Today marks twenty years since the death of Diana Frances Spencer, whom the whole world remembered as Princess Diana or simply “Lady Di.” On August 31, 1997, the car in which the princess was traveling with her lover Dodi al-Fayed was involved in an accident in the Paris Tunnel. The only one who survived that tragedy - Diana's bodyguard Trevor Rees Jones - does not remember what happened, as he received severe injuries that forever deprived him of his memory. A drunk driver, British intelligence services or just an accident - the exact causes of the accident are still not known. The site's editors recalled five versions of the car accident that could have taken place.
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Paparazzi
The first version of the death is photojournalists on motorcycles. On that fateful day, Diana's black Mercedes was pursued by paparazzi, and one of them may have interfered with the princess's car. The Mercedes driver, trying to avoid a collision, crashed into a concrete bridge support.
However, as it turned out later, the photographers entered the tunnel a few seconds after Diana’s Mercedes, which means they could not provoke an accident. At the same time, the sons of the deceased princess most of all blame the reporters and photographers for the death, who did not allow their mother to live in peace until the tragedy.
Mysterious Fiat
The second version is a car that could cut off the princess’s car in the tunnel itself. Allegedly, it was a white Fiat Uno, which eyewitnesses saw leaving the tunnel after the tragedy. And near the accident they even found fragments of a white car. But, even having information about the car and a description of the driver’s appearance, it was not possible to find either the car or the driver.
There is a version that this car belonged to a certain French journalist James Andanson. Immediately after the disaster, the journalist disappeared, and he was found only in 2000 in the French Pyrenees, dead in a burnt car. His death was regarded as suicide, but when he was found, they found traces of gunshots..
Drunk driver, excessive speed and seat belt
The Mercedes that Diana and her companion were in that night was replaced shortly before the trip. In this car, according to some reports, the seat belt in the back seat where Diana was seated was faulty, although the princess herself was always sensitive to the issue of safety.
It was also later discovered that the car was in terrible condition and had been hastily repaired after an accident a few months earlier. In addition, after some time, the driver of the car, Henri Paul, was made the main culprit of the disaster. He was the chief of security at the Ritz Hotel and also died in this disaster. Investigators accused him of driving drunk and accelerating the car to 200 kilometers per hour.
Royal revenge
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There is a theory that the death of Princess Diana was planned by British agents and Queen Elizabeth II herself. For several years, Diana lived with the idea that Prince Charles and the royal family were going to kill her.
Her guesses, voiced in a letter to the butler, are not direct evidence, but still the very fact of such a letter is very remarkable. The letter stated that Prince Charles was planning an accident with Diana's car, brake failure and a serious head injury so that his path to remarriage would be clear.
Egyptian enemies
There is a version that the target of the alleged killers was not the princess at all, but her Egyptian boyfriend, the son of billionaire Mohammed Al-Fayed, Dodi.
Dodi's father was the owner of the Ritz Hotel in Paris, as well as the London department store Harrod's and the Fullham football club. Therefore, revenge on Al-Fayed could have been a possible cause of the accident, but Mohammed himself believed that his business competitors had nothing to do with it , and British intelligence and the royal family are involved in the tragedy.
Life after death
After Diana's death, mourning was declared in England; a mound of flowers grew near the gates of Kensington Palace, which were brought by many thousands of people in memory of the princess. Diana was buried on September 6, 1997 at the Spencer family estate of Althorp in Northamptonshire, on a secluded island in the middle of a lake.
“Lady Di” did not cease to be popular even after her death - many famous musical performers wrote songs dedicated to the princess. “No-one but you” by Queen, “Candle in the Wind” by Elton John and many other famous hits are dedicated to Diana. To mark the tenth anniversary of Diana's death, the film "Princess Diana. Last Day in Paris" was shot. This year, 20 years after the tragedy, two documentaries were also released: “Diana - Our Mother” and “Diana. Her Story in Her Words.”
Princess Diana is a story that, even 20 years later, is shrouded in darkness. A lot of time has passed, and the question of the life and death of the princess has not yet been closed. What really happened in the royal family.
In Britain, it is not new to find books about members of the royal family on the shelves. Recently a new book, “The Real Diana,” appeared, authored by a famous aristocratic writer who is close in royal circles. It was she who wrote a book about the King Mother that shook the whole world.
Lady Campbell is the first to openly state that Princess Diana's father, Lord John Spencer, had been hatching a plan for many years to marry his daughter to Prince Charles. However, as it turned out, it was not intended for Diana at all, but for her older sister Sarah. And when Charles's father began to prepare his son for the wedding and chose candidates, Sarah Spencer was one of the first contenders. But these plans could not be realized due to Sarah’s statements, which were published in the press:
The Queen is known to be furious when anyone in her family discusses her personal life in the press.
