According to Showbiz, the late pop star and Princess Diana were very good friends. They bonded over the paparazzi, the press, and their children. Jackson told German media in 1999, "We were very close, she was extremely close by phone... I was still married to Lisa Marie.
She was my type, for sure." And his former bodyguard Matt Fiddes took it even further, claiming Michael spent thousands of pounds on late night calls to Diana at Kensington Palace. "Michael told me he loved her, and he was in love with her, and he wanted to marry her.
Pop star Michael Jackson and Princess Diana reportedly only met once but they shared a warm bond with each other. The late musician had later openly spoken about their friendship and recalled their meeting at Wembley Stadium in 1998.
Michael Jackson was close friends with Princess Diana after the two superstars met in the late Eighties.
Both Brits found fame in the same glitzy decade, quickly became pop icons and each suffered a tragic death at an early age. But, by the time Princess Diana died in a Paris car crash in August 1997, the 36-year-old royal had forged a remarkable friendship with Michael.
When Michael heard Diana died, he said he was overcome with grief, falling down to the floor and crying. The star told Barbara Walters he postponed a performance of his HIStory tour to recover and when he went on stage days later, he dedicated a song to the Princess. “In my heart, I was saying, 'I love you, Diana.
Jackson was not present at Diana's London funeral alongside other friends of the late Princess, including Elton John and George Michael, but attended a memorial service for her held in Los Angeles where he told reporters he was there in “honor of my friend who is no longer here… I love her.”
“Dirty Diana” was written and composed by Michael Jackson and co-produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson: “I wrote a song called 'Dirty Diana'. It was not about Lady Diana. It was about certain kinds of girls that hang around concerts or clubs, you know, they call them groupies.
Some of Jackson's closest friends also shunned the service. Diana Ross, the soul legend Jackson emulated and the potential guardian of his three children, declined to attend and instead issued a statement to the media as the memorial began.
Lionel Richie's 1984 ballad 'Hello' was said to be Diana's favourite ever song. Speaking at a concert in 2015, Lionel told the audience: "Many years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Princess Diana and tonight we have Prince William here.
Elton John's friendship with Princess Diana, as well as her son and Meghan, has been well documented over the years.
Prince Harry and Prince William walk behind their mother's casket in the funeral procession. They were flanked by their father, Prince Charles, their grandfather, Prince Philip, and their uncle, Earl Spencer. Harry has since revealed that walking behind his mother's coffin that day was torturous.
The Grammy Award-winning singer said: "I was older. He kind of idolised me and wanted to sing like me." Similarly, Michael spoke fondly of Diana in his own autobiography, Moonwalk. In the book, he said Diana was "my mother, my lover and my sister all rolled into one".
It was about a groupie named Diana. Lala from Anywhere, Mtmichael says that this is about all the groupies he has come in contact with thru out his life. Once princess diana came to his concert and asked him if he was going to do this song, and he said no.
You need a balance to the electoral politics of the day.” Jackson has met Queen Elizabeth II a half dozen times, organized tours for 10 members of the royal family and became the province's first member of the Royal Victorian Order.
The new monarch placed a note on top of Elizabeth's casket that read, “In loving and devoted memory, Charles R” — a callback to the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex's card to Diana, which was also adorned on top of her coffin. “Mummy,” the princes wrote on the envelope.
Did Princess Diana actually record secret tapes? It's true! Andrew and Diana denied her involvement at the time of publishing, but he later revealed that she had been the primary source.
On June 25, 2009, American singer Michael Jackson died of acute propofol intoxication in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 50.
LOS ANGELES, July 8 (UPI) -- Diana Ross says she did not attend Tuesday's public memorial service for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles because she is trying to "find closure." "I have decided to pause and be silent," Ross said Tuesday in a statement quoted by UsMagazine.com. "This feels right for me.
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Such was Taylor's grief for Jackson after he died that she wrote him a heartbreaking posthumous letter. She wrote: 'My Beloved Michael, I hope you remember how much I love you - and miss you. 'You are in my thoughts and heart continuously. It is like a high-pitched scream is in my heart.
Michael and Janet were very close. Janet was his favorite sister and Michael was her favorite brother. Did Michael Jackson get along with his siblings? Most of the time of course, but there were times they had disagreements.