Princess Diana has been killed, along with her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, in a car accident in Paris. The day fills with memorial broadcasts, interviews with those who knew her. The country is in a state of shock. A woman on television is screaming at a journalist, as if he were somehow personally responsible for Diana's death. She is very upset.
Journalists pose serious questions about the future of the monarchy.
Just across the Channel, the European Community is trying to understand the fact that Great Britain is truly an island, separated by more than the bright and shiny Eurotunnel. This summer has been for reading and writing. The books are the dessert after I read two or three newspapers a day. Keeping my fingers crossed as we headed off the river and onto the canal system, I soon realize that I was not made to live full time on a boat. This will become one of the primary reasons for leaving England.