Yep. The only publication to retain a sense of perspective was Private Eye. I was working in Brussels at the time and was glad to be away.
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It was a mad time. I remember taking my very young daughter to a birthday party on the day of the funeral. Half the kids hadn't bothered to turn up for reasons that I still don't understand today.
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I still have my copy somewhere
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I liked the spread they did with commentators dissing Diana on one side, then the same commentators’ gushing tributes on the other.
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Yes I think that's what so enraged the tabloids. A mirror was held up to their hypocrisy
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And they intensified their 'phone hacking' etc to fill their rags with other vitriol about non-royal victims... must have been such joy amongst them when Harry met Meghan. 🤮
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Private Eye still does that, and the commentary carry on as Lunchtime O'Blivious.
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