Diana ‘better mother than mine’
YOU might think that in a Church of England survey about the “ideal mother”, the Virgin Mary would be an obvious winner. But the Church’s own Mothering Sunday poll has thrown up a surprising result.
Diana, Princess of Wales, beat Jesus’s mother to the top spot, and was named the ideal mother by five per cent of respondents – the most popular single choice.
The Virgin Mary only made eighth place, behind “my own mother” in second, Mother Teresa, the Queen and Michelle Obama.
Men were marginally more likely to choose their own mother, while women were more likely to choose Diana.