The princess was just 36 when the limousine carrying her crashed into the tunnel.
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Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in Paris on Wednesday, laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge over the underpass where she was killed in a car accident.
Blossoms and portraits of Diana adorn the gold-leaf-covered Flame of Liberty, a torch replica of the Statue of Liberty at the northern end of the Pont de l’Alma that has become her unofficial monument in the French capital.
The princess was only 36 when the limousine carrying her and her boyfriend Dodi al-Fayed crashed into the tunnel under the bridge, as it was away from photographers who were chasing it on motorbikes.
“Deja 25 ans (25 years already),” read one of the cards left at the memorial, where a group of locals and tourists – surrounded by media camera staff – paid their respects, left flowers and took photographs. Came to take
“Forever in our hearts,” read another with a photo of Diana left by someone who identified herself as Monique from Luxembourg.
People also paid floral tributes outside Diana’s former home, Kensington Palace in London.
“Instead of being 25, it’s like yesterday. It takes you back to those days,” said 64-year-old Jane Crook, a school employee in Wales.
Morgan Hindle, a 23-year-old support worker from Manchester, said: “She was an amazing person and an icon and I think she means a lot to so many people… I think she is someone who will always be remembered.” needs to be kept.”
Millions mourned the “people’s princess” in 1997 when then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair described Diana.
She was one of the world’s most recognized and photographed women and a high-profile supporter of humanitarian causes—including children’s charities and land mine approvals—when she died.
The mother of Princes William and Harry, her death put the monarchy in peril, with the dissolution of her marriage to the heir to the throne, Prince Charles, coming with revelations of controversy, adultery, and the sadness she felt in her royal role. Afterwards.
Diana’s continued fascination with life was featured on Saturday, when a black Ford Escort she drove in the 1980s was sold in the UK for £724,500 ($844,000).
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