This Turgid Diana Business

 

Princess Diana was a very distant cousin of mine.

My paternal grandmother was a Spencer from Peterborough, whose father, a builder, came from Woodnewton in Northamptonshire. There were always tales in the family about payment for work at the big house not being made, so various pieces of furniture and glass were taken instead. Recently, I've met someone, who is related to the brother of my great-grandfather and he has similar stories.

So perhaps the link to the family, is not as tenuous as you think.

But then my mother's family always claimed they were descended from Lord Byron, as he married a Millbanke. But that is pure wishful thinking as I've traced the Millbanks past the dates of Lord Byron.

It's about time that poor Diana was allowed to rest in peace.

Right thinking people, without any axes to grind or publications to sell, have always known that she died along with Dodie Fayad and Henri Paul, in an accident caused by a drunken driver travelling too fast. But try telling that simple tale to the Daily Express or Mohammed Fayad.