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#141
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The first article was really touching, I found the comment "Diana's first facelift or whats on Di's ipod" very funny.
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From the article, reporting an episode between Philip and Diana as told in "The Diana Chronicles": The monarch's no-nonsense husband, who the recollections of today had for many years enjoyed a good relationship with Diana, told the increasingly independent Princess: "If you don’t behave yourself, my girl, we’ll take your title away from you." Referring to her historic Spencer lineage, of which she was proud, the Princess called upon her famous quick wit, telling her father-in-law: "My title is much older than yours, Philip". Ouch! End of quote. Ouch indeed! What a stupid and uneducated thing to say: The duke of Edinburgh was born a prince of Greece and Denmark - a member of the oldest dynasty of Europe. His ancestors already reigned in Scandinavia when William the Conqueror had not been born. I doubt the Spencers are left-over Anglo-Saxon nobility thus Diana was simply wrong. IMHO in that case it is not quick witted or even funny, but an uneducated kind of pertiness.
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She was supposedly talking of the Spencer lineage.
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Okay, but if they are talking about lineage, why are they talking about 'title' ? I wouldn't have used this word ...
Again it's a private discussion so there will always be a doubt.
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Maybe they were talking about their titles in Britain. HRH Prince Philip had been Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, prior to his marriage to the Princess Elizabeth. He had to relinquish his foreign titles to become a British citizen, did he not?
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The long-nosed Diana, by Belgium
Belgium has issued a gold coin to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Princess Diana - but something is amiss The long-nosed Diana, by Belgium | the Daily Mail
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You know, the more I'm seeing of excerpts of this book, the more I think that the character of Rita Skeeter must be based on Tina Brown. She seems to be giving verbatim quotes of private conversations with such confidence that I can only assume that she must really have been able to transform herself into a fly on the wall. Either that, or this is mighty shoddy journalism.
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Excellent comparison Elspeth she does seem like Rita Skeeter writing for The Daily Prophet.
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When I started reading your post, I thought you were talking about the new Diana Belgium coin!
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![]() But its interesting that Belgium minted a coin of the Princess?
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I think it is a good likeness, it's probably based on some of Mario Testino's pictures. I don't think it is legal tender in Belgium, (perhaps someone from Belgium can tell us). In the UK we tend to stick with the Queen and national symbols.
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Was Princess Diana Headed for Hollywood?
Planet Gossip - Was Princess Diana Headed for Hollywood?
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Blair's farewell was a Diana moment - a flood of phoney emotion
Blair's farewell was a Diana moment - a flood of phoney emotion | the Daily Mail
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She wasn't even born when he became Britain's Prince Philip so the gist of what they meant escapes us both. It might be something only the aristocrats and nobles know. Or it might be something Tina Brown made up.
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