Controversial and kind of creepy, Newsweek's Diana at 50 cover story has put everyone in quite a tizzy. Exploring the "what ifs" of the beloved Princess Diana's short life, the editors have decided to play pretend and postulate what she would have been up to if she had lived to celebrate her 50th birthday this Friday.
Through the art of Photoshop, the Diana at 50 cover story shows a digitally aged Princess Di as she strolls down the street in public with her equally famous daughter-in-law. In addition to that ghostly image that actually seems to capture her aging more than gracefully, they also fabricated what would have been her Facebook page, how she would have used Twitter and even one of her carrying an iPhone on the red carpet.
I have to wonder what Princes William and Harry think about the Diana at 50 cover story.
Undead Princess Covers
Diana at 50 Explores the Question "What If She Were Alive Today?"
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