The 10th Year Anniversary is approaching in a few days. Even though she was British, she had worldwide appeal. Her death was shocking and sad. I was just curious where were you when you heard of her passing?

At home watching tv

Here I go. I know this story like the back of my hand:

I was on my way to the emergency room. I had just been attacked/bitten by a dog. I was bitten on my leg. On the way to the hospital the radio station deejay starting taking requests for songs and this young girl stated she had no request, but that she just heard Princess Diana died. The deejay said words to the effect of "Are you serious?" and then he stated that he had no word of this. He stated to the listening audience that no word had been received therefore, if this was a joke, it was a sad and sick joke.

At the hospital it was confirmed. The television was on in the hospital room and that God-awful crash scene was shown. I was crying. No longer from the pain I was in, but for the loss of such a wonderful, caring and beautiful lady.

My girlfriend, (now my wife) came over my apartment to cook for me and she screamed Diana was dead. I swear, at first I thought she meant Diana Ross.

At the hospital it was confirmed. The television was on in the hospital room and that God-awful crash scene was shown. I was crying. No longer from the pain I was in, but for the loss of such a wonderful, caring and beautiful lady.


So true, I didn't realize how great a woman she was until she died. She did so much for charity.

My girlfriend, (now my wife) came over my apartment to cook for me and she screamed Diana was dead. I swear, at first I thought she meant Diana Ross.
Oh wow. Even that would be shocking to hear. :eek:

The BBC channel is airing specials this weekend and all this week. Also, Greta Van Susteran has a special. It already aired earlier, but I missed it. I wasn't home. I hope to catch it again tonight. I am sure it will repeat many times. I can't get enough of Diana, Princess of Wales. I collect magazines and books on her. I grew up watching her go from dating Charles to marrying him and of course through all her happy times and bad times. I watched the wedding. Boy, were we fooled or what? I still carry some hate in my heart towards Charles for what he did (or didn't do ) in that marriage. What a jerk. :mad:

At home watching tv
Yea that's what I was doing.

Oh wow. Even that would be shocking to hear. :eek:

The BBC channel is airing specials this weekend and all this week. Also, Greta Van Susteran has a special. It already aired earlier, but I missed it. I wasn't home. I hope to catch it again tonight. I am sure it will repeat many times. I can't get enough of Diana, Princess of Wales. I collect magazines and books on her. I grew up watching her go from dating Charles to marrying him and of course through all her happy times and bad times. I watched the wedding. Boy, were we fooled or what? I still carry some hate in my heart towards Charles for what he did (or didn't do ) in that marriage. What a jerk. :mad:


I agree, Prince Charles and the Queen treated Diana like dirt. She did make a breathtaking bride though.

I have a book on the wedding of Charles and Diana. It is different when I look at it now, knowing how it all ended. But she was thee most beautiful bride I have ever seen. Such a flawless beauty.

I was watching "Talk Soup" on the E! network. At the bottom of the screen it said that Princess Diana has died. At first, I thought it was a joke from "Talk Soup." You know they had a crazy sense of humor. But I thought, "That's not funny." It pretty much became clear to me within a matter of seconds that it was for real.

I have a book on the wedding of Charles and Diana. It is different when I look at it now, knowing how it all ended. But she was thee most beautiful bride I have ever seen. Such a flawless beauty.


So true and she seemed to be beaming that day.

She was asked years later abt her choice for her wedding dress. Diana said if she was choosing a wedding dress now, THAT wedding dress would not be the style she would choose. :lol:

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I think I was watching t.v. when the news came on...so sad :(

My Mom looks like Princess Diana...she's gotten the comparison a lot.

not sure; but I think I was watching the news and they said it. To this day; I still can't understand why people were so upset and some people were crying.

not sure; but I think I was watching the news and they said it. To this day; I still can't understand why people were so upset and some people were crying.


Because she was such a beautiful woman...inside and out.

