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ダイアナ元妃の悲劇を乗り越える英国民
ダイアナ元妃が交通事故で亡くなってから、先月31日でちょうど1年ーーイギリス各地やパリの事故現場では、故人を偲ぶ礼拝が行なわれ多くの人が冥福を祈りました。しかし、月日が流れるにつれて、人々の中の『ダイアナ・ショック』も薄らいできたようです。
A Year After Diana's Death Britons Show Some Healing
By STEVE HILL
Exactly one year after the tragic events in Paris, many people in Britain are finally coming to terms with the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Twelve months ago, there were remarkable scenes of public mourning as millions of ordinary people tried to make some kind of sense of the loss of such a popular and high-profile figure.
Last month, however, it became clear that time has been a great healer for many who became caught up in the emotion and sadness sparked by her death. Crowds of people gathered to mark the anniversary at Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace, the Spencer family estate at Althorp where Diana is buried and at Balmoral. But, significantly, numbers were much lower than a year ago.
A short distance from Balmoral a small crowd was outside Crathie Church, where news of Diana's death was broken to her sons a year ago, as members of the Royal Family arrived for a private service. But the number of local people and interested tourists failed to match that of the media representatives and camera crews.
In London, some 100 people maintained an all-night candlelight vigil at Kensington Palace, the princess' former home, while many people left bouquets of flowers, but nowhere near the scale of last year.
The Union Flag was flown at half-mast at Buckingham Palace, while a service of thanksgiving for the life of Diana almost filled Westminster Cathedral. A shrine to Diana and Dodi Al Fayed, her companion, who was also killed in the crash, was unveiled at Harrod's, attracting more visitors.
Poignantly, hundreds of people made their way to Paris to visit the scene of the terrible crash, with many taking part in another all-night vigil, which began at the exact moment of the accident. A Canadian artist lit 36 candle effigies of the princess at the unofficial Diana shrine close to the underpass where she died, to help illuminate hundreds of messages and bouquets. Others read poems that carried personal messages of tribute.
Now though, many people believe the time is right to move on and to keep the memory of Diana alive by concentrating on maintaining her great work for charities.
The princess was determined to do everything she could to rid the world of land mines, and there has been encouraging success, with many nations pledging to rid themselves of these indiscriminate weapons.
The French soccer player David Ginola, now playing in England, has become the new envoy to the International Committee of the Red Cross and is determined to keep the world's spotlight on the menace land mines pose.
Many millions of pounds have been channeled from the public fund set up after Diana's death to the charities that were close to her heart, and they will feel the benefit for years to come.
Princes William and Harry, though, want to get on with the rest of their lives. The pair have made a personal appeal for the nation to end the pain inflicted on them by constant reminders of the death of their mother. They made it clear through a spokeswoman that they are grateful for the sympathy shown by millions in the last 12 months and once again expressed their heartfelt thanks. But they added that they felt their mother would want them to move on and asked for people to allow her to rest in peace.
It was a theme also raised by Rosa Monckton, a close friend of Diana. She said on national radio that Diana would have been "appalled" at the events that have followed her death and she also called for British tabloid newspapers to stop exploiting her memory. When public interest fades in Diana and her extraordinary life, and in the circumstances of her death, which continue to attract wild theories of conspiracy, they may well decide to do exactly that.
Exactly one year after the tragic events in Paris, many people in Britain are finally coming to terms with the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Twelve months ago, there were remarkable scenes of public mourning as millions of ordinary people tried to make some kind of sense of the loss of such a popular and high-profile figure.
Last month, however, it became clear that time has been a great healer for many who became caught up in the emotion and sadness sparked by her death. Crowds of people gathered to mark the anniversary at Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace, the Spencer family estate at Althorp where Diana is buried and at Balmoral. But, significantly, numbers were much lower than a year ago.
A short distance from Balmoral a small crowd was outside Crathie Church, where news of Diana's death was broken to her sons a year ago, as members of the Royal Family arrived for a private service. But the number of local people and interested tourists failed to match that of the media representatives and camera crews.
In London, some 100 people maintained an all-night candlelight vigil at Kensington Palace, the princess' former home, while many people left bouquets of flowers, but nowhere near the scale of last year.
The Union Flag was flown at half-mast at Buckingham Palace, while a service of thanksgiving for the life of Diana almost filled Westminster Cathedral. A shrine to Diana and Dodi Al Fayed, her companion, who was also killed in the crash, was unveiled at Harrod's, attracting more visitors.
