23 Facts About Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales was the deputy head of security at the Hotel Ritz and had earlier goaded paparazzi waiting for Diana and Fayed outside the hotel.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales's death sparked an unprecedented outpouring of public grief in the United Kingdom and worldwide, and her televised funeral was watched by an estimated 2.

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Public interest in Diana has remained high and she has retained regular press coverage in the decades since her death.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales and Fayed were the rear passengers; Trevor Rees-Jones, a member of the Fayed family's personal protection team, was in the front passenger seat.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales, who had been sitting in the right rear passenger seat, was still conscious but critically injured.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales was reported to have been extremely disturbed and removed a drip by force while shouting incoherently.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales was moved to the SAMU ambulance at 01:18, left the scene at 01:41 and arrived at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital at 02:06.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales's injuries were extensive, and resuscitation attempts, including internal cardiac massage, were unsuccessful.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales's heart had been displaced to the right side of the chest, which tore the upper left pulmonary vein and the pericardium.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales's remains were finally taken to the Hammersmith and Fulham mortuary in London for a post-mortem examination later that day.

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Early on, it was uncertain if Death of Diana Princess of Wales would receive a ceremonial funeral, since she had lost the status of Her Royal Highness following her divorce from Prince Charles in 1996.

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The Queen, who returned to London from Balmoral accompanied by Prince Philip, the Queen Mother, and Death of Diana Princess of Wales Margaret, agreed to a television broadcast to the nation.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales viewed the floral tributes in front of Buckingham Palace and visited the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, where Diana's body was remaining, and met crowds that were in line to sign the books of condolence.

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Royal Family was criticised for a rigid adherence to protocol, and their efforts to protect the privacy of Diana's grieving sons were interpreted as a lack of compassion.

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In London, thousands of people carried bouquets and stood outside Buckingham Palace after the news of her death.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales scrutinised the level of censorship against criticism of Diana and the monarchy but was accused, in a review by The Independent, of exaggerating on this point.

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The messages of condolence have since been removed and its use as a Death of Diana Princess of Wales memorial has discontinued, though visitors still leave messages in her memory.

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The BBC reported that Mohamed Al-Fayed, having earlier reiterated his claim that his son and Death of Diana Princess of Wales were murdered by the Royal Family, immediately criticised the opening statement as biased.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales opened by telling the jury "no-one except you and I and, I think, the gentleman in the public gallery with Diana and Fayed painted on his forehead sat through every word of evidence" and concluded that there was "not a shred of evidence" that Diana's death had been ordered by Prince Philip or organised by the security services.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales concluded his summing up on Wednesday, 2 April 2008.

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21.

Death of Diana Princess of Wales's claims were dismissed by a French judicial investigation and by Operation Paget.

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Death of Diana Princess of Wales was ranked third in the 2002 Great Britons poll sponsored by the BBC and voted for by the British public, after Sir Winston Churchill, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, just above Charles Darwin, William Shakespeare, and Isaac Newton.

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The editor of Chi defended his decision by saying he published the photographs simply because they had not been previously seen, and he felt the images were not disrespectful to the memory of Diana.

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