Tuesday 4 December 2018

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)

Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne, and the mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

― Princess Diana

Princess Diana died Twenty-One years ago. Fatally injured in a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris just after 12:20 AM on August 31st 1997, She died in Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital around 4 AM. Twenty-One years on, many tributes have been paid and many memories shared. The princess continues to fascinate and will for many years to come. An integral part of the House of Windsor, her life and her death changed it forever. Twenty-One years on, the world still remembers Diana, Princess of Wales.

I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.

― Princess Diana

In 1999, the French investigation concluded that the Mercedes carrying Diana and Dodi had come into contact with another vehicle in the tunnel. The driver of that vehicle has never been properly identified (neither has the specific vehicle).

At least seven eyewitnesses to the crash said that they had witnessed the vehicle and a motorcycle speeding out of the tunnel right after the crash. Forensic tests also confirmed that a vehicle had collided with the Mercedes that Diana and Dodi were in. Extensive attempts by the French police to find the vehicle involved were apparently unsuccessful.