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Princess Diania

I am still oxox — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:58:53 GMT

Last night was the night we came home from a Saturday night out to find out the Peoples Princess had be been killed in a car crash. So meny memories of that night where we we were what we did

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Texascat66 — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:04:08 GMT

I remember as well. We were headed to the US Open tennis tournament in New York when we heard it on the news that morning. There was a moment of silence held in the stadium that afternoon.

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shoekitty — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:39:44 GMT

I remember it was late, and news came on. First, that she was in an accident in Paris!!! I had hooe for bit...Then, this somber report came , Princess Diana had died.... I was floored. Just stunned. I think I have the whole funeral on VHS, can't watch those anymore. She was just so intriguing , and kind. I wonder, in this new internet world how her life would have played out. I am sure of one thing though. Had she survived, her boys would be emotionally different.

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haddon9 — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:36:30 GMT

I remember hearing that at first she was in a serious car crash. Then, later they said she had passed and I was floored!

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shoesnbags — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:56:30 GMT

We were on vacation at the beach. We were already asleep when the news broke on TV, but our sons were still awake and heard it all.

The next morning we got up early and went down to the beach while sons were still asleep. So it wasn't until mid-morning when we went back to the condo that they told us what had happened. At first we didn't believe them, thinking they were just playing around. Strange to remember that back then we didn't have phones bringing us news alerts constantly.

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candys mine — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:00:29 GMT

I remember it was night. One of the News channels had a camera set up to cover the opening to the tunnel. The longer they stayed on it the less hope there was anyone was alive.

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Camry22 — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:13:31 GMT

I remember I was delivering newspapers at that time. I was loading them into my vehicle and saw the front page and was horrified. People met me at the door waiting for their paper and crying!! It was so sad and shocking!

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Shelbelle — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:19:10 GMT

Yes, very late on a Sat night, we had been out for the eve and then heard it. 29 years ago,

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Pink123 — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:35:26 GMT

My late husband I came home from a nice dinner. I rolled down the covers and he turned on television when I was washing my face to go to bed. He did say loudly please come to the TV. Princess Diana is dead. That is my remembrance.

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conlt — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:56:42 GMT

I remember that day. However, my father died on 8/31/2001. That death overshadows tomorrow for me. 911 happened just 12 days after dad died. I was in shock/auto mode then. I will not be able to watch the 911 remembrances on TV. The entire time was traumatic for me.

Diana was a favorite royal of mine. A beautiful lady.

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Mary Bailey — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:31:49 GMT

It happened the night of my 20th HS Reunion. My Mom was babysitting.

Me, my HS bestfriend and DH had music on in the car. We were laughing, talking and having a great time. Mom met us at the backdoor. She heard us laughing and said "You must not have heard the news!" She filled us a bit. I was up all night watching.

I got up early for the wedding, stayed up all night for the updates and got up early for the funeral.

To this day I watch everything Diana related.

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beach-mom — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:48:16 GMT

We were in Texas. I was doing the dishes. You could see the TV from the kitchen, but I wasn't paying attention. DH can be sarcastic at times, and yelled out, "You know Princess Diana?" I said something like, "Of course I do." He said, "She's gone." And I replied, "Gone where?" Then he told me.

I don't think I moved away from watching TV until early morning.

What a sad time.

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World Traveler — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:30:13 GMT

I was in the hospital after having surgery. I had been rolled back into my room and was still coming out of the anesthesia. The nurses' station was right outside my room and I heard them talking about what happened. I thought what I heard was a dream because I wasn't quite awake. So sad when I found out it was true.

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shoekitty — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:25:29 GMT

It is true as one poster commented, it was harder to get info back then. Not like today!!! We had to stay by television or radio! No internet to speak of, few cell phones. I can't remember but think I got Nokia around 2000? No texting for sure, social medias..... I remember running to get newspaper first thing next day. I had to go store to store to get one. Sold out everywhere. Television and newspapers, min source of news!

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Linmo — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:10:54 GMT

I remember it well. It was not as late in the day here in CA and I heard it on TV. I was shocked! I've always been a fan and follower of the People's Princess. When she married Charles, I was still living with my parents and woke up extremely early just to watch their wedding. My mom was on the Hollywood Diet at the time so I ate a bowl of pineapple while watching the ceremony/

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Isobel Archer — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:01:18 GMT

Interesting. I certainly remember JFK, MLK, RFK and where I was. Obviously 9/11 and I even remember JFK Jr. because I was in an airport coming home when it happened and everyone was watching the tv screens. But Diana - no I don't remember. I remember hearing about it, but not where I was.

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MaverDaver — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:17:01 GMT

There are three (3) news stories that broke wherein I can remember where I was --

Princess Diana -- sleeping, woke up and put TV on approx 1:00 a.m.

9/11 -- walking into Living Room with cup of coffee approx 8:00 a.m.

JFK assasination -- in 5th grade approx 2:00 p.m. School closed and we were sent home

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ninjawife — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:35:35 GMT

@Linmo wrote:
I remember it well. It was not as late in the day here in CA and I heard it on TV. I was shocked! I've always been a fan and follower of the People's Princess. When she married Charles, I was still living with my parents and woke up extremely early just to watch their wedding. My mom was on the Hollywood Diet at the time so I ate a bowl of pineapple while watching the ceremony/

@Linmo That is so funny. I think it was called The Beverly Hills Diet and my parents were also on that diet at the same time. They gave up the day before the wedding so I made blueberry muffins which were supposed to be for blueberry day and we ate them as we watched the wedding.

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faeriemoon — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:41:08 GMT

I remember that night. I watched the entire news coverage from when the crash first happened to when they announced she did not survive the crash (and beyond.)

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CJC — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:06:55 GMT

@ninjawife wrote:
@Linmo wrote:
I remember it well. It was not as late in the day here in CA and I heard it on TV. I was shocked! I've always been a fan and follower of the People's Princess. When she married Charles, I was still living with my parents and woke up extremely early just to watch their wedding. My mom was on the Hollywood Diet at the time so I ate a bowl of pineapple while watching the ceremony/
@Linmo That is so funny. I think it was called The Beverly Hills Diet and my parents were also on that diet at the same time. They gave up the day before the wedding so I made blueberry muffins which were supposed to be for blueberry day and we ate them as we watched the wedding.

I was on that same Beverly Hills Diet at that time! 😂 it was a creation of a Judy somebody. I think it was 8 weeks, mostly tropical fruits including boatloads of pineapple. I ate one type of food only each day, so of course I got sick of the day's fare, ate less and lost weight. I combined that silly diet with Jazzercise classes and did drop a few pounds. Just threw away that diet book a couple years ago when we moved. Guess it was the Ozempic of my generation.