Britain and the world have said farewell to Diana, Princess of Wales, at the end of an unprecedented week of mourning. A four-mile procession brought her coffin to Westminster Abbey, where politicians and celebrities joined the Royal Family in a subdued congregation.
Over a million people lined the route of the funeral cortege to the abbey and along her final journey to the Spencer family home in Northamptonshire. The two princes, William and Harry, joined their father, grandfather and the princess’s brother walking behind the coffin.
Diana’s brother Lord Spencer made a funeral address in which he described Diana as the “very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty”. He used the speech to blame the media for her death, calling her the “most hunted person of the modern age.”
A very public day of mourning ended with a private ceremony when Diana was finally buried on an island in the heart of her family estate at Althorp. It was estimated that a total of 2.5 billion people watched the princess’s funeral, a testament to her global celebrity.
The French authorities concluded their investigation into the crash two years later. It found the driver, Henri Paul, to be three times over the drink-drive limit and breaking the speed limit.
Source: BBC
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