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was 8 at the time, almost 9. I was sleeping in my mom's bed (Back then I always slept in my mom's bed) and all of sudden I heard "We have just recieved word that Princess Diana is dead." and my mom gasped. She was really upset. I wasn't very upset because I didn't know who she was, so all night long, I kept asking her questions about who this woman was. She told me and it made me sad. I watched her funeral when it came on TV, I bought movies that came out, and I watched a movie on Lifetime that came on about her tonight. That was the night I knew who she was and it was a terrible way to find out. :(

It's hard to believe it's been that long. It was Saturday night, and my husband and I were watching, America's Most Wanted. About 9:30, during a commercial break, it was just mentioned....no breaking news. It seemed as if it was no big deal.

I found that I couldn't get back into the show we were watching because I had a weird feeling about the accident, so I asked my husband to put on CNN. They were just starting to cover it. I remember my mother and I were back and forth on the phone. After a couple of hours, when there was no hospital spokesperson making any statements regarding her condition, I knew she was dead. I told my husband and my mother that I just knew that she was dead. They were probably notifying her family.

It must have been about 12:30 am, and I was going to bed and turned on my bedroom tv, when Brian Williams reported that Diana had died. It's the first time I recall seeing him. I called my mother, and I was crying. I'll never forget that night.

It's hard to believe it's been that long. It was Saturday night, and my husband and I were watching, America's Most Wanted. About 9:30, during a commercial break, it was just mentioned....no breaking news. It seemed as if it was no big deal.

I found that I couldn't get back into the show we were watching because I had a weird feeling about the accident, so I asked my husband to put on CNN. They were just starting to cover it. I remember my mother and I were back and forth on the phone. After a couple of hours, when there was no hospital spokesperson making any statements regarding her condition, I knew she was dead. I told my husband and my mother that I just knew that she was dead. They were probably notifying her family.

It must have been about 12:30 am, and I was going to bed and turned on my bedroom tv, when Brian Williams reported that Diana had died. It's the first time I recall seeing him. I called my mother, and I was crying. I'll never forget that night.

Great story Janice. I guess that was the consensus, just shock and disbelief.

Great story Janice. I guess that was the consensus, just shock and disbelief.
I remember going to work on Monday, and the place was so quiet. People seemed so sad. That's it, shock and disbelief.

It was also surreal. Just like hearing bad news abt a family member. I woke up in the morning and it was awful. I had hoped it was a bad dream, but it was true. And the mourning was just so bad. She is one of the few famous people I have ever cried for.

It was also surreal. Just like hearing bad news abt a family member. I woke up in the morning and it was awful. I had hoped it was a bad dream, but it was true. And the mourning was just so bad. She is one of the few famous people I have ever cried for.
Her funeral was one of the saddest things I've ever seen on tv. I taped it, and I remember one song was so intense and gut-wrenching. I wish I could remember the name of it. I don't have the tape anymore.

I was in bed watching CNN when I heard it I ran to my parents room and told them. The next week my mom taped the funeral, Why I have no clue

Her funeral was one of the saddest things I've ever seen on tv. I taped it, and I remember one song was so intense and gut-wrenching. I wish I could remember the name of it. I don't have the tape anymore.
I taped the funeral too. I just started balling when her brother read the eulogy. God, how he was able to stand there and read that, took a lot of strenght. I read eulogies at my brother's funeral and my dad's funeral. It is not an easy task. Trying to keep from crying and so forth, it is gut-wrenching as you say.

When Elton John sang "Candle in the Wind" was also a tear jerker.

The one song that was sung in the church by the choir, I can't remember the title, but it starts out like this, "Make me a channel of your peace (?)"...It was a favorite of Diana's.

I taped the funeral too. I just started balling when her brother read the eulogy. God, how he was able to stand there and read that, took a lot of strenght. I read eulogies at my brother's funeral and my dad's funeral. It is not an easy task. Trying to keep from crying and so forth, it is gut-wrenching as you say.

When Elton John sang "Candle in the Wind" was also a tear jerker.

