I was up at 4am to watch Diana marry Charles. My mother had told me that I was witnessing history, and woke me up to watch. It was beautiful, in my little 6th grade mind. Of course, as we all learned, it wasn't all that wonderful as it seemed.

I was watching SNL when they broke in to say first, that Diana had been in an accident, and no other news was available. At midnight my time, they announced that she had in fact died. I broke down crying, and called my mom. She was still up, and my Aunt was there. I told her to turn on the TV, and they were just stunned. My aunt was crying and I remember her saying "She can't be dead...I loved her." That was how I think we all felt. She was truly a beautiful woman who had just begun to get her life together, and it was taken all because of Henri. How sad. (Okay, some fault to the media, and I wish that she had on her seatbelt!!)

~G

I remember watching highlights of the Prince Charles and Diana wedding in 1981 at my Grandmother's house. I wasn't overly interested at the time, but I did fall in love with Diana, and I enjoyed watching her blossom over the years.

The night that she died I was at a friend's house for a Labor Day Weekend barbecue. As we were going back and forth taking the food outside, there was a message on the bottom of the tv screen saying that Princess Di had been in an accident in Paris. At first, the news was that she was only slightly injured. I returned home a little after eleven o'clock that night. Like DD86, I was about to watch Saturday Night Live when newsanchor Brian Williams broke into the broadcast with the news that she was dead. I called my sister, who has just arrived at her house, to tell her the news and she broke out into tears immediately. It just didn't seem possible that this beautiful creature could be dead.

MDC: Official Stalker of the oh-so-adorable DD86

I watched her get married when I was about 11 with my Grandma in my living room. I heard the news of her death in my living room watchig TV with my husband. I was never interested in Princess Dianna until the instant she died. I felt so devastated. I watched and read everything I could get and stayed up to watch the funeral. She was such a wonderful caring and giving person. A wonderful mother too. It is sad that her life was so troubeled. I never knew of all the charitable work she did until after her death. It's sad we dont hear about the good things til' later. All I ever heard about was what she wore, how she had eating disorders... She was so much more!

I couldn't believe the effect her death had on the women here in the states. I watched a dear friend of mine cry her eyes out. I asked her why she was crying because the USA doesn't have royalty. She told me that Diana was a strong woman who had an effect on women worldwide. She was more then just a princes, she showed all women how to be idependent.

I think you're right DJ...I started socialworker-school (in lack of a better word) the day after she died. In that week we (among other things) had to do small improvised theatrical plays...every play, except one, had something to do with Diana. She really was an rolemodel for a lot of people...and the fact that her life resembled that of an fairytale also helped a lot, at least IMO
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80sSmurf~

I love the photo of her. She really was just the most wonderful woman. Her kids reflect what a great mum she was to them. I am so glad that she was around for as long as she was...so that her boys retained what she gave to them as far as her spirit for life goes.

~G

Thank you for posting that stunning photograph of Diana, Smurf. It truly captured her inner and outer beauty...

MDC: Official Stalker of the adorable DD86

I had about 5-6 friends over and we were hanging out, looking at magazines, listening to music, doing stuff on the computer, having a few mixed drink, you know the typical.

Anyway, my friend and I were in a separate room watching SNL when we heard the news. We ran into other room and told our friends, we couldn't believe it. After we heard, we stayed up the rest of the night watching for updates (at that time they didn't know if she was dead yet). It was an eery feeling we all had. I think we were sad because she was so down to earth, and it was like it was someone you knew. A sad day in history, for sure.

I'm not a Diana-fan, but I consider her an Icon of the 80s. Alongside Madonna, Bravo magazine, Ghostbusters, Best Montana jackets, Converse high-tops etc. She's one of many symbols of the 80s...at least in my head <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

That's why I use this pic on my profile on my soccerteams site. It's not meant as a mockery, just my way of saying: "I love(d) the 80s" <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

I remember that day very well.
My mom and I were watching movies in my bedroom and about 1 am(or thereafter) a news break came on something like CNBC. It said she was in a car wreck. From there it went on to say an eyewitness said they seen her walking around. They talked more about what they think happened. Tom Cruise called in on the broadcast, and later we knew what really happened <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> That was a sad day....

I remember hearing about that on the news that evening. That was such a bad year because we lost Diana and Michael Hutchence of INXS. I can still remember seeing part of the wedding on TV. She had such a beautiful dress!

I remember we'd been out dancing late the night before and I was sleeping on my friends couch, when I was awakened by a phonecall from her brother, telling me to turn the TV on... We sat the rest of the day watching all the special broadcasts about Diana. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">
A very sad day, that has stuck in my memory forever!

