"ROYAL SPEECH PREVENTS CRISIS QUEEN ELIZABETH’S SPEECH ON THE DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA"

Abstract

The approach I have adopted in analyzing the queen’s speech on the death of Princess Diana focuses on two aspects: critical discourse analysis (or CDA) and strategies of televised communication. The analytical framework of this investigation is based on Norman Fairclough (1989, 1992, 1995, 2000) Lilie Chouliaraki and Norman Fairclough (1999) and Patrick Charaudeau (1995, 1997). CDA emphasizes the importance of language for understanding issues of social concern. Strategies of televised communication aim to project a certain image to get a certain response from the public. The royal family had to carefully handle the public’s reaction in order to avoid a crisis.