Photoshop of Lady Diana with Princess Charlotte

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The death of Princess Diana was a turning point in UK public life, an event met (contrary to the expected English sang-froid) by an outpouring of intense, irrational, somewhat deranged grief.

But it has taken nearly 20 years for this process to reach a point of optimally maudlin creepiness, in the form of a viral photoshop of the late Diana cooing over her grandchild.

The image was posted to Facebook by Mary Kohnke: "What a great job at photoshopping…let’s make this go viral."

The source images are easily found. A Reuters pic, depicting a meeting with Mother Theresa from 1997, and a more recent one of the fresh princess's baptism at St Magdalene Church, Sandringham.

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