The American Spectator

Reader Mail

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'During the life of the late Princess of Wales, readers of this and other newspapers were regularly informed that the Princess was a scheming, meddlesome neurotic who repeatedly embarrassed the Queen by interfering in matters of state that were no concern of hers and by openly associating with the son of a disreputable Egyptian businessman. Alas, now, we realize that the late Queen of Hearts was in fact the most saintly woman that ever lived. We extend our most groveling condolences to our readers on this saddest of days and sincerely hope that they will overlook our hypocrisy and continue to buy our newspaper'.

p>For an article written with so much tongue in cheek, it came as close to reporting the truth of the matter as you would want. br> -- Christopher Holland br> Canberra, Australia /p> p> I am genuinely curious; How in the full technical, legal sense of the word did Diana commit treason? I have heard many criticisms of the woebegone princess, but this is the first time I have heard this one. Please explain!! br> -- Joe Reimers br> Orange, Texas /p> p> Quite the article. I too was amused at my disgust of this entire spectacle, especially the media's wall to wall coverage of the funeral. I recall, during the few minutes I actually watched this insanity unfold, a sudden fit of nausea, induced by the media's use of funeral protocol experts. Then mercifully, the screen went blank. The parallels between the mass insanity of the besotted icon loving British and their media, to that of the symbiotic relationship that currently exists between our media and some of our more politically and culturally crazed fellow citizens, as this 24/7 political news cycle rolls on, is too horrible to contemplate. At least Diana had the good sense not to seek political office. br> -- A. DiPentima /p>

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