Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 18:14:31 +0200
From: Hugh Rodwell <m-14970-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se>
Subject: M-G: My friend's brother just died in a bike crash


Forget all this artificial crap about Marie-Antoinette, my friend Sisko and
her daughter Emma were crying for hours today because Sisko's brother had a
crash on his bike, his head smashed into a concrete wall and he died.

As for the news: with a bit of practice Blair might become as good a gusher
as creepy Kenneth Kaunda. Bravely biting back the tears he brown-nosed the
royals by talking about the people's princess. Maybe Chris B could give us
a gush or two on this topic?

Interesting the way Blair sided with Di against the reigning monarch when
it comes to the question of who has the people's favour, though. A touch of
heresy, perhaps?

Wonder what status her dead playboy friend will be given. "Womanizing son
of Harrod's tycoon" is the most accurate so far. Lucky for him he died,
too, his life wouldn't have been worth living if he'd survived when she
hadn't.

Back to the people's princess. The crowds are laying wreaths outside
Buckingham Palace, as if nothing had happened to Di's status in the
monarchy -- wonder what Liz thinks about that?

What's the betting they'll all close ranks and pretend she was really part
of the family after all? I mean, by-the-Grace-of-God-to-be, number one in
succession that is, nipped off to Paris pretty quick to take possession of
the body.

Couldn't Australia make the posthumous people's Di head of state with an Oz
bigwig as permanent stand-in -- it'd save so much rancour. No more risk of
Liz getting handled by Oz politicians, for instance. And a permanently dead
head of state would obviate all problems of succession and the turbulence
this can cause. Pity Stalin didn't go the whole hog and make Lenin
permanent head of state in the Soviet Union.

By the way, I only just realized that GGTB (a contemporary of mine, more or
less) was about fifteen years older than Di. It didn't seem to rejuvenate
him much, though, did it?

Wonder if we'll ever know exactly what the Windsors said to each other when
they heard the news -- we'll never know what crossed their minds, of course.

We need a republic.

Cheers,

Hugh





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