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Tributes are flooding in on the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death

Tributes are flooding in on the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death

Today marks the twenty year anniversary of Princess Diana's death in Paris.

On August 31st, 1997 the Princess of Wales died after the limousine she was in crashed in a tunnel beside the river Seine.

Yesterday, Princes William and Harry visited a memorial garden in Kensington Palace to pay tribute to their mother.

This was the moment broadcaster Kay Burley broke the news on Sky:

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The Princess of Wales was given a full state funeral, which drew more than a million people to London.

During the eulogy, her brother, Earl Spencer spoke about the media's treatment of Diana, he said "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 that here Diana on your behalf."

 

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