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| Diana film poster taken down from Paris crash site | Diana film poster taken down from Paris crash site |
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| A poster advertising the Naomi Watts film Diana has been removed from a site in Paris where the Princess of Wales died in a car crash in 1997. | A poster advertising the Naomi Watts film Diana has been removed from a site in Paris where the Princess of Wales died in a car crash in 1997. |
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| The poster had been placed on a billboard at the Place de l'Alma, near the entrance to the Pont de l'Alma tunnel where the princess' car hit a roof support pillar. The poster site is also adjacent to the Flame of Liberty, a gold-coloured replica of the Statue of Liberty's torch flame, that has become an unofficial monument to Diana. | The poster had been placed on a billboard at the Place de l'Alma, near the entrance to the Pont de l'Alma tunnel where the princess' car hit a roof support pillar. The poster site is also adjacent to the Flame of Liberty, a gold-coloured replica of the Statue of Liberty's torch flame, that has become an unofficial monument to Diana. |
| The poster's placement had triggered fury in sections of the British media when it was noticed, with one of Diana's friends, Rosa Monckton, quoted as saying: 'I really don't have any words to describe how I feel about this cynical and shameless attempt to publicise a film that should never have been made. To have made a film so speculative and as this is disgusting enough, but to then advertise it on the spot at which she died is despicable." | The poster's placement had triggered fury in sections of the British media when it was noticed, with one of Diana's friends, Rosa Monckton, quoted as saying: 'I really don't have any words to describe how I feel about this cynical and shameless attempt to publicise a film that should never have been made. To have made a film so speculative and as this is disgusting enough, but to then advertise it on the spot at which she died is despicable." |
| A spokesperson for the film's French distributor, Le Pacte, told Deadline the poster position was "a coincidence" but the agency behind the campaign, JC Decaux, admitted Le Pacte had asked them to take it down. | A spokesperson for the film's French distributor, Le Pacte, told Deadline the poster position was "a coincidence" but the agency behind the campaign, JC Decaux, admitted Le Pacte had asked them to take it down. |
| Diana is due to be released in France tomorrow. | Diana is due to be released in France tomorrow. |
| More on Diana | More on Diana |
| • Diana: video review • Reel history - Diana: A royal mess of soft focus silliness | • Diana: video review • Reel history - Diana: A royal mess of soft focus silliness |
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