Princess Diana's Last Night in Paris: Tragic Crash or Royal Cover-Up?

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[SPEAKER_01]: On Sunday morning, August 31, 1997, at 3.30 a.m.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Prince Charles would receive tragic news from the British embassy, notifying him at his former wife, Princess Diana, had been killed in the high-speed car crash in Paris.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The accident had occurred shortly after midnight in a tunnel along the St. River, and he was told the Princess's Mercedes was being pursued by pepper arts in motorbikes when the driver lost control of the car, hit a pillar, and smashed into a wall.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Her companion, Dodie Fireed, and the chauffeur died at the scene, but the princess and her bodyguard had been cut from the wreckage and rushed to hospital.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The surgeons tried desperately for two hours to save her life, but Princess Diana was pronounced dead at 3 a.m. Only her bodyguard, Trevor Reese Jones, had survived the deadly crash.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Join us on a supernatural journey as we investigate the shocking death of Princess Diana, we examine the mystical facts, explore the many conspiracy theories, and why some people believe she was murdered.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This is Death by Miss Adventure.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Diana Francis Spencer was born in the first of July 1961, under the zodiac sign of cancer in Parkhouse, Sandriggum Norford.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She was the fourth of five children of John Spencer, Vy-Count, Althought, and his first wife, Francis.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The Spencer family shared a long history with the British royal family.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Both of Diana's grandmothers had served as ladies and waiting to Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She had three siblings, Sarah, Jane and Charles.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Her infant brother, John, tragically died shortly after his birth, and one year before Diana was born.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She grew up in Parkhouse, situated on the Sandingham estate.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The Spencer's least the house from its owner, Queen Elizabeth II.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The royal family frequently holidayed at the neighboring Sandingham house, and Diana played of Prince Andrew and Prince Edward as a child.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Despite living in a beautiful castle fit for a princess, in an interview, Diana stated always seeing her mother crying, and an only father who never spoke to the children about family problems.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She said it was a very unstable childhood, with the frequent change of nannies and lack of loving communication in the family.

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[SPEAKER_01]: to make matters worse, Diana was only seven years old when her parents finally divorced.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She lived with her mother in London during her parent's separation in 1967, but over the Christmas holidays, Lord Elth thought refused to let Diana return to London with her mother.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Shortly afterward, he won custody of Diana, with support from his former mother in law.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Soon after, her mother began a romantic relationship with Peter's Shand Kid and married him in 1969.

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[SPEAKER_01]: In 1972, Lord Althought began a romantic courtship with Rain, Countess of Dartmouth.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They married in Caxton Hall, London in 1976.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Diana became known as Lady Diana, after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975, and moved the entire family from Parkhouse to Althought to the Spencer seat in North

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[SPEAKER_01]: When she was only 13, Lady Diana told her father that one day she would marry someone in the public eye and thought it would possibly be an ambassador.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Her prediction came true when she turned 16 and met Prince Charles who was dating her older sister.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The two lacked chemistry and Lady Sarah decided to play matchmaker for the playboy prince and her younger sister, Lady Diana.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Little did she know their love story would have deadly consequences

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[SPEAKER_03]: The relationship quickly progressed when Prince Charles invited Diana for a sailing weekend aboard the Royal Yacht.

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[SPEAKER_03]: This was followed by an invitation about moral to meet his family one weekend in November 1980.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Lady Diana was well received by the Queen, the Queen Mother, and Prince Philip.

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[SPEAKER_03]: However, some believe the Royal marriage was not forged out of love, but due to pressure from his father, Prince Philip.

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[SPEAKER_03]: who reportedly demanded he marry Lady Diana and end his love affair with his mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles, immediately.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The prince understood the royal expectations of him and proposed to Diana on February 6, 1981, and she happily accepted.

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[SPEAKER_03]: but strains around the relationship were immediate and doubts lingered on both sides before the two even walked down the aisle.

