Police Apologize for Drunk-Driving Ad
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Ministry of Defense police apologized for using, in a campaign against drunk driving, a picture of the car carrying Princess Diana that crashed, resulting in her death. The British agency withdrew a leaflet produced at its base at Alconbury, near Cambridge, that bore the picture. The accompanying text read: “Unfortunately, even a princess isn’t safe with a drunk driver.”
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