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Diana and Dodi Statue Unveiled
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| 8/24/05
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Posted on 08/24/2005 2:54:58 PM PDT by Huntress
On the eve of the eighth anniversary of Princess Diana's death, she has been honoured with a new sculpture dedicated to both her and her companion Dodi Fayed, who also died in the 1997 Paris car crash.
The bronze statue, entitled Innocent Victims, was commissioned by Dodi's father, Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed. Created by family friend Bill Mitchell, it is due to occupy a special place inside the legendary London store.
The work depicts Diana and Dodi smiling into each other's eyes as they apparently run along a beach together, with a bird poised for flight at the tip of their joined hands. Dodi's shirt is unbuttoned and the Princess is clad in a skimpy, clinging dress.
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KEYWORDS: ladydi; ladydied; princessdi; princessdiana; rippingopenoldwounds; royalslut; statue; tramp
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To: zzen01
Was that really necessary? I thought we were better than this.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:09:29 PM PDT
by
trussell
(Prayers for the children!)
To: Huntress
I'm thinkin'
"boat anchor".
42
posted on
08/24/2005 6:28:15 PM PDT
by
StoneGiant
(Power without morality is disaster. Morality without power is useless.)
To: Huntress
Diana and Dodi Statue Unveiled Didn't the original Mohammed (PBUH) have some rule about idols and the worship of?
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:36:12 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. - Aristotle)
To: Huntress
She grew up on an estate very near one of the Windsor residences. Her father at one time had hopes of marrying ELizabeth. Diana had hopes of marrying Andrew growing up. She knew exactly what she was getting, she was raised in it.
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posted on
08/24/2005 7:00:27 PM PDT
by
Jaded
(Hell sometimes has fluorescent lighting and a trumpet.)
To: Jaded
She knew exactly what she was getting, she was raised in it.I disagree. She was young, naive, and relatively inexperienced with men. I concede that perhaps she should have known what she was getting into, but not that she did.
45
posted on
08/24/2005 7:20:17 PM PDT
by
Huntress
(Possession really is nine tenths of the law.)
To: Huntress
And to think, some people say quiet good taste is extinct...
To: Huntress
Dodi's father already had an elaborate shrine to them at the base of the escalator in Harrods. It was beyond tacky. I wonder if this is to replace it or in addition.
To: Petronski
Ya know, there's this place around the corner from me that sells that REALLY BIG, bronze "Lawn Sculpture" (Full size horses, a gang of kid's playing..etc) You know what, IT ALL ULGY. This would fit in nicely.
BTW this place has had a "Going out of Business" sale for about 14 months now, and the crap still isn't moving.
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posted on
08/24/2005 7:41:19 PM PDT
by
MilspecRob
(Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
To: mhking
It's not only awful looking, but it's sooo inappropriate.
To: Huntress
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posted on
08/24/2005 8:49:41 PM PDT
by
onyx
(North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
To: Huntress
Perhaps it's just the angle of the photo, but it appears Diana has no legs. And what is that stuff around the feet area supposed to be? Seaweed?
Awful, just awful...
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posted on
08/25/2005 4:21:10 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(We are grateful to our fine military. God bless them and their families.)
To: prairiebreeze
And what is that stuff around the feet area supposed to be? Seaweed?
... Bird crap?
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posted on
08/25/2005 6:35:40 AM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(*shrug* I can't think of anything witty at the moment...)
To: yarddog
......I still think he is a cad but she was just as bad if not worse...... I agree with attributing blame to the both of them: They were BOTH very immature people due their respective pampered upbringings.
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posted on
08/25/2005 6:40:54 AM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(The Fourth-Estate is a Fifth-Column!)
To: Bacon Man; Hap; humblegunner; Allegra; RikaStrom; PetroniDE
I'm thinking of having this as an ice sculpture at the reception. What say y'all?
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posted on
08/25/2005 6:44:05 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
To: Huntress
read everyone's comments...
call me weird, if you will, but I like it.
If that is the memorial the dad wants for his son, so be it. Guess he figured he would immortalize also the woman who gave his son happiness in the last days of his life. It will be in the dad's store, if I am reading it correctly? If it were on a public square I am sure the royal family would be a bit POd.. donchaknow.
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posted on
08/25/2005 6:55:38 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your s God is!)
To: Xenalyte; Hap; humblegunner; Allegra; RikaStrom; PetroniDE
I see no place on the statue where one could pour liquor down a channel to another person.
56
posted on
08/25/2005 8:09:09 AM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(If God didn't intend for us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.)
To: Publius6961
"It's a cultural thing."
Reminds me of the mansion a mysterious Saudi family bought in Beverly Hills, California, years ago. They placed statues of naked women out in front -- painted flesh-colored & lifelike, with pink nipples and pubic hair.
Cars would stop and crawl by, as people would look. (And this was a major street, Sunset Boulevard.)
The family later got in trouble with the law and left just as mysteriously as they came. The statues were eventually taken down, and the house sold to somebody -- hopefully, not Saudi.
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posted on
08/25/2005 8:09:36 AM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
To: Xenalyte; Bacon Man; humblegunner; Hap
I'm thinking of having this as an ice sculpture at the reception. What say y'all? I'm in London right now....want me to see if I can swipe it and smuggle it back to Houston? Then you can have the real thing.
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posted on
08/25/2005 8:37:20 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Escaped to the REAL WORLD for a Bit! YES! Sweet Freedom!)
To: Allegra; Bacon Man; Hap; humblegunner
That would be SWEET! Do you have a bag big enough to put it in?
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:13:55 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
To: Xenalyte
After 10 minutes in Houston, wouldn't most ice sculptures fit in one's pocket?
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