It’s The Closest She’ll Ever Get To Being Queen

Tue., June 17, 1997

Compiled By Staff Writer Rick Bo

Now that she’s gotten rid of those old dresses, Princess Diana is apparently ready for a whole new sense of personal style.

The Princess of Wales posed for a cover shot and inside spread in Vanity Fair magazine, with essayist Cathy Horyn on hand to chronicle the exalted event.

As the photo shoot got underway, Horyn writes breathlessly, “The energy started to percolate. (Di) got into it, laughing and tossing her head back and throwing off the most incredibly languid looks.

“Not long after lunch, she wanted to learn to catwalk. Imagine, the most celebrated woman of our time - glamorous princess, champion fund-raiser, benefactor to the poor, mother of England’s future King - learning to strut like a runway queen!”

Loose talk

Scribe Joe Queenan, on Tiger Woods (in George magazine): “One of the reasons he has captured the public’s imagination is that he is the first charismatic golfer since Lee Trevino. The other reason is that the public doesn’t have much imagination.”

Advancing age? He’s still trying to cope-a

Barry Manilow turns 51 today.

So, this Fisher’s not the one who got away

Amy Fisher, the now-22-year-old “Long Island Lolita” who’s serving up to 15 years in prison for shooting the wife of her former lover, Joey Buttafuoco, has been denied parole now that she’s finished the first five. Said the parole board: “There is a reasonable probability that you would not live and remain at liberty without violating the law.”

Imagine what it must take to seal those lips

So what’s rocker Mick Jagger’s reaction to the “Kiss and Make-Up Baby” that he and his recently reconciled wife, model Jerry Hall, are expecting? Said his agent: “Mick is delighted and looking forward to having a fourth child with Jerry, but he doesn’t want to talk about it.”

It was his saddest unplugged performance

Minnesota authorities have officially ruled that the week-old son of The Artist Formerly Known as Prince died last fall of natural causes after being born with a rare skeletal defect. Two former assistants to The Artist’s wife had questioned the decision to remove life support.

Another treat for all of you debt-heads

First it was designer ties. Now comes a credit card company with a piece of plastic bearing artwork by late Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia - namely, a raspberry-red fox darting across a background of psychedelic colors - with proceeds benefiting a national food drive.

Internet access? Guess he must be in hell

Late LSD guru Timothy Leary’s posthumous new book, “Design for Dying,” features reminisces from friends - including author-philosopher Robert Anton Wilson, who recalls the e-mail that was arranged to arrive a month after Leary’s death. “It said, ‘Robert, how is everything? Greetings from the other side … It’s not what I expected. Nice, but crowded … Hope you’re well. Love, Timothy.”

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