Word: diana
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CATHERINE OF ARAGON had had access to television, the Church of England might never have been created. Even without the media, however, Princess Diana might have been more than a match for old King Henry. In last week's frank one-hour interview on the bbc, she delivered as penetrating a kick to the crown jewels as any woman in history. It's not simply that the estranged wife of a future King appeared poised, gentle and articulate (albeit she said albeit five times in half an hour); it's not that she failed to come off as the loony...
...fact Diana revealed little to viewers in Britain (and subsequently 37 other countries) that was new. But the confirmation of what was rumored--the sum of which would not be salacious enough to get her on Jenny Jones--was a bit of a bombshell coming from a member of the royal family. Yes, she knew her husband was making nasty with Camilla Parker Bowles in 1986, thanks to "woman's instinct" and "people who cared about our marriage." Yes, this worsened her bulimia and self-abuse. Yes, she hurt her own arms and legs...
...Says Diana: "I sit here with sadness, because a marriage hasn't worked. I sit here with hope because there is a future ahead--a future for my husband, a future for myself and a future for the monarchy...
...appearing on television amidst such hoopla--newspapers covered it like it was as anticipated as Windows 95--Diana, following Charles's own television appearances, had toppled the monarchy off its already wobbly knees and onto the ground, into the dirt with the rest of the adulterous, fetishist, omnivorous masses. Nothing is sacred anymore...
...Diana, whatever you say. Perhaps a future biting off the heads of live chickens, if things continue in this...