1997-1999

The Death of A Princess
On August 31 1997 Princess Diana of
Wales died as a result of a car accident the
day prior along with two of her body guards
Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul. The crash took
place at the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris,
France. Both Fayed and Paul were
pronounced dead at the scene and a fourth
person inside the car Trevor Rees-Jones was
the only surviving person. Princess Diana was
taken from the car alive but sadly later died in
a hospital. However, the question we have is
how something like this can happen? How can
the princess of Wales die in a car accident while she is supposed to be protected?
Her body guards were able to protect her from crazy fans and people trying to
hurt her day in and day out but ultimately failed to protect her from themselves
and their bad driving abilities. Initial
reports came out as the car was
traveling way faster than it was
supposed to in order to out run pesky
paparazzi. However, we are learning
now that that is not correct and the car
crash was actually a result of drunk
driving. The driver, Henri Paul was
intoxicated while operating the vehicle
which impaired his judgement and
driving abilities resulting in him going 60-70mph in a 35mph area. He lost control
and slammed into the 13​ th​ pillar supporting the tunnel, the car then spun around
and hit a stone wall before finally coming to a stop.