Belligerent Ghoul writes:

Lazy Guide to Net Culture: Never say Di

excerpt:

By far the best psychic website featuring the late princess has to be the Diana-Morrissey Phenomenon, which claims that her death was foretold by, wait for it, the lead singer of The Smiths. (Needless to say, the site is not endorsed by members of the band.)

This intricate theory draws on works as diverse as The Smiths' album "The Queen is Dead" and the film "Carry On Cleo" (No, I'm not making this up.) Here is a sample of its rigorous analysis:

For the cover of this album whose title announces the death of a royal female, Morrissey chose a photo of a French man named Alain, (actor Alain Delon). The first public announcement of Princess Diana's death was made by a French man named Alain, (Dr. Alain Pavie, head of the Cardiology department at Paris' Hospital de la Pitie Salpetriere).

Morrissey named THE QUEEN IS DEAD after a chapter title in the Hubert Selby novel LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN. BROOKLYN is the largest of the five boroughs that comprise the city of NEW YORK. Diana's fatal car crash occurred in an underpass tunnel in which she was headed toward the EXIT TO THE AVENUE DE NEW YORK...
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