A Tesco shopper has described the "shocking" moment she discovered the face of the late Lady Diana in a pack of ham purchased from Tesco.
Hattie Osma was having a normal day at work in Cheltenham (April 27), making food and waiting for the kettle to boil during her lunch break when her eyes were drawn to the packet of sliced ham she had bought earlier at the Market Parade Tesco Express in Gloucester, reports Gloucestershire Live. She thought she was seeing things when she came face to face with none other than Diana, Princess of Wales.
The 36-year-old sales manager said: "I had a round of toast instead after seeing her in the ham, I couldn't risk damaging the ham!"
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Not literally, but in the discoloured top corner of the second slice of her packet of ham was none other than the beloved icon herself, the People's Princess, if viewed from a healthy distance. Speaking to GloucestershireLive, Hattie said she was surprised to find that her whole office agreed with her.
"I went straight to work, during lunch I started making a ham sandwich when I noticed the second slice had a sort of face in it," she said. "I thought I was seeing things, on closer inspection, its likeness was Lady Di, the whole office agreed.
"I was shocked, I gave out a little gasp, my co-worker Madeleine asked what was the matter, I showed it to her and she was shocked too, with it being so close to the coronation, it's really spooky. We took some photographs and thought nobody would believe us, the office was buzzing with excitement during lunch break. I want to try and preserve it to hang it in my house, she looks so beautiful."
She said that most people could not see Lady Di straight away but quickly became spooked when they saw her face staring back at them from a packet of wafer-thin Tesco ham. "It must be Lady Di-vine intervention" Hattie quipped.
Due to the 'visible face of the late Princess of Wales', Hattie was unable to eat her lunch. She said: "I had a round of toast instead after seeing her in the ham, I couldn't risk damaging the ham! - If anyone knows how to preserve a piece of ham please contact me, It deserves to be in a museum!"
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