31-8-97 twenty five years on

Michael Rolls · August 31, 2022, 04:16:45 AM

Doesn't seem possible, but it's a quarter of a century since Princess Diana died. Can still remember the shock at hearing the news
Mike

klondike · August 31, 2022, 09:05:26 AM

I recall that my first thought was "they've bumped her off".

Scrumpy · August 31, 2022, 09:21:12 AM

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Diasi · August 31, 2022, 09:47:18 AM

I can't really say it's ever concerned me, she was just one of thousands of people I never knew or met who died that day.

Raven · August 31, 2022, 09:56:57 AM

Quote from: klondike on August 31, 2022, 09:05:26 AMI recall that my first thought was "they've bumped her off".

It's still what I think.

klondike · August 31, 2022, 10:17:28 AM

It's odd how the news stories switched immediately from scrubber dating a rich Muslim to People's Princess.

Ashy · August 31, 2022, 10:22:00 AM

There is a rule in aviation, they call it "this is stupid", when you realise that something isn't right you should say it out loud. If somebody had only said those words - this is stupid - the princess might be with us today. On the other hand if there had been some intention behind the events. as Mr Fayed was convinced, they would just have tried again. For all we know this wasn't their first attempt.

GrannyMac · August 31, 2022, 10:48:32 AM

I mainly felt sorry for her sons. The premature death of a parent knocks kids for six, and they had no hiding place.

Raven · August 31, 2022, 11:58:44 AM

Quote from: klondike on August 31, 2022, 10:17:28 AMIt's odd how the news stories switched immediately from scrubber dating a rich Muslim to People's Princess.

I never thought that about her. But I did think her dating that guy would upset the Royals big time.

Scrumpy · August 31, 2022, 12:23:42 PM

Quote from: GrannyMac on August 31, 2022, 10:48:32 AMI mainly felt sorry for her sons. The premature death of a parent knocks kids for six, and they had no hiding place.

Unlike others.. and there are many who lose their parents at a young age.. Much younger than these two.. They are privileged.. pampered and cared for.. beyond any of our imagination..
One can't go through life blaming our sorrows for our mistakes..

Alex · August 31, 2022, 02:45:58 PM

I remember coming in well after 2am, tottering a bit

so I raided the fridge and then switched the telly on and sat down. I remember sitting there for a couple of hours while they told us Diana had been injured, until they finally announced that she had died. One of those moments you remember like JFK - I remember that too.