I do sometimes hold to conspiracy theories, but only for fun. I know they’re not real. But after this latest letter in the news (that nobody denies is from her), I am absolutely in belief that Diana was killed because she was going to marry a Muslim man. By who, I’m not sure. Mabey somebody close to the Royal Family.
Am I English, and should I have an opinion on this? No. But do I? Yes.
I loved Diana. She held babies with AIDS. Before her, they just didn’t do that. She was very much a real person.
You do have a point, Zoob. At any rate I think she was closer to a ‘normal’ person than anybody else in the Royal Family. I felt like I related to her on so many levels (dysfunctional family, eating disorders, care for the same causes). I still imagine sometimes that she isn’t really dead at all, sort of like Elvis.
Grak!
Hey! Some of my best friends are shape-shifting reptiles! They may be literally cold blooded and heartless (their blood is pumped by cilia lining their circulatory system) but they have good souls and would recommend them over many of my fellow endotherms. Why would aliens want to pose as the British royal family? Their duties are mostly ceremonial, anyway. But now that I think about it, I better get hold of my bosses back in the future, as I can see how some rogue elements of “shape-shifting reptiles” might use such a disguise to help pull the Earth into their domination.
Grak!
Captain Verp Tlethl #371845332
I don’t believe in shape shifting reptiles. Nobody has ever shown me any meaningful proof that shape shifting reptiles ever existed. There are just too many inconsistencies in historical writings. In fact, during the time when it was written that shape shifting reptiles conquered earth, the earth didn’t even exist.
In Paris we had a delightfully tactful–très délicat–joke I heard about a week after Lady D’s * crash.
“What’s the difference between a Range Rover and a Paris Police Patrol van (**) ?
None: both need a drunken former légionnaire at the steering wheel, with an Ayrab and a hooker in the back.”
Whenever you need elegance, Paris leads the world…
Pronounced locally : “Lah-Dee-Dee”
** Nicked “lettuce basket” because of the gridded windows.
I think, however wrong I may be, that all the “good” deeds she did in public were just that - publicity for publicity’s sake, due to her being “royalty”. If I’m wrong, my apologies.
I’m not much of a royalist, but my impression is rather that, since she was stuck with all the paparrazzi crap anyway and her domestic life wasn’t particularly rewarding, she thought she could turn her celebrity (which was inflicted on her anyway from the moment that her engagement to be married was announced) to best advantage by using it in support of good causes.
Her easy, caring and non-rejectionist manner with AIDS victims, her obvious concern for famine-stricken children and her support for the adoption of the anti-personnel mine Treaty (guess which major world power hasn’t signed it?) showed the way for others to follow.
Good point. I remember reading after the crash that, had Di and Dodi been wearing seatbelts, they probably would have escaped unijured, or with relatively minor injuries, being in the back of the car as they were. The one person who DID survive (albeit with serious injuries, being in the front of the car) was also the only one wearing a seatbelt.
I guess some people think the laws of physics don’t apply to them! (sigh!)
You’re probably right about her. Better have a compassionate princess than a cynical one.
As for the “major” shying away from the treaty, it’s spending too much in developing drones, which in fact are high-tech active self-propelled mines, and would certainly be considered as such by the terms of the treaty: seek-and-destroy mines, more cost-effective (I can’t twist my tongue to call that “productive”) than sit-and-lurk. Robocop is passé, now is time for mine-bots.
By the way, do you guess what would be the only possible countermeasure for those who can’t afford such high-tech?
The ‘Royal family are shape shifting reptiles from outer space’ was put about by ex-Footballer (soccer player)/T.V. Football commentator turned Turqoise wearing nutter, David Ike.
Maybe Dianne was bumped off by a secret fashion world cabal - I mean the ‘walking clotheshorse’ was seen wearing an anti-mine mask-Hey, maybe she DID think someone was out to get her!
In the grand British tradition of ‘sick’ jokes that inevitably crop up when any newsworthy ‘tragedy’ occurs- the following was doing the rounds a couple of years ago:
The Queen Mum (Gawd bless 'Er!) died and went to Heaven.When she reached the Pearly gates,she sees Princess Di.
“Oh hello Di” she says, “That’s a lovely Halo you’ve got there.”
To which Di replies,
“That’s not a Halo-it’s the steering wheel!” OUCH!
Better duck and cover!
