Mourners grieved an unfinished woman, not a perfect one.

Evidence

It is irrelevant to object that Diana alive bore no resemblance to Diana dead. The crowds were not deluded about what they had lost. They were not mourning something perfect, but something that was unfinished. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 299

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 299
• XREF: connects to: Grief encompasses a range of complex, untidy emotions. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 616

Related

• Deferred mourning is stored up and complicates later griefs (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Grief encompasses a range of complex, untidy emotions. #exemplifies (0.55) — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 616