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[SPEAKER_03]: On the surface, the couple looked like a match made in heaven because they were both water signs.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Princess Diana Zodiac sign as a cancer and Prince Charles and Elusive Scorpio.

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[SPEAKER_03]: It's believed that Diana wanted to call off the engagement because she thought that Prince Charles was still in love with this mistress Camilla.

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[SPEAKER_03]: It appears he had doubts also, but felt powerless to do anything, and complained to friends about the situation, as being permanently between the devil and the deep blue sea.

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[SPEAKER_03]: He was alarmed by her irrational mood swings in temper, and found her difficult to deal with.

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[SPEAKER_03]: But the royal couple pushed their doubts aside and they tied the knot on July 29, 1981.

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[SPEAKER_03]: It was the wedding of the century with over 750 million people watching on television from around the world.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The royal newlyweds quickly settled into their marriage, and on November 5, 1981, almost four months after their wedding, Buckingham Palace announced Princess Diana's first pregnancy.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Prince William was born on June 21, 1982, under the zodiac sign of cancer, the same as his mother.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Princess Diana later told the media that she had felt the whole country was in labor with her.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Biographer Andrew Morton claimed when she became pregnant a second time with Prince Harry.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The Princess kept the sex of the baby secret.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She was concerned that Charles might be disappointed they were having another boy.

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[SPEAKER_03]: When he told her he'd hope the baby would be a girl.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The royal couple soon learned after having two children that they had very different parenting styles.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Princess Diana was warm and affectionate and Prince Charles was more hands-off.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She wanted to raise William and Harry on her own terms, and the world loved her for it.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Typically, other worlds would leave their children with a nanny, but not Princess Diana.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She brought William with her and Prince Charles on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.

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[SPEAKER_03]: After Harry's birth, she continued to make her two little boys a priority, and would often reschedule her duties to spend more time with them.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She loved being a mother and wanted her children to

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[SPEAKER_03]: know how important they were to her.

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[SPEAKER_03]: One of Princess Diana's most redeeming qualities was her kind and compassionate soul.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She was dedicated to many charities and shared her passion for helping others with William and Harry.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Speaking to Martin Bashir for the BBC's Panorama in 1995, Diana described how she had taken William and Harry to meet people dying of AIDS, although she told them it was cancer.

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[SPEAKER_03]: When asked about her motivation to include her sons in her charity work, Princess Diana said, I want them to have an understanding of people's emotions, insecurities, distress, hopes, and dreams.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She wanted a monarchy that had a deeper connection with its people.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Unfortunately, the two boys did not bring the royal couple closer together.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Prince Charles believed he could learn to love his wife, but in the end couldn't get over his acts and continued his affair with Camilla.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Of course, Princess Diana was devastated and decided to take a lover herself.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She didn't stray too far from home, and in 1985, the princess fell for her body guard, and later she began a tour to fare with James Hewitt, a British army officer from 1986 to 1991.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Hewitt, a polo player, had met Diana at a party in 1986 and offered to help her get over her fear of horses.

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[SPEAKER_03]: But the riding lesson soon turned into a secret romance.

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[SPEAKER_03]: But the affair with Hewitt led to complications and embarrassment for the royal family.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Rumors circulated, claiming James Hewitt was the real father of Prince Harry, because they eerily look so similar.

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[SPEAKER_03]: But it was impossible because Prince's Diana met Hewitt a few years after Harry was born.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The royal couple later separated in 1992 after the queen learned of both Prince Charles and Princess Diana's infidelity and ordered them to immediately separate.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The story book romance was over and the princess was finally free to pursue her romantic interest openly to the media's delight.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Her next lover was Oliver Hor, a handsome art dealer who happened to be married.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Her bodyguard, Ken Warf, claimed he once found her new boyfriend, semi-naked, behind a potted plan in Kensington Palace, holding a cigar.

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[SPEAKER_03]: When he decided to end the affair to save his marriage, the son newspaper reports Diana began bombarding his home with hundreds of phone calls.

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[SPEAKER_03]: This became public in 1994, with headlines screaming, dyes-cranky calls to Mary Tycoon.

