What Day Was the death of Princess Diana?

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Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, along with her partner Dodi Fayed and the car's driver, while being pursued by paparazzi photographers.

Her death triggered an extraordinary outpouring of public grief in the UK, including a widely noted period of unusually open mourning displayed by the normally reserved royal family after initial public criticism of their muted early response.

Her funeral drew one of the largest global television audiences in history at the time, and the crash led to lasting debate over paparazzi practices and press regulation in the UK.

The crash occurred while the car was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed while being pursued by photographers on motorcycles, a detail that fueled years of subsequent inquiries into the exact circumstances.