Diana was the youngest of the three Spencer sisters. The princess's family hoped that she would become the wife of Prince Andrew. His photograph stood on the nightstand next to the girl’s bed. Her family even nicknamed her the Duchess, since if she had become Andrew's wife, she would have joined the family of the Duke of York. These two families were related for many years, so their children were always together and were friends from a very young age.
Charles and Diana got married in 1981; according to those present, the young people sincerely loved each other. In 1982 and 1984, the couple had two sons, Princes William and Harry.
A German magazine published an article that became a real sensation. Allegedly, the sons of Diana and Charles have a sister. According to their information, in 1982, Elizabeth II ordered artificial fertilization of the egg received from Diana. All this to make sure that the princess is able to give birth to Charles. Allegedly, instead of destroying the fertilized egg, the doctor who conducted the experiment planted it with his wife, as a result of which a girl was born. Due to numerous threats, the family moved to the United States, where Prince William and his wife Kate recently visited their daughter.
For 20 years, fans have been bringing flowers, photographs and lighting candles to the London review.
“We've been doing this for 20 years. I followed her when she was alive, my house is still a place of worship in her honor,” Nikki Surridge, 41, told the agency.
According to the girl, although Diana was a princess, she was kind and never became arrogant in connection with her title. Surridge said that she comes here in 1997, where at first she spent a lot of time, where everyone was sad and supported mourning, but now, according to her, people gather here not to mourn, but to pay tribute to the life of the princess.
Let's remember that the princess was Charles' wife from 1981 to 1996. In 1997, she died in a car accident, the secrets of which have not yet been revealed. The rescuer who arrived at the scene stated that the princess was alive and he did not notice any fatal injuries. It is because of this that many began to claim that it was a conspiracy by the royal family.
Mysteries of the death of Princess Diana: Unexpected details 20 years later
20 years ago, on the night of August 31, 1997, she died in a car accident in the center of Paris princess Diana. She was so popular and beloved among the people that she earned the nickname “Queen of Hearts,” and her tragic death haunts the British to this day. The circumstances of this car accident were so strange that they raise doubts about the official version of what happened. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, several scandalous investigations were made public, causing a lot of noise not only in Great Britain, but also abroad.
The results of the official investigations carried out in France in the UK were identical: the accident occurred for several reasons. Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al-Fayed were chased by paparazzi, causing the driver of the car, Henri Paul, to speed. In addition, alcohol was found in his blood, and the seat belts were faulty. This version was later refuted: the driver was not drunk, and the results of the examination were deliberately or accidentally mixed up with others. It also seemed strange that 3 years after the accident, the same paparazzi who was accused of stalking Diana was found dead in a burnt car.
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, on August 6, the film “Diana: The Story in Her Words” was released in the UK, which caused a loud scandal - it was immediately called an attempt to make “money from blood.” On video recordings made in 1992-1993. Her teacher of speech techniques during classes, the Princess of Wales spoke extremely frankly about what Buckingham Palace preferred to remain silent about. The tapes were kept by teacher Peter Settelen; he promised not to publish them, but in the end he sold them to television people. He filmed Diana so that later he could sort out the mistakes in her speech, and did not expect that the conversation would turn out to be so frank.
In the film, Diana said that she was in love with Charles, and on the day of their engagement, when asked by a journalist whether there were feelings between them, she answered without hesitation: “Yes" And the prince said: “You can say that" She was very offended by this then. And later she became convinced that her husband had loved another woman all his life - Camilla Parker Bowles. Even the birth of sons did not save this marriage. When Diana turned to the Queen for advice, she only said: “I don't know what to do. Charles is hopeless" Divorce was inevitable.
She felt like an outcast at the royal court. "I was rejected, and therefore I considered myself unworthy of this family. I could start drinking, but it would be noticeable, and anorexia would be even more noticeable. I decided to choose something that would be less noticeable: harming myself rather than others."- admits Diana. She suffered from bulimia for some time, and then began having affairs. Diana told her teacher that the biggest shock in her life was the death of Barry Manaka, her bodyguard, who, in her opinion, was fired and killed after their affair became known.
Journalist Mikhail Ozerov, who spoke with Princess Diana 3 days before her death, claimed that she told him of her intention to go to Paris, despite the reaction of Buckingham Palace, of her desire to build life the way she wanted, and added: “Don't pay attention to my outburst of emotions. Next time I'll be calmer. Or they will calm me down. It's unlikely that we'll see each other again».
Special services historian Gennady Sokolov conducted his own investigation and came to the conclusion that it was a staged accident, behind which the British secret services stood. Witnesses claimed that on the night of the incident they saw a bright flash in the tunnel, which could have blinded the driver, after which he crashed into a concrete bridge support. If Diana had been wearing a seat belt, she would have had a chance to survive, but the seat belts, according to Sokolov, were blocked. For some reason, the video cameras were not working in this tunnel that night. Immediately after her death, her body was embalmed - according to Sokolov, in order to hide Diana's pregnancy from the Muslim Dodi al-Fayed, whom she was supposedly going to marry. Therefore, the royal family had reasons to want her dead.
