World news media companies were reeling today when a trainee journalist in Fleet Street suddenly realised that Princess Diana had not been mentioned in the news for nearly six weeks.
The news quickly spread causing panic amongst journalists across the world.
News editors at CNN and the BBC were baffled by the absence of any kind of news relating to Britain's 'Queen of Hearts'. These are tough times, one editor complained, "it was easy to fill the news bulletins in the good old days of the inquiry with endless shots of Diana in a lift, or pointless footage of Diana going through the rotating entrance of the Paris hotel. Now, we have to search for real stories. Life just got tougher."
The economic impact of the Diana news slump is also becoming apparent. Several souvenir and flower shops trading within a stones through of the Paris tunnel where Diana died have had to lay staff off due to a lack of sales. One shop owner declared, "this news slump is hitting us hard. It has been weeks now since news teams have spent days taking pictures of the entrance to the tunnel..also we are not selling many flowers these days to Diana tourists ... please please make some news for us"
However, the prayers of the Paris shop owners and world news moguls may soon be answered. The Spoof has learned that a delegation from the Paris Chamber of Commerce is to lobby Al-Fayed to start making conspiracy allegations once more.
BBC news chiefs are preparing the rotating entrance video tape for re-airing.
