Six days after the Princess Diana concert had 15 million viewers, another day-long musical extravaganza was live from Wembley! It couldn’t lose, right? Wrong.

Al Gore’s eco-concert peaked with just 4.5 million viewers on Saturday night. This of course had quite a lot to do with the weather, the sun coming out just in time for the concert about global warming.

But what is it about a Diana concert that makes 15 million people tune in, but a concert to save the world gets less than 5 million?

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There is this lovely little story in the British Daily Mirror where John Travolta is quoted as saying that he had some help when he was experiencing a real dip in his acting career. In fact he is even prepared to say that it was like being reborn.

In 1985 Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited the USA. During this trip a gala dinner was held for them in Washington, hosted by President Reagan and his wife Nancy. The dinner featured entertainment celebrities, which would have been ex film-star Ronald Reagan’s way of hosting an event such as this.

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Younger generations unfortunately will not understand how larger than life Princess Diana really was and it would be difficult to describe.

There are numerous books that discuss her great efforts in the AIDS situation, drug abuse, land mine efforts, poverty, and homelessness. She never stopped bringing attention to the world’s problems and offering solutions through her charity work even after she was no longer the Princess.

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There’s a new book out about Princess Diana. The book is by Tina Brown and is entitled, The Diana Chronicles.

In an interview with Katie Couric, she reveals her inner thoughts on the Princess…

Q. Why do you think the story of a divorced British princess remains so captivating to Americans?

A. Diana’s story is really as a mythic as a Grimm’s fairy story. It is far more than simply being a divorced princess. She was young, beautiful and innocent and found that life behind palace walls was a mesh of lies, intrigue and sexual cynicism. But she refused to let those palace walls contain her and sublimated her pain to become a global force for good.

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An Australian television station has drawn fire over the poor placement of two advertisements during its screening of the Concert For Diana from Wembley on Monday night.

Viewers complained after two commercials for an undertaker and road safety campaign followed a performance in which rap artist P Diddy had dedicated his appearance to the late Princess of Wales.

Diddy’s set ended with an ad break that opened with a promotion for White Lady Funerals, with the slogan “a woman’s understanding from very special women”.

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