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[SPEAKER_03]: In August 1996, the Queen urged the Prince and Princess to finalize their divorce.

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[SPEAKER_03]: In the end, Princess Diana received a generous settlement that included a lump sum of £17 million, as well as £400,000 per year.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She also retained the right to her apartment at Kensington Palace, and the title Princess of Wales.

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[SPEAKER_03]: In return, she agreed to relinquish the title of her royal highness, and any future claims to the British throne, although she would always remain a queen in people's hearts.

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[SPEAKER_03]: During this difficult period, Diana would meet another man who would capture her attention.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Pakistani British Heart Surgeon, Dr.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Hasn't Khan.

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[SPEAKER_03]: she nicknamed him Mr.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Wonderful and the two quickly fell in love.

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[SPEAKER_03]: They dated for over two years and Diana even visited Con's family in Pakistan and hoped she would marry him one day.

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[SPEAKER_03]: However, she would be sadly disappointed and the relationship would end in 1997.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The split left Diana heartbroken and it would soon lead her to a deadly romance with Doty

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[SPEAKER_02]: Princess Diana would grace the July 1997 cover of Vanity Fair magazine.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The issue focused on how she was coping with the divorce, and attempting to rebuild her life after leaving Prince Charles.

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[SPEAKER_02]: On July 1, 1997, she would celebrate her 36th birthday in Grand Style, and attend the 100th anniversary celebration of the Take Gallery in London.

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[SPEAKER_02]: According to author Tina Brown, the special day was a memorable one for her.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She received 90 bouquets of flowers and Prince Harry gathered a group of classmates to sing happy birthday to her over the telephone.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Always a light that shined bright.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Princess Diana was born with the life path number 7, under the sign of the mystic.

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[SPEAKER_02]: For mystics, the world is expansive and magical, but undoubtedly connected.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Number 7 possess a unique frame of mind and intuitively make their choices in life.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The answer to a higher power that moves every action and decision toward the accomplishment of a greater plan.

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[SPEAKER_02]: This was certainly the case for Diana, who did not excel academically at school, but who later in life was known for her amazing charity work, and fearless champion of those who needed help, such as landmine and AIDS victims.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She was the People's Princess.

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[SPEAKER_02]: However, one of the biggest challenges she faced in life was how to control her emotions and desires.

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[SPEAKER_02]: What is often forgotten is that Diana was also a paradox.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Under the beautiful poised image she presented to the world, she also struggled with bulimia, depression, and deep insecurities.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Shortly after her birthday, she took Prince William and Harry on a vacation to Santa Ope.

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[SPEAKER_02]: To join her boyfriend, Egyptian producer, Dodie Fayette, on an amazing beach holiday.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Dodie's father, Mohammed Al Fayette, a billionaire, owned London's fabled Harry's department store, the hotel Ritz and Paris, and enjoyed 11 luxurious homes around the world, then included a 30-room villa where Princess Diana vacationed with her two boys that summer.

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[SPEAKER_02]: No doubt, the princess was smitten with her new man.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Not only was Doty handsome, but he was a successful movie producer.

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[SPEAKER_02]: His films included, the 1981 Oscar-winning chariots of fire, the world according to Garb, FX, and Hook.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The couple enjoyed a whirlwind romance, and Diana would return to the villain several more times that summer to visually.

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[SPEAKER_02]: However,

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[SPEAKER_02]: What she didn't know was Doty was also holidaying with his American fiancé, Kelly Fisher, a Calvin Klein model.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Doty was sleeping with Kelly on one of the fireboats, while courting Diana on another, a 150 foot, Luxury Yat, Mohammed had bought specifically to entertain the princess.

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[SPEAKER_02]: On August 28, Doty would take her on a final two-day romantic getaway in Sardinia.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The telegraph stated this day was in a specially important one for Diana.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Because exactly one year earlier, she had finalized her divorce from Prince Charles.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The following evening, Dody and Diana celebrated what's a barbecue on the beach.

