The Newsweek editorial predicting what life would be like for Princess Diana made many readers uneasy about resurrecting the dead, but for Fox News’ Liz Trotta, it was no surprise. During her Saturday commentary segment today, Trotta noted that “you can expect more of the same” from editor Tina Brown, who peddles in “the lowest of the low” and is “desperate” to sell her “pamphlet.”

The periodic fascination in the Americas with British royalty jars quite a few who stick strongly to America’s past as a nation founded in opposition to monarchy. Ann Coulter isn’t alone in think that it’s a bit weird when New York cabs have pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on them. What she may have more trouble getting people to rally around, however, is the idea that Princess Diana was an “anorexic, bulemic narcissist.”

Yesterday, we wrote about the disturbing Newsweek cover and cover story in which Tina Brown and some photoshop artists resurrected Princess Diana. Today on Morning Joe, Brown was asked about the less than thrilled response and she mostly settled on the “no such thing as bad publicity” reasoning.

In honor of Princess Diana’s would-be 50th birthday (if not for, you know, her death) Tina Brown wrote an article called, “Diana at 50: Chilling with the Middletons. Tweeting from Davos. And still the people’s princess. If not for that tragic night, what her life might look like now.” And yeah, that about sums it up.

In Democracy in America, French social historian Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote that America’s greatest strength was the total absence of nobility here. That was in the 19th century, when Americans were busy not caring about the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Now, of course, Americans are busy not caring about Prince William and his middle-class fiance Kate Middleton, though given the media coverage in this country, the extent to which Americans don’t care may surprise you.

Katie Couric opted to go easy on Tony Blair at the beginning of “Tony Blair in Conversation with Katie Couric” at the 92nd Street Y, easing him into the more hard-hitting questions about foreign affairs in the Middle East and Europe. Blair responded to questions about his reflections, writing process, and intentions for his new autobiography. He revealed that he wanted the book to be more “personal” than others in the genre that he admits he’s found “easy to put down.”

Is it just that between Twitter and YouTube and livestreaming we are able to pay better attention to White House affairs such as last night’s state dinner, or is it just that the Obama’s are more fun to pay attention to? Because I for one can not remember so much attention being paid to a state dinner in the past. Short version: even if you weren’t there, it’s possible not to miss a thing.

Well the Summer of Death is officially coming to a close, and it looks like we’ve made it! There is an old saying that celebrity deaths come in groups of three, but this summer they’ve been coming in pairs with one person’s passing being overshadowed by a more famous counterpart.

Who else has famously lost out in celebrity death coverage over the years? We’ve put together a gallery.