15th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death
Tourists gather around the Liberty Flame above the Alma Tunnel in Paris to commemorate Lady Diana’s death 15 years ago. (Christophe Karaba / EPA)
Princess Diana died on Aug. 31, 1997, in Paris when a car transporting her in the company of boyfriend Dody Fayed crashed at high speed against a column. The car was being chased by paparazzi.
Tourists gather around the Liberty Flame above the Alma Tunnel in Paris to commemorate Princess Diana’s death 15 years ago. She died in a car crash in the tunnel while her driver was trying to evade motorcycle-riding paparazzi. (Christophe Karaba / EPA)
Items of remembrance are left at the Liberty Flame above the Alma Tunnel in Paris where Princess Diana was fatally injured in a car crash 15 years ago. (Christophe Karaba / EPA)
Notes of remembrance are written above the Alma Tunnel in Paris to commemorate Princess Diana’s death 15 years ago. (Christophe Karaba / EPA)
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Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, right, are shown in Paris in video footage taken shortly before they entered the car that crashed while being pursued, killing them. (AFP/Getty Images)
Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh, and Queen Elizabeth II view the thousands of flowers and tributes left outside Kensington Palace in memory of Diana, princess of Wales, on Sept. 5, 1997. Princess Diana’s death 15 years ago this week made the British monarchy more attuned to their own image. Diana died in a car crash in a Parisian road tunnel on Aug. 31, 1997, alongside her companion, Dodi Fayed, triggering an extraordinary chain of events. (John Stillwell / AFP/Getty Images)
Prince Charles, prince of Wales, and Princess Diana kiss during their wedding in London on July 29, 1981. Diana died in a car crash in a Parisian road tunnel on Aug. 31, 1997. (AFP/Getty Images)