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[SPEAKER_02]: According to their Butler Renee, this was one of the most romantic nights of their summer together.

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[SPEAKER_02]: On August 30th, the two flew to Paris, but close friends stated that Diana and Hepid were elected to go, and actually had wanted to go straight home to see her sons.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Her summer with Doty was coming to a bittersweet end, but yet insisted on one more evening together in Paris.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It would be a deadly mistake for both.

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[SPEAKER_02]: As soon as Diana and Doty got into their limousine at the airport, they were chased by paparazzi on motorbikes.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Doty was upset by this and instructed his chauffeur to drive even faster to try to lose them.

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[SPEAKER_02]: When the couple arrived at the hotel, Diana left for her her appointment, and Doty shopped at a local jeweler to look at engagement rings.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He emerged with only a brochure, but he had arranged for the purchase of what would later become a controversial gold and diamond ring.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Had he planned to propose, or was it just a token of his affection?

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[SPEAKER_02]: The two later met up at the Ritz, and both rested in the hotel's imperial suite, before heading out to Dodie's apartment to get dressed for dinner.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Diana called her two boys to say good night, before she left that faithful evening.

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[SPEAKER_02]: She told them how much she loved them, and was looking forward to seeing them the following day.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Diana and Doty left his apartment around 7pm.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The first restaurant they went to was besieged by photographers, so they turned around and headed for the Rits to eat dinner instead.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They ordered food, but Diana was clearly upset.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Fellow diners reported that they saw her crying as she ordered before they headed to the Imperial suite for their final meal to be served.

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[SPEAKER_02]: CCTV later captured Doty emerging around midnight from the sweet and talking to his bodyguards.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He told him that he had devised a plan to evade the paparazzi when they left the hotel.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It was in this conversation that his and Diana's fate were sealed.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Dodys' plan was to leave the Ritz with Diana by the rear entrance.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The telegraph reported that he had asked staff to bring around another Mercedes, which he told the bodyguards would be driven by Henry Paul.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The bodyguards' roles would be to create a diversion by taking the two limousines from the front of the hotel.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Both strongly objected to the idea of Diana being allowed to leave the hotel without security.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Dody immediately shut them down, stating his father had approved it.

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[SPEAKER_02]: At 12-18 a.m., CCTV captured a black Mercedes, eerily appearing at the back of the Ritz.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The images of Diana, Dody, and Henry Paul were shown getting into the car, and because of the bodyguard's objections, Dody had agreed to take Trevor Reese Jones.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The Mercedes quickly drove off into the night and sped along the streets of Paris at 65 miles per hour.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But photographers were hot on their tail.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Less than five minutes later, the driver Henry Paul would lose control of the Mercedes at the entrance of the tunnel, striking the right-hand wall before swirving and colliding head-on with the 13th pillar that supported the roof.

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[SPEAKER_02]: with Diana trapped in the wreck car, the photographers, who had been some distance behind the Mercedes, reached the scene.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Some rushed to help and tried to open the door for the victims, while some of them took pictures.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Two Americans, visiting Paris, heard the crash and ran to the scene.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Joanna Lewis and Tom Richardson told CNN they were walking along the scene when they heard a bang and squealing titers under the bridge.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The couple described the car as a dark bloomer Sadies, with the passenger side airbag deployed facing oncoming traffic.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They stated at least one cameraman was chasing the car, and a professional photographer

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[SPEAKER_02]: Early calls to British newspapers that morning.

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[SPEAKER_02]: found no reporters were assigned to follow Diana and Paris.

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[SPEAKER_02]: However, CNN Paris bureau chief, Jim Bitterman, said that wouldn't be unusual.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The British papers often relied on freelancers, who were willing to go to great lengths to get an exclusive photograph of the princess.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Had the photographers chasing Princess Diana, inadvertently cost her deadly crash?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Or was there perhaps a more sinister motive?

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[SPEAKER_03]: The funeral of Princess Diana was held on September 6, 1997 in London.

