On this date in 1997, Princess Diana was killed in an automobile accident in Paris. I never really followed the British royal family all that closely. I was aware that as she broke away from the royal family, Diana became associated with loony leftwing causes like banning land mines. That said, she deserved to be treated far better by the royal family than she was.
The two things I remember most about her funeral, far more than anything that will be remembered about the royal funeral over the weekend for The Swimmer, was Diana’s brother’s moving eulogy, and the performance of the re-worked Candle In The Wind by Elton John.
Here is that performance:
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The thing I remember most was that Mother Theresa died the next day… and no one noticed.
For some reason I thought Mother Theresa died at a different time. But yes, it’s sad that her death would be overlooked … while we currently endure perennial funeral pyre for a fat, drunken, lecherous bastard. Now that that’s over, we now return you to your 24/7 coverage of Michael Jackson.