Diana de gales

On 31 August 1997, Diana was fatally injured in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, which also caused the deaths of her then boyfriend,Dodi Al-Fayed and the acting security manager of the Hotel Ritz Paris, Henri Paul, who was their chauffeur. Millions of people watched the princess'sfuneral.
The initial French judicial investigation concluded that the accident was caused by Henri Paul's drunken loss of control. From February 1999, Dodi'sfather, Mohamed Al-Fayed the owner of the Paris Ritz, for which Paul had worked maintained that the crash had been planned, accusing as well as Prince Philip,Duke of Edinburgh. Inquests in London during 2004 and 2007 finally attributed the accident to grossly negligent driving by Henri Paul and to the pursuingpaparazzi. The following day Al-Fayed announced he would end his 10-year campaign for the sake of the late Princess of Wales's children.
The sudden andunexpected death of a very popular royal figure brought statements from senior figures worldwide and many tributes by members of the public. People left publicofferings of flowers, candles, cards and personal messages outside Kensington Palace for many months.
Diana's funeral took place in Westminster Abbey on 6September 1997. The previous day Queen Elizabeth II had paid tribute to her in a live television broadcast. Her sons, the Princes William and Harry, walked in thefuneral procession behind her coffin, along with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, and with Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer