Diana and Kate - Who has/did the press hound more?

I agree with you. There was a 'rabidness' in how the press hounded Diana. I don't feel that with the coverage of Kate.

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I think it's probably very similar. I do think Kate has made a point to live a more low-key life to this point than Diana did. It's only so interesting to trail her to the grocery store or the playground.

ETA: I don't think the paparazzi go so terrible with Diana until later in life - especially after the divorce. 

Definitely Diana. Except Kate has had her exploited moments as well, remember when a paparazzi took photos of her sunbathing topless with a telephoto lens? Poor girl just wanted to sunbathe in a private vacation residence and some scumbag had to take her picture.

Also I feel like the royals are being smart now to release official photos to get the paparazzi off their backs.

I would say that the press, but particularly the paparazzi, have hounded Catherine and Diana pretty much equally. 

They have followed Catherine since she was an item with William right from the start of their days at the University of St Andrews, Scotland - about 14 years ago now - and it has been extremely intense at times.

I think Kate's husband does a better job of protecting her as much as possible.

I'd say Diana - I remember her being almost chased to her car as she went to/from the gym or wherever just around the time of the engagement and many times after.

I also suspect that, although she was dubbed the 'People's Princess' when it suited the media, they went out of their way to print the more salacious stories about her as well including those which focused on her mental state, manipulative manner (supposed), relationship with others outside of the marriage and speculation over Harry's parentage.

I do think that the stance adopted by the Royal Family after the birth of William and Harry have helped with the way in which the media behaves to an extent and has also benefited other members of that family. The most criticism I see of Kate is about how she is dressed, whether she is a little fuddy-duddy for her age and the odd potshot at Pippa for her crappy book and attempt at being some American TV person!

However, I see in the Daily Mail (see that as you like, UK peas!!!!) a report from Russian media that the Princess was carried by a surrogate and born a few days ago because, you know, Kate could not possibly look that good a few hours after giving birth - and another story about 'jealous trolls' saying that she is looking too good, but, really, that's media reporting people rather than media creating what people think initially and then letting others do their work for them!

As an aside, I am surprised that I have even given this a moment's thought as I am not a typical Royalist. I don't mind them, but don't really care about them either!

I think Diana, but I also think Kate came into it knowing what to expect a little better than Diana did.

The mediaattention seemed to get worse for Diana after the divorce. Maybe she was considered fair game when she was no longer part of the Royal family? Maybe Kate is slightly more respected still because she is part of the Royal family now?

What happened to Diana was atrocious! Everything she did after the divorce seemed to be twisted into something bad. She dated men *shock horror* She dared presume she might live a somewhat normal life after getting out of the marriage *the nerve of that woman*

And apparantly the British papparazzi is 10 times worse and more intrusive than any other papparazzi around the world. SO happy I am not a celebrity in England!

It's different with Kate. But yes much more with Diana. I agree with the others.

Yes, I intended to just say in Scotland.    

Yes, I think it can be tough to remember that Diana was all of nineteen when she became engaged to Charles and got married a few weeks after she turned twenty.  And I have to think that it is a little easier to beat back the press when it becomes overbearing when you have a husband who is actually focused on you (which Charles never was), when you had years of press encounters while dating your now-husband during which you could learn to manage the press and decide if you really wanted to deal with it for life, and when the press is popularly held responsible for your predecessor's death such that I have to think that affects the decisions of individual reporters and photographers now.

My impression is, indeed, that Kate hasn't been hounded as much.  But it is certainly true that I have nothing really to back up that impression other than "that is how it seems to me."

Definitely Diana ugh she was hounded from the time they were engaged I think one of the first things that started it was that infamous photo of her in a skirt that appeared see thru because she was standing in front of the sun. The press were always after her I think in part because she was so beautiful and very naïve at first with the press.

Also I think she was in the public eye much more then Kate with her various charity work, also the times she did royal appearances like when she was at the white house and danced with John Travolta those types of things really catapulted her into the public spotlight. Kate does these things but the press doesn't seem to hound her as much. I think after her interview that she did about Charles/Camilla etc it got worse and especially when she started dating DF.

I think the paparazzi learned from that with the Royals and I think William has really made efforts to not repeat what his parents did.

Diana

Ditto the Diana