Royal Vengeance ─ The Assassination of Princess Diana and the Ancient Royal Cult of Human Sacrifice

Was Princess Diana murdered? Yes, she was. That part is easily seen—even the means are known. She was gravely injured in a deliberate car wreck that immediately killed two other people, and she was then allowed to slowly bleed to death from internal injuries. But why? And to what end? She stirs up our passions even today—but she will never die. Not really. She has joined the Pantheon. Diana began life as we all do—but then, she revealed herself in her goddess form, and the world responded. And we still respond, even though she has returned to the place where there is no time, and even though we no longer see her moving amongst us. She was a bridge figure, both human and divine. We have met such figures before, through all the ages—gods and goddesses, saints and saviors—and their fate has always been the same. They have always been killed. But by whom? And to what purpose?

Sarah Whalen?is a journalist and attorney. She has taught Law as the Abraham Freedman Teaching Fellow at Temple University and won the New Orleans Press Club's Writer's Prize in 2006.