The one song that was sung in the church by the choir, I can't remember the title, but it starts out like this, "Make me a channel of your peace (?)"...It was a favorite of Diana's.
I remember her brother took a couple of subtle and well-deserved shots at Diana's in-laws, during his eulogy. As for the song, I don't remember the words, only that the choir sang it. It just built and built, to the point that I just lost it. It was a very strong song, and had the saddest melody.

I remember her brother took a couple of subtle and well-deserved shots at Diana's in-laws, during his eulogy. As for the song, I don't remember the words, only that the choir sang it. It just built and built, to the point that I just lost it. It was a very strong song, and had the saddest melody.
Oh I know, those jabs were well deserved! At times I wondered, "should he be using this opportunity to do this?" But hey, they had it coming and where better than for the whole world to hear it! I said, "Bravo!!!!!!"

I am glad that he took her body to his home, in the middle of that man-made lake, where no one can abuse her grave, disrespect her burial site, etc.

The one song that was sung in the church by the choir, I can't remember the title, but it starts out like this, "Make me a channel of your peace (?)"...It was a favorite of Diana's.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IckBKIeTFEI

The one song that was sung in the church by the choir, I can't remember the title, but it starts out like this, "Make me a channel of your peace (?)"...It was a favorite of Diana's.

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace by Sinead O'Connor

Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred let me bring your love
Where there is injury, your pardon Lord
And where there is doubt true faith in You

Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is despair in life let me bring hope
Where there is darkness only light
And where there's sadness ever joy

Oh, Master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my soul

Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
It is in giving to all man that we receive
And in dying that we are born to eternal life

Thank you Brieannas and you too Charles. That song is very sad, yet uplifting. I cried when I heard it during the funeral.

Here is Earl Spencer's Eulogy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VUy-wBwBvw&mode=related&search=

Thank you Brieannas and you too Charles. That song is very sad, yet uplifting. I cried when I heard it during the funeral.

No problem, but since Briennas posted a youtube link, My lyrics post seems rather meaningless.

No problem, but since Briennas posted a youtube link, My lyrics post seems rather meaningless.
No it's not. It is nice to know what is being sung by reading the lyrics. :wave:

No it's not. It is nice to know what is being sung by reading the lyrics. :wave:

Ok, That makes sense.

I had just woken up that Sunday morning. I went to the living room, flipped on the TV and it was all over every channel. I had stayed home from church and slept late because I was still weak, sore and groggy from having my wisdom teeth removed a couple of days earlier. It's so hard to believe it's been a DECADE already - WOW!! :eek:

Sitting in front of a computer chatting on ICQ.

i was in a hotel room. i was eight and had no idea who she was. my mom had the tv on and explained to me who princess diana was and that she died.

I was staying at my uncles with my cousin and my uncle woke us both up around 6-7 o'oclock to tell us what had happened it was all over the news i remember it so clearly and the funeral, think i was 16 then.
She was and still is the peoples princess.

It was my first day back in L.A. after several years, I was on vacation and had just got back from shopping and walking their long city blocks to my hotel room that evening and turned on the t.v. Needed to relax and the first thing that came on the screen was some news deal going on and on about Di. I thought, oh gee, not another pointless tabloid thing about Princess Di and her marital woes, hadn't she suffered enough? The whole breakup and divorce had been old news, I remembered seeing pictures of her and how sad she looked, and I thought, that was pretty pathetic how the Royal Family treated her and all. But why did the news need to harp on her messed-up domestic life so long after the fact? Then I watched some more: Princess Di had died in a car crash in Paris. I could not believe it. I was shocked, it was so sad. So sad that her life, with all her pain, had to end up like this. :crying: For the entire week I was there, everyone in L.A. was gripped by the whole tragedy.

