God Save the Prince

Just watched a piece of the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death (the memorial, or whatever you call it, that is), and saw about 20 seconds of Prince Harry's speech. Does anyone besides me see the striking resemblance to Sid Vicious? He's got the same face, and very similar fucked-up hair, though a bit lighter. I'm not asking if it's just me. It's not. I just don't think anyone else has pieced this together.

Somebody should have noticed this years ago. If some baker can discover a Cinnimon Roll that looks like Mother Teresa, how can it be overlooked that one of the lads with a shot at becoming King of England looks like the late bass player form the Sex Pistols? Along with founding British Punk Rock, the Pistols' abuse of the Union Jack was more aggressive than any band not named Iron Maiden or Def Leppard.* I have a Union Jack sticker on my Snowboard. Superimposed on the flag is a cameo of Queen Elizabeth. Superimposed over her eyes is "God Save the Queen." Superimosed over her mouth is "The Sex Pistols." See how ironic this is? If Sid Vicious wasn't already dead, they'd have to kill him.

Fortunately he died in 1979, 3 years ahead of William and 5 ahead of Harry, which should prevent all but the most dedicated of conspiracy theorists from doubting Harry's parentage. (Sid's alive and holed up in a bunker in Antartica? The hell you say.) I suppose it's good that Princess Di didn't die of a heroin overdose in the Chelsea Hotel.

* The British are all about exploiting their flag for commercial gain, so I suppose this "abuse" can't truly be considered abuse if it is officially sanctioned, or whatever it is. Crass yet enlightened, relatively speaking, I guess.