Being half-British (Mom), news of Diana's death struck me profoundly. I always respected the way she presented herself. She never appeared aloof or seemed to place herself above anyone else. To me, she epitomized the word "Class" as it should be known. I still remember watching the news coverage and felt like the world had lost someone beautiful (inside and out). <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

I only have vague memories of the wedding as I was only 10 and didn't care all that much despite being British.

However, I most definitely remember her death. I was restless & feeling somewhat down that night (my cousin died August 31, 1985) so I had gone to uni to surf the internet (24 hour access)I was on a chat when somebody entered the chat saying that Princess Diana had died. Everybody was furious because we thought it was a sick joke, but then a reliable person (someone I knew) turned on his radio and said it was true. I called a cab to get home immediately and turned on the radio/telly. I hardly slept and I watched telly the whole next day. It just seemed so unreal and I kept expecting her to show up and laugh it all off...but she never did. We lost two great ladies that year - within the same week - Mother Theresa died on September 5.

I can't say I paid much attention to her wedding @ the time, I was young & a boy...not my cup of tea @ the time. The night she died, I found out in a weird way. I was watching a program on CBS, around 7:45pm US CST, when the news that she nad been in a car wreck scrolled across the bottom of the screen like a weather bulletin. I was dumbfounded that such shocking news had been conveyed in such an unorthodox fashion. At the top of the hour, the station cut to live coverage, and my wife & I watched the whole story unfold...speechless & sad.

When she was married, I was in the US Air Force, stationed in England. As I recall. it was kind of a semi-holiday on base.

I was in a women's shelter. I felt like the world was against me and nothing could be worse. I was full of pity... But then i heard on the news about Diana,, at that moment I realized how lucky i was. I was alive. The next day i had a different out look about life. I was going to make every day count.

I watched the wedding when we were living in the US with my aunt and mother. When I was six I had this massive crush on Prince Charles (don't laugh) :rolleyes.

The wedding was beautiful and I remember being woken up and my mom telling me it was on. I was nine and it was such a big deal for me, not only staying up but also witnessing this beautiful wedding. When she died I was lying in bed and had the radio on. I was drifting in and out of sleep when they announced it on the radio. I couldn't believe it and was convinced that I must have misunderstood the whole thing. I was numb with shock.

A teacher at my Uni had the really 'witty' idea to write a play about her, Mother Theresa and Joan of Arc. I thought that was so cheap. She writes the worst plays in the whole world and they're always in-your-face ultra-preachy men-are-b......s ultra-feminist type of plays. How tasteless can you get?! <img src="mad.gif" border="0">

The first semester nobody signed up but the second semester she must have threatened some people or twisted their arms or something. Self-expression is one thing but using her death or anybody else's for your own propaganda that's pretty low.

Chris

I was at my grandmother's home (& about 5 years old) when she wed Prince Charles. I have never wanted to get married but for a split second, seeing her in that beautiful dress made me want to!!

It was after midnight so I was asleep when my younger sister called from my cousin's house & told me that she had seen on the news that Princess Diana had died in a car accident. I've always been a big Princess Diana fan so that's why my sis called me. Anyway, I couldn't belive it when I turned on the t.v. & saw it on the news. I just cried my eyes out!

Dawn

I don't actually remember her wedding well. My mom rememebers it better than I do. She was the one up at like 4:00 in the morning, being late for work trying to watch it. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

But I do remember the day she died very well. I have a heart-related illness and I had just gotten over a severe "attack". I couldn't walk upstairs just yet, so I got to sleep downstairs, where the cable was. It was about 11:30 at night (East Coast Time) when a special report broke in on almost all the channels saying that Diana had been in a severe accident and that they would report more as soon as possible. My family was shocked. Then a few moments later, my brother came downstairs and announced that MSNBC had just reported that the Princess had passed away. I felt so bad for her. What made it even worse was that not long after that (can't remember the length of time), Mother Teresa died.

They were great women.

I vaguely remember the wedding. I do remember he saying "Phillip, Charles, Arthur, George". That was some wedding. I was at home when she died. I was watching the news on and off, they said she was in a car accident, but I figured she would have survived it. Then my mom called to tell me she had died, and the whole night, all I kept saying was "I cant believe shes dead."
It was surreal.

Seeing that I was only 2 at the time, I was probably being potty-trained when Charles and Diana wed. <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> When Diana died, I was watching my Steelers get their asses whipped by the freakin' Dallas Cowboys. The only thing that made me feel better about that loss was that the Steelers finished 11-5 that season and the Cowboys missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1991 season with a 6-10 record. <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">

P.S.: Does anyone else think People Magazine is too obsessed with the Royal Family and the Kennedys? I mean just last week Diana was on the cover for the 4,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000th time in the past 20 years!