Down there I remember a skywriter pilot's plane drawing a heart that said "DI" in the center in the shy. That was a nice touch.

well even though I was little I remember I saw it on TV in Big Bear, CA during one of our family vacation's. I remember my parents and some of my cousins talking about this and trashing the tabloids and paparatzi

I was at my father's house when the news flashed across the television screen that Diana had been in a car accident in Paris. My father was having a Labor Day barbecue and the house was full of company. I was helping clean up after most of the guests had left. The television was still on in the living room. As I was helping dad and my step-mother bring in dishes and trash to put away, NBC broke into Saturday Night Live a little after eleven thirty that night with the announcement that Princess Diana had died. We were all stunned, and my step-mother was literally devastated and began to cry. My older sister had just left to start college for her freshman year, and she called the following morning, asking if we had heard the dreadful news. There was nothing but coverage of her death on television, if I remember correctly, all the networks had pretty much 24/7 coverage of her death, something I would not see again until the horror of 9/11. I also recall having to go out to the grocery store with my father that Sunday afternoon, and how weird it felt, as we listened to news on the car radio, and everyone at the supermarket was talking about the Princess' death. I guess it will be one of those events that I will always remember...

I was with my boyfriend in a motel room :grineyes:

My husband and I were camping. We had just returned from a dance that the campground had put on and as we were sitting at the campfire we heard the news on the radio that she had been in a car accident. We didn't hear of her death until the next morning. Wow! Was that a shock!:eek:

RIP Diana:(

I was watching "Talk Soup" on the E! network. At the bottom of the screen it said that Princess Diana has died. At first, I thought it was a joke from "Talk Soup." You know they had a crazy sense of humor. But I thought, "That's not funny." It pretty much became clear to me within a matter of seconds that it was for real.

wasn't talk soup that satire topical news show, which was like the 90s version of the daily show and of which was hosted by current actor, greg kinnear of little miss sunshine fame?

wasn't talk soup that satire topical news show, which was like the 90s version of the daily show and of which was hosted by current actor, greg kinnear of little miss sunshine fame?

Yep. I can't remember when Greg Kinnear left the show, but he was eventually replaced by John Henson (who's now on the TV Guide Channel) who was then replaced by the short-lived Hal Sparks (Queer as Folk, I think) who was replaced by Aiesha Tyler (she guest starred on episodes of Friends).

I might've been at home -- I don't remember exactly where I was -- but I was living in Mentor at that time.

Does anyone remember the fact that Mother Teresa died five days after Diana was killed? It was so tragic that two different women with the same goals in life, and who happened to be friends, died five days apart. So tragic. So sad. I remember when Diana died, Mother Teresa was quoted as saying how sad she was to hear of her passing, and so forth. Diana was buried with a rosary given to her by Mother Teresa.

I was watching TV, when they suddenly cut off the show that was airing and they showed a picture of Diana with her birth and death dates below. I immediately called my mom, and when she got to the room and saw the news she gasped and got really sad. I was only 9 at the time and didn't know much about Diana, but anyways I was sort of shocked. :( :rip:

in my bedroom watching tv. my sister came in and told me.

EARL SPENCER'S EULOGY TO HIS BELOVED SISTER, DIANA:

"I stand before you today the representative of a family in grief, in a country in mourning before a world in shock.

"We are all united not only in our desire to pay our respects to Diana but rather in our need to do so. For such was her extraordinary appeal that the tens of millions of people taking part in this service all over the world via television and radio who never actually met her, feel that they too lost someone close to them in the early hours of Sunday morning. It is a more remarkable tribute to Diana than I can ever hope to offer her today.

"Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty. All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity. All over the world, a standard bearer for the rights of the truly downtrodden, a very British girl who transcended nationality. Someone with a natural nobility who was classless and who proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic.

"Today is our chance to say thank you for the way you brightened our lives, even though God granted you but half a life. We will all feel cheated always that you were taken from us so young and yet we must learn to be grateful that you came along at all. Only now that you are gone do we truly appreciate what we are now without and we want you to know that life without you is very, very difficult.

"We have all despaired at our loss over the past week and only the strength of the message you gave us through your years of giving has afforded us the strength to move forward.