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[SPEAKER_03]: A dark clouds swept over the city, and the crowds wept as her coffin was carried from the palace, on a gun carried along Hyde Park to St. James Palace, where Princess Diana's body would remain for five days before being taken to Kensington Palace.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The official ceremony was held at Westminster Abbey in London, and at St. James Palace, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, her two boys, and her brother Charles, joined Princess Diana one last time, and escorted her to her final resting place in Al Thorpe.

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[SPEAKER_03]: More than 1 million people line the streets of London that day, and flowers rain down onto the procession from bystanders.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Over 2 billion people traced Princess Diana's funeral worldwide, making it one of the most watched events in history.

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[SPEAKER_03]: During Princess Diana's service, Ellen John sang candle in the wind, which had been rewritten and tribute to the beautiful princess.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Her brother gave an emotional eulogy in which he criticized both the royal family and the press for their treatment of his beloved sister.

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[SPEAKER_03]: In his mind, he had held them partially responsible for her death.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The burial was held later that day.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Prince Charles, Prince William and Harry, her mother, siblings, and a close friend said their final gubiase.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Her grave is now located on an island within the grounds of El Thort Park, the Spencer Family Home for Centuries.

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[SPEAKER_03]: A path with 36 oak trees, marking each year of her life, leads to her final resting place.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Four black swans swim in the lake in the water there are water lilies which in addition to white roses which were Princess Diana's favorite flowers.

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[SPEAKER_03]: At the ceremony the royal standard which had covered the coffin was removed by Diana's brother moments before she was buried and replaced with the Spencer family flag.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The Earl claimed that she is a Spencer now.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Prince Charles will

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[SPEAKER_03]: The Spencer's family decision to bury the princes in the secluded and private location has enabled them to visit her grave and mourn in private.

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[SPEAKER_03]: For Princess Diana, her royal marriage to Prince Charles may not have had a happy ending, but it did create two beautiful boys, William and Harry.

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[SPEAKER_03]: In her death, she helped the monarchy change and cemented a special place in everyone's heart forever.

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[SPEAKER_03]: After Princess Diana's tragic car crash, the police detained several paparazzi for questioning, and seven photographers were taken into custody.

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[SPEAKER_03]: However, there are numerous conspiracy theories that surround Princess Diana's mysterious death, including her own personal fear or premonition, she would die in a car accident.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She was once quoted as saying, I'm a free spirit, some don't like that, but that's who I am.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Over the years, her untimely death spawned a web of some pretty incredible stories, and many believe it was because of her outspokenness and desire to be independent, ultimately led to her shocking death.

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[SPEAKER_03]: One of the most troubling accusations is she believed that Royal Monarchy wanted to silence her, and she would die by the hands of her former husband, Prince Charles.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Could it be true or was she just paranoid?

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[SPEAKER_03]: In a handwritten note, Princess Diana made a wild claim that Prince Charles was plotting to kill her so he could marry their son's former nanny.

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[SPEAKER_03]: This information was later revealed at the inquest into her death.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The note was sent to Paul Barrell, her butler, in October 1993, 10 months after her separation from Prince Charles was announced.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She wrote, I'm sitting here at my desk today in October, longing for someone to hug me and encourage me to keep strong and hold my head high.

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[SPEAKER_03]: This phase in my life is the most dangerous.

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[SPEAKER_03]: My husband is planning an accident in my car, break failure, and serious head injury, to make the path clear for him to marry Tiggy.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Camilla is nothing but a decoy, so we are all being used by the man in every sense of the word.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Princess Diana was always known to be incredibly intuitive, and she became increasingly frightened after the death of her former bodyguard.

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[SPEAKER_03]: In a previous interview, Princess Diana talked about her affair with her beloved bodyguard, and she described him as the greatest love she ever had.

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[SPEAKER_03]: After the affair was discovered, he was removed from royal protection duty, and later died under suspicious circumstances.

