Letter: Diary of tears

Thursday 04 September 1997 23:02 BST

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Dear Bridget Jones: Now look what you've done.

Here I sit, a middle-aged family man, white Anglo-Saxon ex-Protestant middle class Brit. Naturally, I am horrified at the death of the Princess of Wales and of those with her. But I do not feel personally touched and I am beginning to feel that the public response is mystifyingly, embarrassingly over-intense.

Then I read your diary today (3 September). I suddenly realise what it is all about. I find myself sitting at breakfast with my eyes filled with tears.

See what you've done?

TIM CLARK

Bristol

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