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Thread #70898   Message #1211138
Posted By: Rapparee
20-Jun-04 - 07:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Protocol for flying half staff
Subject: RE: BS: Protocol for flying half staff
I was in Britain when Diana was killed. Driving to Ely to see the cathedral.

"Why are the flags at half-mast?" asked my wife.
"I dunno," I replied, "I'm not British."

At the cathedral a service was in session. The bishop hisself came out and began, "As you may know, this morning the Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash in Paris...."