An honourable way to make a living...
My position on the family Battenberg / Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is well known (I'm not keen), and I am not exactly a fan of the life of Princess Diana or opposed to economic acts between consenting adults.
However, one Jean-Francois Musa seems to be counting on his ability not to underestimate the taste, or perhaps, decorum of the public, in that he seeks to regain ownership of the Benz Diana died in, as he thinks he can make seven figures from selling it. (Source).
Having got over the ick factor, if someone bought the car, what on earth would they actually do with it?
However, one Jean-Francois Musa seems to be counting on his ability not to underestimate the taste, or perhaps, decorum of the public, in that he seeks to regain ownership of the Benz Diana died in, as he thinks he can make seven figures from selling it. (Source).
Having got over the ick factor, if someone bought the car, what on earth would they actually do with it?
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cameron could recycle it, and drive around in it , he is after all heir to diania
How could you ever get over the 'ick factor'?
You could open it to the public as a travelling shrine - with a suitable collection of momentoes for sale, and the chance to actually sit in the seat for a suitable small fee. Who knows? It would probably become famous for miracle cures, manifestations of the virgin and the like...
That is entirely plausible Mutley everyone went a bit "catholic-hot country" at the time . Not me .
I had no idea you didn`t like the Queen C . Bounder , Cad. She is the saintly grail cup for the tribe`s deep rots in this glorious land.If I had a virtual glove it would be flicking your cheek with a disdainful sneer playing about my aristocratic lips
Damned impudence I call it.
Poor show
N - I'm sure she is a delightful woman. My argument is with the institution, not the individual.
Diana was just a serial paki shagger who go her comeuppance.
well done prince Philip!
Not the Real Peter Hitchens - Sometimes you are so funny! That post referring to Prince Philip was a LOL-ler.
Mutley the Dog, a travelling shrine is an excellent idea and the fellow who bought the car has probably already thought of it. And a chance to sit in the seat where Diana died! Well, a bit gruesome, that ... but a travelling shrine and miracles sounds about right. People could go for cures.
Actually, it wouldn't have to be a rolling shrine. It could become a destination. Like Lourdes. A whole little industry could spring up from round it, giving employment to many whose jobs have been outsourced to India. As it's an American who bought it(?), I am sure this is what he has in mind.
Speaking of Lourdes:
Way back lost in the mists of time, a series of unfortunate British hacks found themselves holed up in 'Party City Hautes-Pyrénées', and having run out of conventional forms of secular fun, came up with a competition to find the most absurd, tacky or otherwise grossly inappropriate souvenir. All bets were off when someone rolled up with a Bernadette flick knife. I want one.
Thought I'd related this tale before, but can find no reference to it.
That car has to go to vegas!
They already have Bonnie &Clydes car
Now they can have Dodi& Di's car
Maybe the ever tasteful Mr "Al" Fayed could have it gold plated to add that little extra touch of Edgeware Rd style?
franklin mint, Viz used to do some great kitsch, instead of a cosy pot cottage they had
"no1 shit street" it was a porcelain council house with broken windows and a car on bricks in the garden, they also sold replicas of the queen mothers dentures and a plate depicting the life of christ played out by cats, including the crucifixion.
Sheer class as we say up north.
C - I thought you had told that story b4. Maybe it was an apparition! Funny you should mention Lourdes on this thread as Diana's mother was an annual visitor to Lourdes. I should note that it's not just the secular community who find the Lourdes tackfest amusing.
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