PRINCES AND THE PEOPLE PAUSE TO REMEMBER DIANA
FANS and friends of Diana, Princess of Wales, marked the 20th anniversary of her death yesterday as well-wishers lit candles and paid their respects at the sombre scene of her fatal car crash.
On the eve of the anniversary, her children, Princes William and Harry, greeted the stream of well-wishers bringing tributes to the gates of London’s Kensington Palace.
And just after midnight in Paris yesterday, a few braved the rain to be at the Pont de l’Alma tunnel where, two decades earlier, her car smashed into a pillar, taking her life.
Diana was “revolutionary”, said Sian Croston, a 17-yearold student from London. “She will always be the people’s princess,” she said.
The crash happened at around 12:23am on August 31, 1997. Diana, aged 36, was killed along with Dodi Fayed, her Egyptian film producer boyfriend, and his drink-impaired, speeding driver Henri Paul, who was trying to evade photographers.
The Princes were to spend yesterday privately.