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The Transfiguration of Diana
Steyn Online ^
| 30 Aug 2017
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 09/01/2017 2:51:13 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Two decades ago today - Saturday August 30th 1997 - the ex-wife of the heir to the throne flew in to Paris with her new Egyptian boyfriend after a Mediterranean holiday on his yacht. They dined at his dad's showpiece, the Ritz, and shortly after midnight left via the rear entrance and got into a Mercedes driven by the hotel's deputy head of security. He was drunk, and in the underpass at the Place d'Alma he lost control of the car. Diana, Princess of Wales was pronounced dead at 4am on Sunday August 31st. She was 36.
The clip below shows a CNN anchorman introducing the BBC's formal announcement. The contrast in styles is noticeable: To the CNN guy, this is a bigtime A-list celebrity death; to a visibly shaken Martyn Lewis at the Beeb, the bald factual recitation is not an ending - the termination of a life - but a beginning ... of something strange and unknown. The week that followed was one of the most bizarre in modern British history:
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: anniversary; diana; royals; slut; steyn; whore
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To: minnesota_bound
Her 2 sons turned out ok. I'd say she batted .500 in that department.
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:21:54 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Rummyfan
in July, the Princess had been seen comforting a weeping Elton John and his lover at the grisly memorial service for Gianni Versace; in August, in between Mediterranean cruises, she had returned to Britain for what she hoped would be a quiet consultation with her favorite psychic — for which, in order to avoid drawing attention to herself, she landed by helicopter in the middle of her clairvoyant's small Derbyshire village accompanied by her millionaire playboy Arab lover, whereupon she was spotted by a little girl with a camera whom she told to go away.That is certainly no saint or angel.
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:22:53 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
To: Rummyfan
...she (The Queen) chose her words with supreme care: "It is not easy to express the sense of loss," she began. "No one who knew Diana will ever forget her." Very diplomatic.
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:27:45 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
To: Aliska
She was not wearing a seatbelt was she? Also always thought how odd it was that ambulance was so slow and it took so long to get to the hospital.
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:32:13 AM PDT
by
pnz1
("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
To: cpdiii
Charles rants about climate change really tick me off—if that clown cared about the planet he would take his carbon footprint to zero and off himself.
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:33:06 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: gaijin
If that were tre, seems it would save the Royal family a lot of headaches..
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:34:19 AM PDT
by
pnz1
("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
To: The people have spoken
The thing I never understood is how Charles could forsake beautiful, young Diana for plain, older Camilla. Is he gay? I've been married for many years, and my position is that I would rather be with an average-looking woman who makes a consistent effort to keep me happy, than a super-model who treats me with indifference.
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:42:34 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
To: The people have spoken
Read the transcript of the Cammilagate tapes.
Those two were made for each other.
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:44:37 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
To: pnz1
She had a “bodyguard” who allowed her to get in a car with a drunk driver and ride at high speed without a seatbelt.
Does that seem right to you?
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:46:48 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
To: dfwgator
Her 2 sons turned out ok.
I'd say she batted .500 in that department. Yeah same here.
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posted on
08/28/2022 9:47:15 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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