NOW ON TV: DIANA, GODDESS OF THE HAUNT

IF CATHERINE OF ARAGON had had access to television, the Church of England might never have been created. Even without the media, however, Princess Diana might have been more than a match for old King Henry. In last week's frank one-hour interview on the bbc, she delivered as penetrating a kick to the crown jewels as any woman in history. It's not simply that the estranged wife of a future King appeared poised, gentle and articulate (albeit she said albeit five times in half an hour); it's not that she failed to come off as the loony blue-blood bimbo her detractors...

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