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Princess Diana was a 'manipulator,' former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says in new memoir
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/09/01/2010-09-0 ^

Posted on 09/01/2010 6:58:00 AM PDT by LottieDah

Princess Diana was captivating, over-emotional and a "manipulator," former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says in his new memoir.

"I really liked her and, of course, was as big a sucker for a beautiful princess as the next man: but I was wary too," Blair wrote, saying he was on guard against her "wildness of emotions," referring to her as an "unpredictable meteor."

In Blair's "A Journey," he discusses his meeting with Diana a month before her tragic death in a 1997 car crash to tell the Princess of Wales that her relationship with millionaire Egyptian playboy Dodi Fayed was a "problem."

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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To: carton253

Agreed. Let the dead rest in peace and allow her sons to have their memories of the mother they loved, without have to hear about her bad side.


41 posted on 09/01/2010 8:06:42 AM PDT by Brytani (There Is No (D) in November! Go Allen!!! www.allenwestforcongress.com)
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To: WarEagle
...the calculated campaign to blacken Charles' name.

Charles needed no assistance in that department. He was unfaithful to her during the engagement and marriage and has also been unfaithful to his legacy as Defender of the Faith.

42 posted on 09/01/2010 8:13:59 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Perdogg

When she botched the wedding vows, saying only the part about Chucklehead having to share his lands and chattels, it was clear what she was about. Her brother’s also a real charmer.


43 posted on 09/01/2010 6:16:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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To: Republic of Texas

Humor...I love to laugh and I see humor in every situation, even this back and forth between us. On the other hand, let me just say that I am not especially surprised that you have an ex-wife. Bless your heart.


44 posted on 09/02/2010 6:24:41 AM PDT by outinyellowdogcountry
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