"There is a temptation to rush to canonise your memory, there is no need to do so. You stand tall enough as a human being of unique qualities not to need to be seen as a saint. Indeed to sanctify your memory would be to miss out on the very core of your being, your wonderfully mischievous sense of humour with a laugh that bent you double.

"Your joy for life transmitted where ever you took your smile and the sparkle in those unforgettable eyes. Your boundless energy which you could barely contain.

"But your greatest gift was your intuition and it was a gift you used wisely. This is what underpinned all your other wonderful attributes and if we look to analyse what it was about you that had such a wide appeal we find it in your instinctive feel for what was really important in all our lives.

"Without your God-given sensitivity we would be immersed in greater ignorance at the anguish of Aids and HIV sufferers, the plight of the homeless, the isolation of lepers, the random destruction of landmines.

"Diana explained to me once that it was her innermost feelings of suffering that made it possible for her to connect with her constituency of the rejected.

"And here we come to another truth about her. For all the status, the glamour, the applause, Diana remained throughout a very insecure person at heart, almost childlike in her desire to do good for others so she could release herself from deep feelings of unworthiness of which her eating disorders were merely a symptom.

"The world sensed this part of her character and cherished her for her vulnerability whilst admiring her for her honesty.

"The last time I saw Diana was on July 1, her birthday in London, when typically she was not taking time to celebrate her special day with friends but was guest of honour at a special charity fundraising evening. She sparkled of course, but I would rather cherish the days I spent with her in March when she came to visit me and my children in our home in South Africa. I am proud of the fact apart from when she was on display meeting President Mandela we managed to contrive to stop the ever-present paparazzi from getting a single picture of her - that meant a lot to her.

"These were days I will always treasure. It was as if we had been transported back to our childhood when we spent such an enormous amount of time together - the two youngest in the family.

"Fundamentally she had not changed at all from the big sister who mothered me as a baby, fought with me at school and endured those long train journeys between our parents' homes with me at weekends.

"It is a tribute to her level-headedness and strength that despite the most bizarre-like life imaginable after her childhood, she remained intact, true to herself.

"There is no doubt that she was looking for a new direction in her life at this time. She talked endlessly of getting away from England, mainly because of the treatment that she received at the hands of the newspapers. I don't think she ever understood why her genuinely good intentions were sneered at by the media, why there appeared to be a permanent quest on their behalf to bring her down. It is baffling.

"My own and only explanation is that genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum. It is a point to remember that of all the ironies about Diana, perhaps the greatest was this - a girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age.

"She would want us today to pledge ourselves to protecting her beloved boys William and Harry from a similar fate and I do this here Diana on your behalf. We will not allow them to suffer the anguish that used regularly to drive you to tearful despair.

"And beyond that, on behalf of your mother and sisters, I pledge that we, your blood family, will do all we can to continue the imaginative way in which you were steering these two exceptional young men so that their souls are not simply immersed by duty and tradition but can sing openly as you planned.

"We fully respect the heritage into which they have both been born and will always respect and encourage them in their royal role but we, like you, recognise the need for them to experience as many different aspects of life as possible to arm them spiritually and emotionally for the years ahead. I know you would have expected nothing less from us.

"William and Harry, we all cared desperately for you today. We are all chewed up with the sadness at the loss of a woman who was not even our mother. How great your suffering is, we cannot even imagine.

"I would like to end by thanking God for the small mercies he has shown us at this dreadful time. For taking Diana at her most beautiful and radiant and when she had joy in her private life. Above all we give thanks for the life of a woman I am so proud to be able to call my sister, the unique, the complex, the extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana whose beauty, both internal and external, will never be extinguished from our minds.



The last two paragraphs choke me up. Very sad, very true.