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[SPEAKER_03]: She was quoted as saying in the taped interview, I think he was bumped off.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Another wild conspiracy theory fueled by Mohammed Fayette, the father of the Prince's boyfriend Doty, claims that the couple were killed by M16 on the orders of Prince Philip to prevent them from marrying and having a Muslim baby.

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[SPEAKER_03]: But one of the most compelling conspiracy theories surrounding the mysterious car crash was the infamous white fiat and a photographer named James Anderson.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The police reports states Diana's Mercedes had swiped a white fiat before the crash, which left faint traces of paint on the car.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Extensive attempts by the French police defined the mysterious vehicle, proved unsuccessful.

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[SPEAKER_03]: However, in July 2005, Muhammad al-Fayad alleged an assstatement to the police that he believes the white fiat was used by M16 to cause the Mercedes.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The princess was traveling in to Swerve and crash into the side of the tunnel.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Al-Fayad further alleged that the white fiat was owned by a French photojournalist named James Andonsen, a security services agent according to Fayad, who had photographed Princess Diana while she was at his villa in Santa Pei in July 1997, just one month before her death.

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[SPEAKER_03]: However, French police concluded it was unlikely, and since Carr was the white fiat used in the Paris crash, due to the Carr's condition, and the fact he didn't hide the information that he sold the Carr.

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[SPEAKER_03]: But this is where the story takes a turn for the weird.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Anderson died in May 2000, less than three years after Princess Diana's death.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The official verdict was suicide.

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[SPEAKER_03]: His body was found in a black burnt-out BMW and a forest in the south of France.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The police claimed his death was attributed to personal problems in his private life, but his family disagrees.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The report states that when they found the car, his body lay slumped in the driver's seat, and his head was detached and lay between the front seats.

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[SPEAKER_03]: There was a hole in his left temple.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Although the French pathologist concluded, the intense heat of the fire caused the hole instead of being a gunshot wound.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Many people find it hard to believe the police reports stating that Anderson intentionally poured gasoline all over the inside of his car, lit a cigar, and set himself on fire in a locked car.

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[SPEAKER_03]: His widow Elizabeth and their son James have rejected the idea that his death was a suicide.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The family has pressed French officials to conduct a murder investigation into his death 400 miles from his home, noting that he was high in spirits over his new job with an agency but they have refused to investigate the case.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Over 20 years later, questions remain about what happened the night of Princess Diana's accident, and many have asked could she have been saved?

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[SPEAKER_03]: We now based on previous reports that Doty Alphayed and Henry Paul, the driver of the car, were both killed instantly on the night of the crash.

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[SPEAKER_03]: However, Princess Diana was conscious, and per several witnesses at the scene, she did not appear to be seriously hurt.

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[SPEAKER_03]: CBS and several other media outlets speculated Princess Diana could have been saved if she had been rushed to the hospital immediately.

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[SPEAKER_03]: But the French at the time had a different emergency system.

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[SPEAKER_03]: They first tried to stabilize the princes at the crash scene before transporting her to the hospital.

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[SPEAKER_03]: According to the 40-page French accident report, at 1232 a.m. on August 31, 1997, rescue workers arrived at the scene to find Princess Diana conscious but agitated.

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[SPEAKER_03]: At 1245 a.m. a French doctor arrives, not initially recognizing the extent of her injuries, they gave her a combination of drugs that calmed her down, but is also known sometimes to cause heart and respiratory problems.

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[SPEAKER_03]: When emergency workers asked to take Diana to a hospital just four miles away, it took another 10 minutes for the hospital to agree.

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[SPEAKER_03]: It is now 129 a.m.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Even more time is lost when the doctor orders the ambulance to drive slowly for the fear of aggravating Princess Diana's condition.

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[SPEAKER_03]: The result, she doesn't arrive at the hospital until 206 AM, nearly two hours after the accident.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Sadly, the Princess was pronounced dead at 3 AM.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Afterward, no official from the French emergency system would comment on Princess Diana's treatment for the accident report.

