“If this planet lasts for another thousand years people will still be talking about the terrible event we are now living through.”

—  Mohamed Al-Fayed

On the truth about the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed Quoted in [Nick, Cohen, http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,,1973868,00.html, Why are we so hooked on conspiracies?, The Guardian, December 17, 2006, 2006-12-18]

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