Thats very moving! :(

Here I go. I know this story like the back of my hand:


So do I -

I was home watching Saturday Night Live. During commercials I was changing channels and turned on Brian Williams. At the time, Diana was just in a car accident and had a broken arm. He said Dodi was already dead. I thought she's going to be OK but she lost Dodi. I went back to SNL. Then went back to Brian Williams during commercial. He then said she was in grave condition. Went back to SNL, then back to Brian. Then he announced that she had died. I sat there stunned and all I could think about were her boys.

Does anyone remember the fact that Mother Teresa died five days after Diana was killed? It was so tragic that two different women with the same goals in life, and who happened to be friends, died five days apart. So tragic. So sad. I remember when Diana died, Mother Teresa was quoted as saying how sad she was to hear of her passing, and so forth. Diana was buried with a rosary given to her by Mother Teresa.

Yeah, but I remember that Mother Teresa's death didn't get near as much coverage as Diana's unfortunately considering the fact that she did as much or even more than Diana did. Now I loved Diana but Mother Teresa didn't live the lifestyle that Diana did. She helped the poor and she herself looked like one of the poor. After Diana did all her charity work, she got to go back to her palace.

I also think Gianni Versace was murdered about a month before Diana died(not really sure) but Elton John was very broken up about that and Diana was there to comfort him at the funeral. Then Diana died. Makes you wonder how Elton John got through that and was still able to sing at her funeral.

I was surfing the Internet, which I had had less than a year at the time. Of course, this was in the days of dial-up. It was also when SitcomsOnline.com was pretty much a Happy Days fansite (Right, Todd?). I had my radio tuned in to 700 WLW "The Big One", and they interrupted with news of Princess Diana's crash. They never went away from the story, which had me worried that something worse had happened, and you know the rest. :crying: I was stunned. I even remember the website I was looking at. (I won't name it!)

Over the next week or two was a cartoon in the Dayton Daily News with a little kid saying "paparazzi" and his older sibling yelling "Mommy! Billy just said a bad word!" since it was to blame for Princess Di's death.

not sure; but I think I was watching the news and they said it. To this day; I still can't understand why people were so upset and some people were crying.
Princess Diana was very famous and did a lot of wonderful charity work. She was the mother of a future king. A lot of the world watched her life played out on the world's stage for close to 20 years. She was Royalty. She had a very sweet way about her, and she was beautiful. She died in the prime of her life, suddenly and tragically, leaving two young, broken-hearted sons behind.

I was driving in the car with my husband. We were going to the flea market. They give out free papers and I glanced at the headline and it was on the front page. I couldn't believe it. I thought it had to have been wrong. I turned on the radio and sure enough it was true. Very sad..

Princess Diana was very famous and did a lot of wonderful charity work. She was the mother of a future king. A lot of the world watched her life played out on the world's stage for close to 20 years. She was Royalty. She had a very sweet way about her, and she was beautiful. She died in the prime of her life, suddenly and tragically, leaving two young, broken-hearted sons behind.
I was going to respond Janice but I noticed treky made a similar and rather rude post abt her on another thread and decided FORGET IT.

I was at my grandmother's house having dinner that evening or maybe I could of been home watching T.V. in the morning.

A colleague of mine was throwing a back-to-school party for our teaching staff at her house. A TV was on and word spread quickly through the party. For the rest of the party, everyone was in a more subdued mood, and obviously saddened about it.

WE-TV has been having various documentaries on Diana for this whole weekend.

I'm pretty sure I was at home watching TV when I found out. I was only 10 when she died, and it was very sad to me. My mom is a huge fan, even has their wedding on tape, so she was really upset. I also remember buying the Princess Diana Beanie Baby, it's still one of my favorites.

http://www.tias.com/stores/praz/pictures/0606200426a.jpg

I have to say that I have no idea where I was...i only remember thinking it was sad that someone died that young....no matter WHO she was

I just finished watching THE QUEEN on Showtime. It is a very interesting movie. Not dull as I expected. It was very interesting to watch how the former Prime Minister Tony Blair, worked behind the scenes to "fix" the monarchy during the week of mourning of Diana's death. Very powerful movie. Helen Mirren was certainly deserving of the Academy Award.