Tuesday, August 11, 2026

The Petrified Forest

Humphrey Bogart was Princess Diana's 
seventh cousin. When he died, Lauren
Bacall placed a small gold whistle in-
side his casket. At Diana's funeral, the
Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, un-
like the Queen, did not bow her head. 
The cremated remains of Lauren Bacall 
are kept at Forest Lawn, the same ceme-
tery as her husband Humphrey, but in a 
different area. Princess Diana is buried 
on an island in the family estate. Reports 
say that the area is not well looked after. 
Like Lauren Bacall, Princess Margaret
was cremated, purportedly because there
was no room for a traditional coffin left
in the royal vault at Windsor Castle. Nev-
ertheless, Queen Elizabeth was interred
there when she passed. No one of note is 
known to be buried in the 200 million 
year old petrified forest in northeastern 
Arizona, but the trees, however, are said 
to be quite spectacular & worth a visit. The
film was the first that Bogart starred in.

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