Why was Princess Diana so much more loved than Kate and just the other royals in general?

In reply to anonymous, there was a pretty Princess at the time of Diana and it was Princess Anne, she was much prettier than Diana ever was, but she never courted publicity or craved the media attention like Diana did, she just got on with her duties and charity work. Princess Anne is now 70 and still a very attractive woman.

I never understood why the late Diana, Princess of Wales, was so well liked. She was ceratinly no angel. She was unfaithful in her marriage. Even if Charles had been first it does not excuse her adultery.

When she died the UK lost the plot. I was not one of those who went into mourning like everyone else I knew. It seemed to me at the time it would have been literally quite dangerous for me to have spoken out against the collective madness.

I have far more respect for HRH The Duchess of Cambridge than for her husband's late mother. She quietly gets on with it. I am very glad that no one seems to have ever put her under pressure to be like Diana.

Diana was a gay icon - you can still see some of them on this site. 

Everyone else saw her for what she was.

The Queen is loved more that Diana was. Diana does have her detractors.

Diana was young,beautiful, dressed well, was the superficial image of a British princess to those who really don't know what the world of royalty requires...

Diana was able to make many people feel that she cared about them, something she held in common with Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

Diana also helped tabloid reported write pro-Diana stories to feed her popularity.

Meghen lives in a £11 million mansion in California and yet cries with fellow billionaire Oprah about how "poor and oppressed" she is. Privileged little baby brat.

Diana was more down to Earth and likeable.

I thought she was an idiot.

She wasn't universally loved, and opinions of her have changed and become more realistic in the years since her death.

She came along when there hadn't been a pretty princess for the media to cover in a long while -- Princess Anne wasn't media-friendly -- and after the 70s, a period when royal coverage had started to change, to become less distant and deferential and more in-your-face and relentless.  The coverage of Diana was obsessive, and parts of the public responded by demanding even more of it, which was the media's intention.

It was more a fascination than "love," though certainly some people irrationally adored her and have never gotten over it.

But one such person, one such media obsession, was enough.  The novelty and lunacy of the Diana years had been exhausted. By the time later women marrying into the family came along, public and media attitudes were simply different, and so were the women.  A royal bride wasn't going to seem particularly fascinating any longer.

Kate has the personality of a plank of old wood, maybe that's why ...

Diana was open about her insecurities, had a great sense of humour and was very approachable. This made her very likeable. She was the most photographed woman in the world.

Who, other than you, says Diana was 'more loved' than Catherine?   I suggest that's a false supposition.