Princess Diana certainly used press attention to her advantage at times, but the ways in which she was followed by the paparazzi remain some of the most grueling advances by photographers in modern times. The attention got so bad, in fact, that Prince William reportedly encouraged his mother to leave the United Kingdom for a time in order to gain a little bit of freedom from the cameras — sadly, his words came very shortly before her death, as noted by Express.
Recalling an interaction he had with Diana in the 2007 documentary, “Diana: Last Days of a Princess,” royal photographer Arthur Edwards confessed that a conversation he had with the former royal left a lasting impression on him (via Express). “Suddenly, [Diana] strode down some steps and very rapidly got into a boat,” he said. “I remember picking up the camera and she said, ‘No pictures.’ … She came over and said, ‘Why are you here?'” In reply, the photographer said, “Because you are here ma’am,” Diana retorted, “William’s told me that I should leave England and go and live somewhere else.” Of the interaction, Edwards reflected, “I thought, ‘I don’t want to be the reason why she’s going to live in exile.'”
