With the very best intentions in mind, 14 local residents in the UK town of Chesterfield have made a thoughtful tribute to mark the 20th anniversary of the passing of the late Princess of Wales, Diana.
But boy oh boy is it… shall we say, divisive.
Created mostly from leaves, petals and bark, the well dressing – an ancient summer practice in which town wells are decorated with flora native to the area – first appeared at the Town Pump earlier this week and now the world cannot look away.
Mostly because it doesn’t really look all that much like Princess Diana.
Then again, if you have a couple of chardonnays, take your glasses off, squint and assume she’d just returned from a summer holiday in the Bahamas with a stye on her left eye, then sure, it looks just like her.
"Wow, that's something else," one Facebook user commented.
"What the holy hell...." another asked.
"Don't look into her eyes, she'll eat your soul!" another joked.
"Photo realism. I thought the Queen of hearts was there on the streets of Chesterfield. It's like she never left us," another said.
"Bold choice from Chesterfield Council going with controversial artist Cecilia Gimenez. But I must say, it's definitely consistent with her work," one person commented, referring to the Spanish woman who famously "restored" the Ecce Homo fresco in 2012.
