20 ways Princess Diana’s legacy of good lives on

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 12: Pippa Middleton attends the BGC Annual Global Charity Day at Canary Wharf on September 12, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

13. She made royalty relevant in America

British royalty wasn’t all that internationally cool before Diana. Now we watch William and Harry’s every move. We can’t get enough of Kate Middleton’s style.  More than two billion people worldwide, and 23 million is the United States alone, watched the 2011 royal wedding. Even the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister, Pippa, is featured regularly in American magazines on her way to lunch or coming back from a workout class. Biographer Andrew Morton shared with EW how Diana is singlehandedly responsible for this enormous and addictive shift in the media: “She turned a rather stuffy institution into this glamorous international family with a fascinating narrative. Everyone, especially in America, was transfixed by her.”

Hollywood loves royalty now, too. Just look at E!’s The Royals, Netflix’s The Crown, HBO’s Elizabeth I, The CW’s Reign, and Showtime’s The Tudors.