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...believe my attendance could divert attention from the purpose of the occasion, which is to focus on the life and service of Diana.' CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES, Duchess of Cornwall and wife of Prince Charles, stating that she will not be attending a memorial service for Diana, Princess of Wales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

...doubts about the remains? authenticity. The missing two bodies have also inspired rumors that one or more of the Romanov children escaped execution, most famously depicted in the 1956 Ingrid Bergman film Anastasia and in real life by a Polish woman named Anna Anderson who falsely claimed to be Princess Anastasia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Politics with the Romanovs | 8/26/2007 | See Source »

...Asia gambit as having sprung up not from money troubles, but from a penchant for Asian cinema spurred by a close relationship with chopsocky fan Quentin Tarantino. Name an Asian hit in the West and the Weinsteins are probably in some way responsible. Iron Monkey, Farewell My Concubine, Princess Mononoke, and half of the eight highest grossing American showings of Asian pics, including Hero and the original Shall We Dance?, were all released under Harvey's guidance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Weinsteins Woo Asia | 8/25/2007 | See Source »

...years on, there is still something dreamlike about the week that followed the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Was central London really carpeted with flowers? Did every U.S. TV network throw out its schedule to cover, at length, the funeral of an English divorcé of uncertain prospects? Did the most levelheaded folk you know choke up about 10 times that week, snuffling into their tissues, "I can't imagine why it's gotten to me so much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Diana Effect | 8/23/2007 | See Source »

...modern, undeferential Britain that celebrated Diana as a rebel against authority, scandalizing those who still clung to Victorian ideas of order. Tony Blair, a new Prime Minister in September 1997, instantly understood what was going on and, by eulogizing Diana as the "people's princess," skillfully aligned himself with the politics of emotion. It was that sort of time--one when politicians proved their authenticity not just by being in touch with their (and your) feelings, but also by telling you until you were sick of it just how in touch with their bloody feelings they were. Less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Diana Effect | 8/23/2007 | See Source »

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