People: May 26, 1986

"Diana fever should be kept in moderation and not allowed to become too excessive," cautioned the Tokyo Mainichi Simbun editorial. But the message of restraint was lost on even the writer's own newspaper, which festooned its pages with extravagant coverage of the six-day visit to Japan of Britain's Prince Charles and Diana. In Tokyo, 92,000 people showed up to catch a glimpse or a snapshot of the royal couple's motorcade. Diana, who left a wake of look-alike haircuts wherever she went, participated in a tea ceremony, donned an elegant kimono in Kyoto and attended a sumo-wrestling match. As always, Charles scored...

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