He gave an interview along those lines in the middle of the drama (it was in the papers), but there was nothing about the Royals nixing it. If they were going to stand on dignity they would surely have dumped a song obliquely referring to a dead movie star and things crawling out of the woodwork! He said (if I recall) that he would always associate "Your Song" song with her "sweetest eyes". What his boyfriend of the time thinks of that we have not heard (yet). My own view is that the whole thing is the absolute apotheosis of the romance novel, and that its sordidness, tackiness, and actual true dignity should be wallowed in, and every detail savoured. It only gets better as time goes on. Island burials, Dodi Fayed's unpaid bills, and now the movement to rename Heathrow Airport. What can be next? Will the British dignity that survived Dunkirk be swallowed up in the simultaneous British tastelessness that produced the world's worst newspapers (The National Enquirer is like The Times in comparison) and The Costa Pinta in Spain? Read on! For true tackiness and a reminder that none of this is new, read about the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, or Valentino's funeral, or Evita, it goes on and on. The only surprise is that each generation thinks it has invented it. You might as well get your moneys worth out of it. Yours, Peter T.