u/oldfashionedfly

Possibly an unpopular opinion, given the consequences and how the interview was secured. But many years later, and as someone who didn't pay much attention to all this growing up, I feel grateful we have it in her own voice, her speaking those things herself. Seeing how articles and media twist things on current affairs and celebrities today, I can imagine the horrific image those who control narrative and history could have painted of Diana instead. Without those, I'm sure they would have painted her as someone who was deeply troubled/ attention seeker/ bad mother. With what she foolishly/ smartly/ out of fear ended up sharing, I think it allows there to be some balance of voices, since she can't speak for herself anymore.

Anyone else feel this way?

Sorry, I know, I knnnoowww, this is not new. But I need to vent. Help! I'm at my wits' end trying to get a Schengen appointment from the UK for, at this point, any country. Appointments are incredibly hard to come by, and it looks like they're all blocked out by agents who resell them at exorbitant prices. I've just been quoted £650😳. It's a familiar corruption path, but I never faced this in India, where appointments were easy to come by. In London, it almost feels like the system is rigged in the agents' favour ( with embassy support). Or is there a better place people are finding slots? I need to travel for work, and I'll spare you the business visa cost they quoted. It's daylight robbery. Am I doing something completely wrong by trying to book through the actual official site, finding nothing, and then resorting to an agent?