They were both tall, very attractive blonde women. They each married the man considered to be the "most eligible bachelor" in their respective countries.
They instantly became as famous as it's possible to be in this world. They wore great clothes.
They struggled with their relationships with their high profile, high maintenance husbands, albeit for different reasons.
They both died young, in stupid, unnecessary accidents resulting from the bad decision-making of the men around them.
That's my take on the similarities between Princess Diana and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. Now, in advance of a book titled The Kennedys and the Windsors, People magazine has a new cover story featuring Diana and Carolyn:
Read the cover story here.