When Charles and Di got married I was like 4 years old and my older sister kept me up to watch it.

I was at work when she died. I worked a 5pm to 5am shift and our supervisor came out to announce it, we were shocked. When I got home, I watched the news until like 2 in the afternoon.

I was at my old house in Weston(Toronto)watching it on t.v. The funeral brought many tears to my eyes. After my boyfriend got home from work and heard about it, he cried too!! :(

I heard the news about it the night before the funeral and was shocked about it!

I talked to my mom and she saw the funeral on t.v and it made her sad. Princess Diana's death affected everyone!

I was in Belleville(Ontario, Canada) when she got married. That was the same day I lost a tooth. Instead of a quarter, the tooth fairy left me a british pound. What an amazing day that was.

We were driving back from dinner when we first heard about the car crash. My more sensible half stayed up all night watching the CNN coverage. I think she only slept a couple of hours that whole weekend, and even then it was on the couch in front of the TV.

Funny, but I don't really remember the funeral.

Originally posted by Bogie:

Funny, but I don't really remember the funeral.[/QB]

Really?? It was on just about every TV station. :)

Oh, sorry TC. Clarification. I do remember it being on every station. And the missus watched every minute of it.

I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but I think I had suffered overkill by the time the actual funeral took place. I couldn't watch any more. So I didn't see the actual ceremony. :)

I remember watching Leno and the news break came on, my parents were shocked. 1997 was a Weird year.........

Watched the wedding at home with a friend whose parents taped it. Thought it was pretty cool except that her dress must have been pretty damn heavy with that long ass train. I wanted Geoff Tate to marry me like that. :D

We were in LaGrange, Texas for a family reunion. It was me, my parents & sister, and then boyfriend. We went back to our hotel and it came on the television right before I left their hotel room. I was devastated. Couldn't believe she had been taken from us.

Well I was in the very city in which it happened cause I live there and saw, and still see the place she died !

TGND " I never bore much interest in her though ! "

I found out early Sunday morning and was glued to the television, it was so surreal. I couldn't believe it. I was depressed for weeks!!

The day before Princess Di was killed, we had just come home with our first born child. On the Sunday of her death, it was our wedding anniversary and the midwife came round to check on our baby. We were sat in the front room of the house, while our parents were huddled in the back room of the small house.

We heard the midwife talking to our parents about some tragic accident that had happened, but we had no idea what she was talking about. After she'd left we went through to the back room and the TV was on and we learnt of her death then. Everybody was really shocked and saddened.

It really affected everybody around the world and I think that Earl Spencer's speech that he gave at the funeral was probably the most memorable, spine tingling speech I'll ever hear.

Well let's see... she got married when... 1981? I wasn't even 10 yet so I have no clue where I was.

She died August 31, 1997 and I remember that well. I think I was at home when I heard it on the news, or I might have read it in yahoo news. When I got to work that night is when I talked to a manager to filled me in on the details.

I can barely remember what I was doing when Princess Diana was married in 1981. But I do remember seeing it on the news. I don't remember too much of the details about the wedding with me be 9 years old at the time, but I DO remember how GORGEOUS that wedding dress was! :)

However, I do remember the details of her death very clearly. I was working at a radio station in Columbia, SC (running the board for a live remote broadcast) when the word came over the AP wire that she was involved in an automoble crash. I had a quick 1 hour shift between 11 p.m. and Midnight EST, so I broke in with the news. The French authorities was very careful not to reveal how severe the crash was so I've had to wait for any official word. Since that was taking place I was VERY careful to state on-the-air that Princess Diana was involved in an automobile accident and was rushed to the hospital with serious head injuries. During that time my boss came back from the live broadcast and the overnighter came in as well and we were all in the control room monitoring the news channels & the AP wire with me giving updates, when the official word came in at 11:59 p.m. that she had died.

It truly was a sad day.:(

Robyn

The day that the prince and princess were married, I was up early, getting ready for a trip to Kentucky to spend the week on a houseboat. My nephew was born that same morning. So was the daughter of my cousin.

The day the princess died......I picked up the paper and saw that she had been in a wreck. Then I turned on CNN......they were just announcing that she had died from her injuries.

Still hard to believe, that someone that had been in the "spotlight" for practically 20 years of our lives, was suddenly taken away.

I was only 10 when the wedding took place. I remember seeing excerpts from the ceremony on TV later that day.
When she died, I was watching TV at home. I was in total shock. '97 was truly a strange year.

