I may be a week late for celebrating the birthday of the great French diva Dalida, but in France the queens never miss such an opportunity to pay tribute to the campest of their home-grown icons.
Not only was she celebrated after her death with one of the most outrageous tombs ever (pictured above), but a whole area of Montmartre was re-named Place Dalida in her honour, complete with a bust cast in bronze! (I can't imagine the burghers of Cardiff doing the same for Shirley Bassey when she goes...) We visited to pay our own little homage a few years ago.
Anyway, apparently every year on her birthday Dalida parties are held across France, and on the anniversary of her death her tomb is knee-deep with flowers. Other queens find a more inventive way to pay their tribute:
And thanks to Madame Arcati for finding these works of genius:
And here's the lovely lady herself with her classic Salma ya Salama...
Dalida official website
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