Everett has explored:
What the American media's obsession with Diana and the public's appetite for news and gossip concerning her reveal about Anglo-American society's conflicting admiration at once of the opposing ideals of democracy and monarchy.
How Diana's affinity for America conveys a lot about contemporary views on nation and identity, democracy and monarchy.
The image of Diana as 1) "the peoples' princess," 2) a pioneering AIDS activist and human rights advocate, 3) a wronged and vulnerable young wife, 4) an indomitable single mother, 5) the inventor and savior of Britain's modernized monarchy, 6) a conspicuous consumer–a fashion plate, 7) a self-serving publicity maven, 8) evidence of the monarchy's obsolescence and anachronistic indulgences, and 9) undeservedly sanctified with paeans not even accorded Mother Teresa.