# THANK you, "People," for ANOTHER Diana cover! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612 "2001-06-21T13:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/1 "2001-06-21T13:51:29Z")
Just because she’s been dead, what, 15 or 20 years now, doesn’t mean she still can’t show up regularly on the cover of “People!” I was privileged to sit in on an editorial meeting at “People” recently and overheard some future cover possibilities: The Bush Girls: WOULD DIANA HAVE APPROVED OF THEM AS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW? Robert Downey, Jr.: IS HE STILL MOURNING DIANA? The Killings in Israel: COULD DIANA HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE? The Missing Senate Intern: DID SHE KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT DIANA’S DEATH? The Energy Crisis: DIANA’S MILLION-WATT SMILE COULD HAVE AVERTED IT . . . Any other ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/2 "2001-06-21T14:03:09Z")
Eve, you may appreciate the infographic (The link is on the left of the screen) in this week’s [Onion](http://www.theonion.com). Sincerely funny. For your OP: Face on Mars: DIANA SMILES DOWN ON US? Fran ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/3 "2001-06-21T14:05:16Z")
It’s been four years next month, but I know what you mean. She seems to have been a loving mother, and her work for AIDS and the eradication of land mines makes her a heroine in my book, but SHE’S FREAKIN’ DEAD! There is somnething really ghoulish about sticking the photo of a dead woman on People’s cover for no real reason except to sell more issues to bored housewives. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/4 "2001-06-21T14:21:41Z")
Of course, if you _really_ loved her, you would buy the [Princess Diana Decorative Plate](http://www.ceramiccreations-ct.com/ceramic_creationspage4%20.htm). Sweet Jesus, who buys these things? Mad Cow Disease: PINING FOR DI? ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/5 "2001-06-21T14:24:03Z")
Diane’s Landmine Charity Concert Review – BUSH ATTENDS STATING THAT COAL IS GOOD FOR AMERICAN JOBS Prince Charles: “I’m sleeping with a woman who looks like Secretariat”: IS DIANE PULLING THE REINS FROM HEAVEN ? ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@TomH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/6 "2001-06-21T14:47:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Francesca \*Of course, if you _really_ loved her, you would buy the [Princess Diana Decorative Plate](http://www.ceramiccreations-ct.com/ceramic_creationspage4%20.htm). No, if you _ **really** _ loved her, you’d buy the [Lady Princess Diana of Wales Spencer Full English Breakfast Plate of Hope](http://www.viz.co.uk/hairloom/larger/breakfast_plate.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/7 "2001-06-21T14:59:27Z")
I debated whether to link to that plate or a real one, and decided the real one was scarier. Especially the fact that all the other plates on that page are of dogs (and a butterfly), for no apparent reason. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/8 "2001-06-21T15:08:21Z")
I love the fact that the “real” Diana plate is advertised right next to a Rottweiller plate. Wasn’t that her nickname for Camilla Parker-Bowles? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/9 "2001-06-21T18:37:41Z")
Bill Clinton: “YEAH, SHE’S DEAD, BUT I’D STILL DO HER” Elton John: “I NEED TO RAISE A FEW MILLION QUID FAST. CAN WE EXHUME THE BODY AND REBURY DIANA, PLEASE?” Jerry Bruckheimer: “DIANA’S THE INSPIRATION BEHIND MY NEXT BLOCKBUSTER - TUNNEL OF THE DEAD.” George W. Bush: “SHE DIED? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? GEE, THAT’S TOO BAD.” ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/10 "2001-06-22T00:10:01Z")
I think you should do a bio, **Eve**. I don’t think there have been any on her yet. Al Gore – “DIANA THINKS I WON!” Al Sharpton – “DIANA THINKS JESSE’S DONE!” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-people-for-another-diana-cover/69612/11 "2001-06-22T01:21:20Z")
If I ever make a futuristic science-fiction movie, I’ll have a “People” magazine with Diana on the cover and a headline like, “Royal DNA: The latest thing for your designer child!” [sub]Funny AND creepy. Yeesh.[/sub]