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  • Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Princess Diana

    Death

    Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    On 31 August 1997, Diana died in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris while the driver was fleeing the paparazzi.




  • Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Prince Charles

    Princess Diana's Death

    Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris on 31 August of the following year; Charles flew to Paris with Diana's sisters to accompany her body back to Britain.




  • Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Prince Harry

    Princess Diana's Death

    Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    His mother died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Harry and William were staying with their father at Balmoral at the time, and the Prince of Wales told his sons about their mother's death.




  • Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Prince William

    Diana death

    Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    William's mother wanted him and his younger brother Harry to have wider experiences than are usual for royal children. She took them to Walt Disney World and McDonald's, as well as AIDS clinics and shelters for the homeless, and bought them items typically owned by teenagers, such as video games Diana, who was by then divorced from Charles, died in a car accident in the early hours of 31 August 1997. William, then aged 15, together with his 12-year-old brother and their father, were staying at Balmoral Castle at the time. The Prince of Wales waited until his sons awoke the following morning to tell them about their mother's death. William accompanied his father, brother, paternal grandfather Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and his maternal uncle Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, at his mother's funeral; they walked behind the funeral cortège from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey.




  • Scotland, United Kingdom
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Duke was on holiday at Balmoral when Diana was killed

    Scotland, United Kingdom
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    A year after the divorce, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. At the time, the Duke was on holiday at Balmoral with the extended royal family. In their grief, Diana's two sons, Princes William and Harry, wanted to attend church and so their grandparents took them that morning.




  • Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Princess Diana

    Death

    Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    On 31 August 1997, Diana died in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris while the driver was fleeing the paparazzi.




  • Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Prince Charles

    Princess Diana's Death

    Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris on 31 August of the following year; Charles flew to Paris with Diana's sisters to accompany her body back to Britain.


  • Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Prince Harry

    Princess Diana's Death

    Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    His mother died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Harry and William were staying with their father at Balmoral at the time, and the Prince of Wales told his sons about their mother's death.


  • Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Prince William

    Diana death

    Paris, France
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    William's mother wanted him and his younger brother Harry to have wider experiences than are usual for royal children. She took them to Walt Disney World and McDonald's, as well as AIDS clinics and shelters for the homeless, and bought them items typically owned by teenagers, such as video games Diana, who was by then divorced from Charles, died in a car accident in the early hours of 31 August 1997. William, then aged 15, together with his 12-year-old brother and their father, were staying at Balmoral Castle at the time. The Prince of Wales waited until his sons awoke the following morning to tell them about their mother's death. William accompanied his father, brother, paternal grandfather Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and his maternal uncle Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, at his mother's funeral; they walked behind the funeral cortège from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey.


  • Scotland, United Kingdom
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Duke was on holiday at Balmoral when Diana was killed

    Scotland, United Kingdom
    Sunday Aug 31, 1997

    A year after the divorce, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. At the time, the Duke was on holiday at Balmoral with the extended royal family. In their grief, Diana's two sons, Princes William and Harry, wanted to attend church and so their grandparents took them that morning.


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