I don't remember her wedding. If it was before '86, I wouldn't remember it because I hadn't been born yet! :rolleyes: Yet, I remember Diana's death so clearly. I was 11. We were at our summer house, and we were watching TV and the news came on that she had been in a car accident. My mom and I prayed for her, and I went to sleep. When I woke up the next morning, I heard the news she had died. :( I also remember watching her funeral. :cry: RIP Princess Diana.

My Mom let me stay home alone to watch the wedding on television. It was BEAUTIFUL!!!
The night she was in that car crash, I had just come home from work and saw the announcement on tv. At first I didn't know how serious it was. Ended up watching CNN for half the night, and when the official announcement came that she had died. Man, did I cry!!! It was like I had lost my own mother or something. VERY sad!!! The funeral was equally heartbreaking.

Well, I was only 2 months old when Charles and Diana got marriedm so I couldn't tell you...I was probably in my crib sleeping! :lol:

Now, the death is another story...I was in my bedroom listening to the radio...a late night 80's music broadcast, matter of factly...when the DJ broke with the news that Diana was involved in a plane crash...the next morning, she was dead, and all I remember was the footage being broadcast all day.

Hi everyone! When Lady Diana and Prince Charles wed, I do not remember. I may have been home, I may have been at daycare, as I was only four years old. Only recently I heard stories that my mom stayed home and baked English treats all day. Now as for her death, I remember. I was with my now ex at his parents' home watching television getting ready to leave and go back to the apartment. His mom rushed out and said Princess Diana is dead. This was late, and I lived in Tucson, Arizona then. We turned on what I believe was CNN news to watch a bit before we left. I remember feeling shock as well as disbelief over the news that she was actually gone. It was so unexpected, and she was still so young. I tried to stay up and watch the funeral but alas that did not turn out well, and I had to work on Saturdays then. :cry:

I think I'm too young to remember her marriage. But for her funeral, I couldn't understand why they were cutting INTO MY CARTOONS. It made me a very angry ten year old.

At home Sick with the flu Sleeping

Originally posted by Jughead Jones
Well, I was only 2 months old when Charles and Diana got marriedm so I couldn't tell you...I was probably in my crib sleeping! :lol:

Now, the death is another story...I was in my bedroom listening to the radio...a late night 80's music broadcast, matter of factly...when the DJ broke with the news that Diana was involved in a planecar crash...the next morning, she was dead, and all I remember was the footage being broadcast all day.

I meant car crash..OOPS:goofy:

I was visiting family in Ottawa when the fatal crashes occured.
It was late evening, and I was reading with the TV on when I heard the news.

i wasnt born when they married but when she died, i was stayong at a friends house. we turned on the tv to watch inspector gadget and every channel was showing the sad news...it was a very very sad day here in england

I got up at gawdawfulthirty in the morning to watch the royal wedding. I remember being awestruck over that dress with the mile-long train and smiling when Diana flubbed Charles' name.

I had been out with a friend the night Diana died. When we returned to my house, my husband was up watching SNL. The three of us thought it was one of their news sketches when it was announced that she had been killed in the car accident. When reality finally set in, we were in shock.

At Diana's funeral, I think her brother said it best when he observed that it was terribly ironic that the Diana was named for the Hunter Goddess and was, herself, the most hunted woman in the world.

I did not see the wedding first hand....but I did catch it like the next day...for some reason 12:00 noon comes to mind. I believe it was an edited version for the states.

When Princess Di was pregnant, so was I, she had Prince William in June and I had my first son in July...for some strange reason this woman so far away from me felt like a sister of sorts!

I will NEVER forget that red line at the bottom of the screen proclaiming her "accident"...I was at home...my hubbie was fishing in Canada (even HE heard about by 6:00am that next day!) and my girlfriend and her children were staying at my house.
We stayed up most of the night watching the news come in...and with every "news break" it keep getting worse and worse.:cry:

Personally, I avoided the royal wedding like the plague. I was accused of "not being a romantic" at work, but, c'est la vie, y'know? I just didn't go in for all the pomp and circumstance and all the glory.

When I heard Diana had been in an accident, I was, believe it or not, listening to the BBC World Service via my local National Public Radio station, so I was able to get a lot of good firsthand info. The BBC suspended all regular programming to give a stunned world updates on Diana's condition, and, ultimately, her death. It was a sad time, and a shocking one, at that, that someone so young should die so suddenly.

I never saw the wedding, but I do remember the morning I learned of her tragic passing.

It was early Sunday morning and I was walking downstairs to take my dogs outside, when I saw my mother sitting at the kitchen table with the newspaper spread out in front of her. One look at her and I knew something was terribly wrong. She looked up and said, "Princess Diana is dead,". I just couldn't believe that she was gone. :(