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...with the Queen. Al Fayed's younger brother Ali owns Turnbull & Asser, the prestigious tailor used by Prince Charles and his sons William and Harry. And al Fayed has long courted Diana and her parents; he put her stepmother Raine on the board of Harrods. Diana's father Earl Spencer, while dying, reportedly told al Fayed to "keep an eye" on the family...
...what will surely be remembered as an intensely political eulogy, the Earl stated his determination that his nephews William and Harry would fare better than their mother. Firing a warning shot across the Royal's bows, he vowed to ensure that "their souls are not simply immersed by duty and tradition, but can sing openly" as Diana had planned...
...Most accused of all were her constant pursuers: the "ever-present paparazzi," who turned Diana into "the most hunted person of the modern age." The Earl, who pointedly withdrew the invitations of six British tabloid editors yesterday, wondered aloud why her "good intentions were sneered at by the media." Though in the end, when he came to the "small mercies" of his loss, Spencer dropped his sword ? and simply reminded us of all the humanity that is not apparent on the cover of a newspaper...
...obviously, there are traditionalists that would say ? and I'm one of them ? that you should never applaud in a church. But this was so spontaneous, and so magical, that it was really perfect." The complete text of Earl Spencer's speech...
...scattergun of public outrage was let loose on the paparazzi first. But soon it wheeled on drunk-drivers, the British press and the Al-Fayeds before settling, finally and inexplicably, on the Royal Family ? as if the Queen herself had been at the wheel of that Mercedes. When Earl Spencer stood up at his sister's funeral and fired a volley of veiled threats at her former in-laws, the search for scapegoats was complete. So now the world has turned upside-down, perhaps we ought to listen to China's considered opinion on the whole Diana business: "this...