CATHERINE & DIANA A Tale Of Two Princesses
by Helen Oon
the ‘Firm’ as they are called in the media, is run like a big corporation headed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll with its headquarters at Buckingham Palace. Originally built as a private residence of the Duke of Buckingham, it was offi cially installed as a royal palace with the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. The building has been extensively remodelled to its present structure with an impressive facade fl anked by three wings round a central courtyard in a quadrangle. A building with a hollow middle without a heart is indicative of austerity and solemnity of the residents. T ere is a lack of warmth and harmony. According to the trigram, the Northeast direction of the front of the palace reinforces the regimental and conservative characteristics of the household as reflected in the code of conduct of the royal family who is strictly governed by protocol and
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he House of Windsor is probably the most famous royal family in the world. Steeped in ancient tradition,
etiquettes. T e palace is accessed via a straight road called the Mall that shoots straight at the building like a ‘poison arrow’ sending negative energy. At the front of the palace, the Victoria Memorial, a high structure with a large seated statue of Queen Victoria topped by a tall winged sculpture of Victory at the pinnacle further ushers the ‘shar chi’ force towards the palace. The House of Windsor has been plagued with scandals (even among its employees), divorces and tragedy. And the mother of all divorces among the royals is between the Prince and Princess of Wales. In 1992 at the height of the ‘War of the Wales’ and the Windsor Castle fi re, the Queen in her speech called it a year of “annus horribilis” to describe the disastrous events.
When the Prince of Wales was
ready to settle down, the search for the right ‘candidate’ was in earnest. As the heir to the throne, his wife would have to come from either royal blood or an impeccable background. T en along came Lady Diana Spencer
from an aristocratic background whose family historically have strong ties with the royal family past and present. She was the perfect candidate to be the wife of the future king. Young and fresh with a faultless reputation of innocence without any history of past lovers lurking in the background, she was also blessed with the good looks of a pure English rose. So on 29 July 1981, the whole world rejoiced as Lady Diana walked down the aisle in St Paul’s Cathedral and walked out as the Princess of Wales in the arms of her Prince Charming. It was described as a ‘fairytale wedding’ and the whole nation celebrated with joy. Everyone wished the royal couple everlasting happiness. Little did we ever imagine the maelstrom and tragedy that followed the royal couple, which shook the House of Windsor to the core and divided the nation in their respect for the monarchy. From their natal chart, the marriage
between Diana and Prince Charles was incompatible. Diana was Kua 3 from East House while Prince Charles is
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