Egyptian billionaire Mohammed al-Fayed also conducted his own investigation, during which it turned out that Princess Diana called this period of her life the most dangerous and was afraid that the royal family would want to get rid of her. Mohammed Al-Fayed is confident that the death of his son Dodi and Princess Diana was a planned murder.
Do you believe that the tragic death of Princess Diana happened 19 years ago? 19 years! But, despite the fact that almost two decades have passed, Princess Diana is still loved by the people. To mark this sad anniversary, let's remember a few facts about "Lady Di".
1. Before she became a princess, she worked in a kindergarten
And even earlier - as a cleaner and babysitter.
2. She always dreamed of becoming a ballerina
But her growth prevented her from doing this.
3. Her sister initially dated Prince Charles
That's why she met him.
4. At 19, she became engaged to a prince.
And when she was 20, they got married.
4. At the age of 19, she became engaged to Prince Princess Diana, facts
5. She was the first person to refuse to recite the obedience to her husband portion of the wedding vow in the history of court weddings.
Kate Middleton later did the same.
6. She strived to give her children a normal childhood.
And she took them everywhere - from Disneyland to AIDS clinics and homeless shelters.
7. She was incredibly generous
And participated in many charitable projects.
8. And also a wonderful sister
According to Diana's brother, Charles, when he went to school, she could not concentrate on her lessons because she was worried about her younger brother, and asked the teacher to let her go to see how he was doing. Isn't it cute?
9. She wasn't a very good student
She failed her final exams twice and repeatedly joked about her "bad" education.
10. Lady Di hated tiaras
They gave her a terrible headache!
11. She was always at odds with the kitchen.
Diana’s personal chef said that she couldn’t cook, no matter what she did.
12. She was a wonderful mother
She once invited Cindy Crawford to Kensington Castle only because she found out that her 13-year-old son was crazy about her.
Exactly twenty years ago, one of the most famous women on the planet died. Lady Di, as the British called her, was killed in a car accident. According to the official version, the driver of the car the princess was in was drunk and lost control. But conspiracy theorists blame Queen Elizabeth II. Roman Biryukov, correspondent of the MIR 24 TV channel, looked into the details of Diana’s death.
The details of her last evening are studied second by second. August 31, 1997 - the “people's” and beloved Princess Diana died in a car accident.
A minute and a half before the disaster, Princess Diana, in the company of her lover Dodi al-Fayed, left the hotel. She got into a car driven by a drunk driver, according to the official version. Coincidentally, a Mercedes crashes into the 13th pillar of the tunnel under Place Alma in Paris.
It seems that only the British intelligence services believe in the version about drunk drivers. There are too many inconsistencies. The driver, Henri Paul, suffered from a stomach ulcer and had not drunk for several years. In addition, for some reason the security cameras in the tunnel were not working that night. Most of those close to the princess. On that fateful evening, a real hunt was underway for Diana.
“The people who caused the car accident, the paparazzi, took pictures of her while she was sitting in the back seat of the wrecked car. She had horrific head injuries, but she was still alive, still breathing, and could see the same faces of her photographer tormentors who had beaten her to death. And now they were taking her last pictures. And then they sold them to agencies for a lot of money,” said Princess Diana’s youngest son, Prince Harry.
“Like a pack of dogs, they followed her everywhere. They tracked her down, spat at her, shouted, tried to provoke her into responding with anger, an emotion that would look good on camera,” recalls the eldest son of Prince Charles of Wales and Princess Diana, Prince William.
But conspiracy theorists blame the queen for Diana's death. Allegedly, the details of this “purely English murder” were discussed at Buckingham Palace. The reasons are simple. After her divorce from Prince Charles, Diana washed her dirty linen in public. She called the royal court a bunch of two-faced and deceitful people. In addition, Elizabeth II could not allow the son of an Arab billionaire to become a relative of the Windsors. It is Diana's possible pregnancy from al-Fayed that is called the main reason for the murder.
But the whole world remembered her like this. Influential, actively campaigning in support of the homeless, AIDS and cancer patients. launched a campaign to introduce a ban on the use of mines in war zones. And even 20 years later, she is still in the hearts of the British.
“I’m only 23. But Diana is my story too. My mother told me how she came to Africa. For me personally, she is a symbol of kindness,” says a passerby.
“I think she's a good person. Modern British women should look up to her, not Kim Kardashian,” says another.
“When she died, I was not yet born. But I know well what she did for our country. I think we all owe her a debt of gratitude." - Prince William, Prince of Wales and Princess Diana's eldest son.
2.5 billion people watched the funeral live. Millions of distraught fans came to see the princess, at least from afar, in a closed coffin. She did not become the queen of Britain, but she forever remained the queen of style, fashion and people's hearts.
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