Dons_1988 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 59 minutes ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: Over 1,000,000 people left flowers at Kensington Palace alone. The Salvation Army and Samaritans had 24 hour patrols between Kensington and Trafalgar Square to comfort mourners for two weeks after the crash. It was a full royal ceremonial funeral. The international football was cancelled for all the home nations. Over 3,000,000 travelled to London for the funeral, half the population watched it on telly, billions watched it worldwide. Elton John's tear stained tribute is the fastest and biggest selling record of all time. Fucking embarrassing, wasn't it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I think the Queen comes off a lot better in her response to the death of Diana than the hysteria at the time suggested. She responded to it with dignity rather than the cauterwailing that characterised that time period. The period after Diana died has to be one of the most mental in modern British history, genuinely bizarre. News readers bursting into tears, as above, literally millions of people on the streets. Football matches cancelled (a Scotland game binned as Ally McCoist and Andy Goram refused to play), censorship of the press normalised (Private Eye's relatively restrained cover was banned by WH Smith and the Melody Maker recalled it's print run to add a sticker over a cartoon of Diana to avoid ofending anyone). And the legacy of all this is... nothing? What goes on in Diana's memory? There isn't a major charity that bears her name or continues her work, the biggst memorial is a fountain that keeps getting closed. Her main legacy is the elevation of vain self absorption to the status of an admirable character trait. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I've told this tale before, but the best thing about Diana's death was being in a taxi when the news came through on the radio and the driver being so distraught at the news that he couldn't bring himself to charge me for the trip. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Tbh Diana's funeral was a bit half arsed when you think we could've had 50 people trampled to death and could've ineffectually fired some rockets at some French military bases. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 It also overshadowed the death of Mother Theresa. Another self-serving cow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Van Tee Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Personally I think Princess Di would think it's disgusting the way Prince Harry has treated his adoptive family after all they have done for him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 More importantly though, Princess Di? Wid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: More importantly though, Princess Di? Wid. Hence the outbreak of mass hysteria. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Hence the outbreak of mass hysteria. ..turbation, more like! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 39 minutes ago, ICTChris said: I think the Queen comes off a lot better in her response to the death of Diana than the hysteria at the time suggested. She responded to it with dignity rather than the cauterwailing that characterised that time period. They were at Balmoral at the time and didn't want to get involved, or even attend Diana's funeral - they suggested it should be a private event organised by the Spencer family. It was Tony Blair who persuaded them to change their minds after repeated pleas, pointing out that their "response" or lack of, was likely to cause much damage to the monarchy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: Oh come on. Every day surrounded by smiling toadies "a teapot for your marmalade, m'am?", "another napkin, m'am?". "Oh f*** off and let me have my breakfast in peace." "Very good, m'am". Then some boring opening ceremony similar to yesterday and the one the day before that. She probably has ideas about going to see Harry in Canada and driving a motorbike through the Rockies. Does she not just hoak it out of the jar with a knife like everyone else? Or, if she's feeling a bit sophisticated, put it in a wee glass dish? Edited January 10, 2020 by Jacksgranda grandma 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Because Tony Blair is a lickspittle Establishment Tory c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 The lottery draw wasn't televised that week, that's about the only thing I remember as I played Gran Turismo most of the time to avoid all the pish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Oh, you. What about members of your pool team? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 The reason Princess Di's death was such a big thing was that at the time she was in the news every day. Pictures of Dodi and Di here, there and everywhere were on the front page of numerous papers. The photos were obviously selling papers. Then they died trying to escape from the people taking those photos. The irony is incredible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Fullerene said: The reason Princess Di's death was such a big thing was that at the time she was in the news every day. Pictures of Dodi and Di here, there and everywhere were on the front page of numerous papers. The photos were obviously selling papers. Then they died trying to escape from the people taking those photos. The irony is incredible. The way the media glossed over that was something else. The 2020 version is whenever someone dares to call out what a shambles the UK has become because of Brexit, the media take no responsibility in stoking the flames by printing crap about foreigners. With everything in my lifetime that is known about the print media after things like Hillsborough, Diana's death, the NOTW various scandals, and now Brexit, why do people continue to buy a newspaper? We deserve this planet to fail around us. It will be a relief from the many oxygen thiefs who frequent it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ross. Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Shandon Par said: a couple of weeks of sex, drugs and booze It's what Diana would have wanted. ETA: 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Its what Diana would have wanted. Literally, by the sound of it. Bollocks. Edited January 10, 2020 by Ross. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) The editor of one magazine, possibly Vogue or Cosmopolitan, said that every time they put a photo of Princess Di on the cover they would sell twice as many copies. What would Princess Di have to say about the drone strike on General Soleimani? Oh I really want to know. Edited January 10, 2020 by Fullerene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, Ross. said: It's what Diana would have wanted. ETA: Bollocks. Not just me that got the hand written invite from her then. God damn you drunken Henri Paul. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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