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[SPEAKER_03]: But in 2002, five years after her accident, the French emergency guidelines were changed.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Today, a patient with the same unstable blood pressure as Princess Diana would be immediately rushed to a hospital.

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[SPEAKER_03]: For Prince William and Prince Harry, they are still haunted by their mother's death, and it is a womb that continues to fester.

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[SPEAKER_03]: In the 2017 documentary, Diana, our mother, her life and legacy, they talk about their final phone conversation with the princess, and the role that the paparazzi played in her death.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Although her two boys may be leading very different lives right now, they will always be

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[SPEAKER_03]: As William prepares for his future role as King, his brother Harry has chosen to step back from royal life.

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[SPEAKER_03]: This action was fueled by his desire to avoid history, repeating itself, and to protect his wife Megan and his son Archie from the prime eyes of the media.

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[SPEAKER_01]: From the time of her engagement to the Prince of Wales in 1981, until her tragic death, after her car accident in 1997, Princess Diana remains one of the most famous and loved women in the world.

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[SPEAKER_01]: When Princess Diana's younger brother, Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, delivered his unforgettable eulogy at her funeral in Westminster Abbey on September 6, 1997.

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[SPEAKER_01]: For a moment, the world stood silently and listened as a brother remembered his beloved sister.

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[SPEAKER_01]: His words portrayed the essence and true spirit of a princess who captured the world's heart with her beauty and grace.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I stand before you today, the representative of a family in grief, in a country in mourning before a world in shock.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We are all united not only in our desire to pay our respects to Diana, but rather in our need to do so.

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[SPEAKER_01]: For such was our extra ordinary 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.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Feel that they too lost someone close to them in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is a more remarkable tribute to Diana than I can ever hope to offer her today.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty.

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[SPEAKER_01]: All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity.

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[SPEAKER_01]: All over the world, a standard bearer for the rights of the truly downtrodden, a very British girl who transcended nationality.

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[SPEAKER_01]: 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.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Today's our chance to say thank you for the way you've brought in our lives, even though God granted you back to 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.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Only now that you're gone do we truly appreciate what we are now, and we want you to know that life without you is very, very difficult.

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[SPEAKER_01]: There is no doubt that Diana was looking for a new direction in her life at this time.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She talked endlessly of getting away from England, mainly because of the treatment that she received at the hands of the newspapers.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think she ever understood why her genuinely good intentions were sneered at by the media.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Why there appeared to be a permanent quest on their behalf to bring her down.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is baffling.

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[SPEAKER_01]: My own and only explanation is that genuine goodness is threatening to those that the opposite end of the moral spectrum.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It is a point to remember that of all the ironies about Diana, perhaps the greatest was this.

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[SPEAKER_01]: A girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age.

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[SPEAKER_01]: She would want us today to pledge ourselves to protect her beloved boys, William and Harry from a similar fate, and I do this here, Diana, on your behalf.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We will not allow them to suffer the anguish that he is regularly to drive you to a tearful despair.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I would like to end by thanking God for the small mercies he has shown us at this dreadful time.

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[SPEAKER_01]: We are taking Diana at her most beautiful and radiant, and when she had joy in her private life.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Above all we give thanks for the life of a woman I am so proud to be able to call my sister.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The unique, the complex, the extraordinary, and irreplaceable Diana, who is beauty, both internal

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[SPEAKER_01]: Princess Diana, her song may have ended, but her words and melody lingers on.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Our show notes along with links to the news articles and interviews we used in researching and writing this episode are available on our website at deathbymisadventure.co.uk The show's host included the talented Eduardo Fehi in London, England, Tom Dre in Long Beach, California.

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[SPEAKER_03]: And myself, I'm Tracy Nova, also based in LBC.

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[SPEAKER_03]: This podcast was recorded at Skywave Studios in Hollywood by Sound Engineer Edwin R. Zoo and produced by Cosmic Media.

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[SPEAKER_03]: A special thanks to Christopher Lang, our audio producer in Tucson, Arizona, who helps bring each episode to life.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks for listening.