Inspired by the Bard King quotes Shakespeare, echoing Diana tribute

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In the centuries have noted since Hamlet was similarities between Shakespeare and the Catholic burial service, specifically In paradisum, which translates from Latin as: ‘May the angels lead you into paradise [...] May choirs of angels receive you’.