Princess Diana's death

[Hitchington]

I recall being off my head in some taxi going across London after being on a night out at, I think, Ministry of Sound. The taxi driver had the radio on. But to be honest it could have been Ministry of Justice.

On the day of the funeral I was no doubt off my head again. Things were rather cloudy and muddled back then. They are cloudy and muddled now but not for the same reasons.

1997 was a good year.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I can't believe some of the posts on here - perhaps it has become trendy to not give a f*** about her in the intervening years, but that certainly wasn't the case at the time.

It was for me.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Will anyone own up to giving a fark and crying for a week to ten days following her death?

Do you think I'll get away with a "now that I think about it, I haven't really dealt with Diana's death" sickline?

 

[Drago]

And for me. I didn't wish her any harm, but her passing was of no interest. Utterly ambivalent to this day.

 

[slowmotion]

We had been in Canada for three weeks and got back the day before her death so we knew very little about the Dodi/Di media frenzy that had been building up. Of course I felt sympathy for her family, and was sad that she died and that two boys had lost their mother but, although not a republican, I wasn't very interested in the lives of the Royal Family. Until the Wednesday, life went on as normal, and then the whole country seemed to go utterly bonkers. Back to back maudlin songs when you tuned into a rock station.....phone calls from people abroad who you barely knew saying how sorry they were for "You Brits". Madness.

 

[winjim]

I learned many things from Princess Diana. Like don't get into a car driven by a drunk at high speed and not bother to put your seat belt on.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Your wife calls you Lady Diana? That does sound formal!

Stupid,but quite funny.

 

[Drago]

I learned many things from Princess Diana. Like don't get into a car that has been written off and shoddily rebuilt driven by a drunk at high speed and not bother to put your seat belt on.

You missed a bit, so FTFY.

 

[smutchin]

perhaps it has become trendy to not give a f*** about her in the intervening years, but that certainly wasn't the case at the time

I'm sure you actually believe that, and it's forgivable, given that only one point of view was reported by the popular media at the time, but the sycophancy and pseudo-grief was by no means universal, as the article linked to by @slowmotion demonstrates. I don't think anyone among my social circle ever gave a f*** about Diana, either before or after her death. That's nothing to do with being 'trendy', it's that she was wholly irrelevant to most of us.

 

[winjim]

You missed a bit, so FTFY.

Oh yeah, that and all.

 

[S-Express]

Ok - so my last gif was in 'bad taste' apparently. Hopefully this one will be less offensive to serial offence-takers...

 

[Fnaar]

It was a very weird time. I'm basically a republican in my outlook, don't think we should have a monarchy at all. Had just returned from holiday with the family the previous evening, and I got up early to make a coffee, and heard it on the radio. Bunged the telly on, told Mrs Fnaar, and it took me a while to convince her I wasn't telling porkies. We spent much of that day watching the news channels for reasons I still can't explain, given my outlook. At the time, I worked 3 mins walk from Buck House, and I did go round to check the scene, and found it oddly moving. Then I went to a pub nearby, and a woman (complete stranger) started chatting to me and basically kept trying to snog me. Strange days indeed.

 

[swansonj]

Will anyone own up to giving a fark and crying for a week to ten days following her death?

Can we do a Venn diagram of people who will own up to crying a week over a Diana and people who will own up to voting for Brexit?

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I'm sure you actually believe that, and it's forgivable, given that only one point of view was reported by the popular media at the time, but the sycophancy and pseudo-grief was by no means universal, as the article linked to by @slowmotion demonstrates. I don't think anyone among my social circle ever gave a f*** about Diana, either before or after her death. That's nothing to do with being 'trendy', it's that she was wholly irrelevant to most of us.

Exactly.

 

[Drago]

I cried when Charles Bronson died.