Poignantly, hundreds of people made their way to Paris to visit the scene of the terrible crash, with many taking part in another all-night vigil, which began at the exact moment of the accident. A Canadian artist lit 36 candle effigies of the princess at the unofficial Diana shrine close to the underpass where she died, to help illuminate hundreds of messages and bouquets. Others read poems that carried personal messages of tribute.
Now though, many people believe the time is right to move on and to keep the memory of Diana alive by concentrating on maintaining her great work for charities.
The princess was determined to do everything she could to rid the world of land mines, and there has been encouraging success, with many nations pledging to rid themselves of these indiscriminate weapons.
The French soccer player David Ginola, now playing in England, has become the new envoy to the International Committee of the Red Cross and is determined to keep the world's spotlight on the menace land mines pose.
Many millions of pounds have been channeled from the public fund set up after Diana's death to the charities that were close to her heart, and they will feel the benefit for years to come.
Princes William and Harry, though, want to get on with the rest of their lives. The pair have made a personal appeal for the nation to end the pain inflicted on them by constant reminders of the death of their mother. They made it clear through a spokeswoman that they are grateful for the sympathy shown by millions in the last 12 months and once again expressed their heartfelt thanks. But they added that they felt their mother would want them to move on and asked for people to allow her to rest in peace.
It was a theme also raised by Rosa Monckton, a close friend of Diana. She said on national radio that Diana would have been "appalled" at the events that have followed her death and she also called for British tabloid newspapers to stop exploiting her memory. When public interest fades in Diana and her extraordinary life, and in the circumstances of her death, which continue to attract wild theories of conspiracy, they may well decide to do exactly that.
Shukan ST: Sept. 18, 1998
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- tragic
- 悲惨な
- (are)coming to terms with 〜
- 〜 に慣れる
- Princess of Wales
- 英国皇太子妃
- mourning
- 追悼
- make some kind of sense of 〜
- 〜 となんとか折り合いをつける
- high-profile figure
- 有名人
- healer
- 癒し手
- sparked by 〜
- 〜 によって引き起こされた
- anniversary
- 命日
- Kensington Palace
- ケンジントン宮殿(Kensington Garden の西端にあり、一部はロンドン博物館になっている)
- Spencer family estate at Althorp
- オールソープにあるダイアナ元妃の実家のスペンサー家の土地
- Balmoral
- 英国王室が避暑地としているスコットランドのバルモラル
- significantly
- 重要なことに
- was broken to 〜
- 〜 に伝えられた
- private service
- うちわの礼拝
- local people
- 地元の人々
- failed to match 〜
- 〜 に見合うものではなかった
- representatives
- 代表者
- maintained
- 続けた
- all-night candlelight vigil
- ろうそくを灯して行なう徹夜の祈り
- bouquets of flowers
- 花束
- nowhere near the scale of last year
- 昨年の規模には及びもつかなかった
- Union Flag was flown at half-mast
- 英国国旗が半旗の 〜 で掲げられた
- thanksgiving
- 感謝
- Westminster Cathedral
- ウエストミンスター寺院
- shrine
- 聖堂
- companion
- 付き合っていた相手
- crash
- 衝突事故
- was unveiled
- 公開された
- Harrod's
- ハロッズ(ロンドンの高級百貨店。経営者はドディ・アルファイド氏の父)
- Poignantly
- 心に強く訴えることに
- effigies
- 像
- underpass
- トンネルになった道路
- illuminate
- 照らす
- message of tribute
- 哀悼のメッセージ
- time is right to move on
- (過去を嘆くのはやめ)前に進むべきときだ
- charities
- 慈善活動
- rid 〜 of 〜
- 〜 を 〜 から除去する
- land mines
- 地雷
- encouraging
- 励みになる
- pledging
- 誓約する
- indiscriminate
- 無差別の
- envoy
- 特使
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- 赤十字国際委員会
- spotlight
- 注目
- on the menace land mines pose
- 地雷の脅威に対する
- have been channeled from 〜 to 〜
- 〜 から 〜 に供給された
- fund
- 基金
- get on with the rest of their lives
- 残りの人生を自由に歩んでいく
- inflicted on 〜
- 〜 を悩ませた
- constant reminders
- しきりに思い出させること
- would have been "appalled"
- がく然としただろう
- tabloid newspapers
- タブロイド紙(普通の新聞の半ページ大。写真やいかがわしい内容の記事が多い)
- exploiting
- 食い物にする
- fades
- 薄れる
- extraordinary
- 波乱に満ちた
- wild theories of conspiracy
- とっぴな陰謀説
- they may well decide to do exactly that
- タブロイド紙もそうしよう(思い出を食い物にするのをやめよう)と決心するかもしれない