Regardless of what people thought about Diana, she was William’s mother,regardless of all her faults. The queen came across as a tightly wound, cold, overcontrolling woman, beyond what her role/identity as queen is.
Where di she come across in that manner, as a matter of curiosity?
I’m on Team Queen too. “Vapid clotheshorse” is an apt description for Diana.
Nobody has an explanation for Olivia?
Diana may have been a vapid clotheshorse, but she clearly loved her children and I bet they still love and miss her. I was surprised by Charlotte since Princess Caroline of Monaco’s daughter’s name is Charlotte. But it’s a great name.
When Diana died, the Queen’s demeanor was a very big thing. Remember the nodding to the casket brouhaha?
I think a man who loves his mom is always in good taste, so cheers for making room for “Diana” in a long name, and gracious points to HRH Elizabeth II for not objecting.
Bookies’ wishful thinking??
No, I don’t remember anything about nodding to the casket. I think that the Queen’s demeanor is pretty much just as it should be at all times. 
In any case, I do agree that D, whatever her short-comings, loved her children and that it is clear that W loved her. (Remember the engagement ring!) I think that it is lovely that they named the baby after his mother AND his grandmother.
Consolation, it was a conflict at the time.
The movie, The Queen, starring Helen Mirren is an example of the Queens behavior after Diana’s death. The prime minister even had to get involved, as people were very angry because she was silent during their grief. The approval ratings for the monarchy were very low. There was a tremendous amount of tension and it was a Very Big Deal that Elizabeth nodded at the casket. The only good that came out of that marriage was that Charles and Diana changed forever who royals can marry without such a stink. William lives with and then marries a commoner…no testing to see if she is a virgin. Can hardly believe they were doing that just 30 years ago. For what it’s worth…her brother Charles Spencer has a 2 year old daughter named Charlotte Diana. Maybe that is why Diana is the 2nd middle name.
I wish there was some name from the mom’s side in there considering the 3 names from the dad’s side. But perhaps Consolation is correct about the nod to Carole.
We share the same middle name and she was born on my British grandmother’s birthday.
As someone posted above, Charlotte is Kate’s sister’s middle name.
And you know, I think the Queen comes off beautifully in The Queen. Diana was a PITA as a DIL. My sympathy was with Charles, an intelligent, educated man not allowed to marry the woman he loved–or any of the other women he had cared for–and forced into marriage with a completely incompatible teenaged virgin. Actually, to be fair, I think it stank for both of them. Back in the day, the future King would have to marry a suitable bride, but he would be able to have a mistress of his own choosing without everyone having a fit. That wasn’t an option for poor Charles. Obviously, Diana thought it would be fun to be a princess. Poor kid.
I think that William and Kate thought about it long and hard before marrying, which was very wise.
I love The Queen as a movie but it’s fiction.
Now Sue Townsend’s “The Queen and I” is worth a read - about what would happen if GB got rid of the Royals and they had to live on the dole.
“Charlotte, and why Olivia?”
They are hot names right now for parents of K & W’s social class and generation, and also on the very short list of traditional English names considered acceptable for babies born to the primary royal line.
My UK friends are all extremely anti-Royal, unlike me who loves all the drama. Some of their comments about the new royal baby to feed have been wickedly funny.
I agree about the total mismatch between C& D. But let’s remember that Charles was a 32 year old man that wouldn’t stand up to Mommy. Diana was a teenager, and yes I’m sure she thought it would be fun. But rubbing her nose in his affair with Camilla was an awful thing to do. I blame him for the whole cluster F to be honest.
I haven’t seen any evidence whatsoever that Charles is particularly intelligent or effective at anything. He seems like an ass to me frankly.
Diana was an amazing fundraiser and used her enormous charisma to do a lot of good in the world. She was a very effective communicator. And she worked hard for her causes.
I think the whole argument that “Charles was so much more intelligent” than Diana was is not really supported by the evidence. He’s more bookish, sure, but she was a very effective person at what she did. Charles and the rest of the royals did not understand or appreciate it.
He barely passed a class at Oxford. I like to think he pretended that he is intelligent but nobody wants to correct a prince.
He comes across as a cold fish.