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Things Aren’t Looking Up For Di

June 29th, 2007 4 comments

She has been dead for a decade, but people still try to cash in on the fame of Diana, Princess of Wales. Books, “previously undiscovered” items, and many other things regarding Diana are flooding the market. The late Princess is especially prominent in the media in this tenth year since her passing, and her presence will be extremely prominent at the end of summer when the time of her accident occurred.

It figures. Paul Burrell and an assortment of mystics, “friends”, and associates certainly did their dirty jobs at getting famous at Diana’s expense. Her brother, Earl Spencer, occasionally chooses to chat about his sister at this time of year, too, though he doesn’t really have anything substantial or new to say.

If you thought all that was tacky, wait for this: the princess is now being thrown in with the prostitutes.

“Great,” think William and Harry. “Even more good news for us to read.”

An exhibition in Oxford, by artist Stella Vine, is to include paintings showing Princess Diana’s crash and the faces of the five prostitutes murdered in Ipswich last year. What a wonderful combination.

Next we have “Our blond obsession, from Di to Paris” by Megan Daum in the LA Times.

Diana may have been more dignified, more naturally beautiful and less heavy handed with the peroxide, but she’s also the one who paved the way to fame for Hilton and future generations of the under-talented and overexposed.

Diana and Paris, separated at birth. This is what the late Princess’ icon status has become. The thing that is truly sad is that on any other plane of existence, this would be considered coming down in the world. Being the society that we are, however, this will make Diana last forever. No criticism, exposé, scandal, or even death will ever diminish her popularity.

Sorry Harry and Wills; society has accepted your mother in to its collective bosom and are keeping her there, along with all its trash. What a sad way to go.

Virginia Tech

April 17th, 2007 No comments

I would like to extend my sympathies and condolences to all of the people injured or killed in the massacre at Virginia Tech. It is the worst mass shooting in U.S. history….

How tragic to have this happen so close to our country’s happy 400th anniversary celebrations in that state. In 2-3 weeks’ time we celebrate the English colonial beginnings of our country in Jamestown, Virginia.

This is so, so, sad.

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Sven O. Høiby 1936-2007

March 22nd, 2007 No comments

Sven O. Høiby, father to Crown Princess Mette-Marit, passed away on Wednesday, aged 70.

Høiby had been ill for some time, having been diagnosed with lung cancer in the autumn of last year. He had been receiving treatment at both the national Rikshospitalet and at Sørlandet Hospital in Kristiansand.

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Sincere Condolences

February 20th, 2007 No comments

As you have probably heard, Princess Letizia of Spain recently lost her youngest sister. Many condolences to the Crown Princess at such a sad time.

Princess Tatiana Von Metternich

August 21st, 2006 No comments

Princess Tatiana Von Metternich, who died at Schloss Johannisberg, her home in Germany, on July 26 aged 91, was the widow of Prince Paul Alfons, last Prince von Metternich-Winneburg; she was one of the most beautiful women of her day, highly cultivated and well known in international society.

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Queen’s Message – Death of Pope John Paul II

April 11th, 2005 No comments

The Queen has conveyed to the Holy See her deep sorrow on receiving the news of the death of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Her Majesty remembers the untiring efforts of Pope John Paul II in promoting peace and goodwill throughout the world.

The Queen also remembers well the work of Pope John Paul II for Christian unity, including closer ties between the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches and, in particular, His Holiness’s visit to Britain in 1982 – the first ever Papal visit.
The Prince of Wales attended the funeral of His Holiness on Friday, 8 April.

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RIP Princess Alice of Gloucester

November 3rd, 2004 No comments

Princess Alice, aunt of Queen Elizabeth II and the oldest member of the British royal family, died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, Buckingham Palace said Saturday. She was 102.

A spokesman said the queen was greatly saddened by the death of her aunt. He said the queen “remembers with gratitude Princess Alice’s service to the monarchy and to the country.”

Born Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott on Christmas Day, 1901, the princess married Henry, duke of Gloucester – the third son of King George V and brother of the queen’s father, King George VI – in 1935. After helping to lift morale on the home front during World War II, Princess Alice moved with her husband to Australia, where the duke was governor general from 1945 to 1947.

Back in Britain, she kept a busy schedule of charitable work and official duties until she was in her 90′s. She was the second member of the royal family to reach her centenary, after the Queen Mother Elizabeth, who died in March 2002 at the age of 101.

Princess Alice and her husband had two sons – William, who died in a flying accident in 1972, and Richard, the current duke of Gloucester.

The princess’s husband died in 1974. She is survived by her son and three grandchildren – Lady Davina, Lady Rose, and Alexander, Earl of Ulster.

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