Action and other groups areworried that these bombs kill many innocent people. In 2007, forty-sixcountries signed an agreement not to use cluster bombs.
Butnot everyone believes the Diana Memorial Trust Fund truly represents theprincess. Some reports claim that the Trust wasted a lot of money in a legalbattle about the rights to use Diana's image. And critics say that some of theTrust's recent projects support a particular political point of view.
Other aid groups say that, since Diana's death, people are not as interested intheir projects. They are not able to raise as much money or public interest.These groups are feeling her loss.
Maybe it is her sons who will best continue her work. Prince William became themain supporter of Centrepoint, a group that helps homeless young people. He isworking with Centrepoint in the same way his mother did. And Prince Harryhelped to start the aid group Sentebale. This group helps poor children in thecountry of Lesotho in Africa. The princes are only young men. Their future isnot known. But could they be the best hope to champion the powerless? Couldthey hold the key to keeping alive the public's interest in important causes?
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