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Paris wants a ‘Princess Diana Square’ at site of her death
Associated Press ^ | May 30, 2019

Posted on 05/30/2019 6:12:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Paris City Hall wants to name a small plaza after Princess Diana, at the site of the 1997 car crash that killed the cherished British royal.

The site already holds a golden flame-shaped monument in her honor, adjacent to the Alma Tunnel where the accident occurred.

The plaza is currently named after opera singer Maria Callas. …

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1 posted on 05/30/2019 6:12:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Hopefully they've put in guardrails between the posts in the tunnel where she died.

Maybe they could name the tunnel after her.

2 posted on 05/30/2019 6:20:13 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Olog-hai

Odd for France to make a park commemorating an aristocrat, who became a royal, and bailed to run around with a camel jockey.

But hey, that’s just me.


3 posted on 05/30/2019 6:45:36 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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I would say NO because they will just want to tear it down in 100 years.


4 posted on 05/30/2019 6:53:21 AM PDT by Klemper (And then... and ONLY then... do they get their only chance to come back into America the legal way.)
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To: DesertRhino

They’ve gone through five republics so far. They don’t seem to get republics right, so why be consistent here?


5 posted on 05/30/2019 6:55:19 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

How long until the Muslims complain that it isn’t named after Dodi Fayed?


6 posted on 05/30/2019 6:56:52 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Yo-Yo

Please. Just because she was beautiful and married to “royalty” is not a reason for that. How about Charles Martel square, the man who conquered m*slim invaders?


7 posted on 05/30/2019 7:51:25 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam, not a religion, a totalitarian political ideology aiming for world domination. -Wilders)
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To: DesertRhino

I remember being on a plane flight once and noticed someone reading Di’s biography. This was before her death. I could not imagine why someone would waste time reading an entire book about such and unimportant yet overrated person.


8 posted on 05/30/2019 12:33:00 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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To: Olog-hai

a plaza in a car tunnel?


9 posted on 05/30/2019 12:36:40 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict I nHillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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