The Death of Princess Diana - The Crown Series 6

The death of Princess Diana (31st August 1997)
The Crown Season 6
The Crown Series 6

[@theeperson3764]

That was probably about as dignified and respectful as it could get when re-enacting a deadly, tragic car crash

[@D0makr0m3]

Agreed. We all know what happened…we don’t ever need to see it.

[@inigobantok1579]

For a historical drama that prides itself for historical authenticity, this is pretty much a letdown. They teased about it for 2 years only to be shown a very brief and rundown (no pun intended) scene. I mean who cares what the royals think honestly. They said so themselves in this show.

[@shandyeigenmann606]

​@@inigobantok1579uhm what else did u want to see? Diana's bloody broken face and body?????

[@ciaranoconnell4783]

@@inigobantok1579 Why do you need to see a scene of a dying young woman surrounded by death in the back of a destroyed car calling out for help as paparazzi take pictures? We all know the story, no one needs to see it for drama.

[@hexmaniacciaran]

@@ciaranoconnell4783very much agreed, the show already did a great job in this episode of establishing the paparazzi as aggressive hunters, we don’t need the visual of them ripping their prey apart

[@HayleySadler]

i’m glad they opted out showing the actual car crash. hearing the crash alone is enough to send chills down your spine. i can only imagine how diana and everyone in the car felt before they crashed.

[@sharonjensen3016]

I heard that paparazzi took photos of the crash scene. Very poor taste if that's true.

[@HayleySadler]

@@sharonjensen3016 they did. they was even taking pictures of her trapped inside the car.

[@wickedwitchoftheeast88]

​@HayleySadler they were utter scum for that!

[@HayleySadler]

@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 they were never prosecuted to. how can you take pictures of someone in a car crash and not even try to help?

[@wickedwitchoftheeast88]

@@HayleySadler I wish I could answer that but I can't. Personally I think it shows what scumbags they are that they took photos of Diana after a serious car accident with those injuries rather than be decent and rush to help her. I'm glad I never saw those photos poor William and Harry their own mother was left there injured whilst paps took photos I don't think I'd ever get over that

[@macrent2]

I'm quite glad they didn't show the actual crash itself. There are historical inaccuracies, for sure. However, I felt it was directed extremely well and respectfully.

[@giapaul7973]

The show doesn’t clam any of it is accurate and it doesn’t need

[@sharonjensen3016]

I remember the day I heard the news about Princess Diana. At first there were conflicting reports of internal injuries and a broken leg, until I heard the words "Princess Diana is dead." Like many around the world, I was shocked. I didn't want to believe it at first.

[@clemsi7596]

Well perhaps the biggest and most confusing inaccuracy is that the crash occurred whilst the paparazzis swarmed the car so the shot where you see the car drive in the Alma tunnel alone is odd

[@glen7318]

nonsense. The paps did not turned up till after the crash, as Paul was driving so fast he outdistanced them@@clemsi7596

[@ElizaHamilton1780]

The creepy thing is that history kind of repeated itself for The Crown, according to the official podcast: How did the paparazzi know that the cast and crew were filming in Barcelona? They were all getting hounded by the paparazzi, and the paparazzi snapped some photos of them shooting on the yacht. It was all pretty creepy, because everyone working on that set got a little taste of what Princess Di and Dodi went through during that final vacation.

[@sharonjensen3016]

No wonder one of Diana's sisters was giving a dirty look to a paparazzo taking a photo of her only days after Diana died. That look said: "You've got a bloody nerve after what you did! Haven't you done enough?" I've never forgotten that photo after seeing it, nor do I blame Diana's sister for being angry.

[@glen7318]

it would be strange if she did not feel angry.@@sharonjensen3016

[@rogerfielding1117]

Got to have sympathy for Dodi's fiance also. She was a loser too

[@shernweilee5576]

Is it wrong to say that paparazzi should be reformed? I felt that it should be better to prevent people from making others feel uncomfortable when possible. It is certainly their job and life, but is there a path for a better light in their position?

[@kodiak9840]

The music at 2:20... This score didn't merely build in us the dreadful anticipation of tragedy. No, the composer knew that we knew; that most of us lived through this. The score conveys sadness for something that didn't yet transpire in the series. The music is that of mourning; of remembering. And, to such a dignified rendition, the actors themselves shared with us what was coming; and they began holding onto their loved as we would. Every time I watch this scene, the death of Princess Diana surrounds me with so much of the era in which she died. I feel such a sadness, yet also a nostalgia for an era gone.

[@tiffanygrever8092]

The summer of 97 still so fresh in my head.

[@Miabia1000]

they played it at the very end for elizabeths end. scene also.

[@jakubdzwonkowski]

@@Miabia1000 exactly, it's Sleep Dearie Sleep only I can't hear the bagpipes playing

[@lukethomas.125]

For me, it sounds like a final drive on this earth before going up to heaven. It has a sense that it'll be over soon, they'll be at peace.

[@jen-a-purr]

What made this particular scene so powerful was we know exactly what’s fixing to happen. And it’s heartbreaking

[@rogerfielding1117]

From the moment she didn't fasten her seat belt she was doomed 2:33

[@BigRick324]

That's exactly how I felt watching it for the first time today, I was at work watching when I started to cry silently and everyone was just staring at me.

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

@@rogerfielding1117 Yep, always buckle up for safety, it will save your life!

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

The acting is impeccable, the recreation of the events is flawless, the pacing is fine. I don't know what are these critics whining about ??

[@catherinespark]

Some people hate the royal family and want a good dose of distasteful but legally unstoppable schadenfraude at their expense.

[@rogerfielding1117]

Flawless, how do you know

[@zoehannah6278]

Flawless? You were there, clown?😂🤦‍♀️🤡

[@raylee444]

Even though you don’t see the actual crash, hearing it is enough to send chills down your spine. I had to sit in silence for a moment after this scene.

[@TheSurlettes]

really made me emotional. she really wanted her boys the most and he just should’ve let her go but he wanted daddy’s approval more

[@leslieperkins2722]

The man walking his dog seems like a very Alfred Hitchcock or Frank Capra touch of filmmaking.

[@crazymotionride]

Guy walking the dog and hearing the crash was a key witness in the real investigation.

[@user-it9me9wu3z]

Странно что его не допросили парня с собакой

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

@@user-it9me9wu3z I think he got out of there as quickly as possible, and I don't blame him!

[@doddypemberley8701]

I watched the whole scene repeating "put your seatbelt on! Put your seatbelt on!" over and over. So sad… 💔

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

I know, I kept thinking that as well!

[@hamioranetana4369]

They should have stayed at the hotel no one truly knows what really happened that night I guess we'll never know

[@robertb4000]

The paparazzi chase them and the car driver loses control

[@lornapalmer6426]

Oh we know alright paparazzi chased them into the tunnel and even took pictures of her dying.

[@deb-1558]

The driver was drunk

[@lornapalmer6426]

@@deb-1558 he was proven not to be he's blood test was tampered with

[@nicolelawless9942]

⁠@@lornapalmer6426 How sick of them! I wished I could have saved Diana and everyone would’ve loved me for it

[@candygirl1990]

So sad and I miss Diana so much. Poor girl was hounded by the press all the time. Immortal Diana ❤❤

[@MsJubjubbird]

she often tipped them off as to where she was though

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

@@MsJubjubbird Which I never understood!

[@MsJubjubbird]

@@user-gi8pk9uc7q she wanted the attention

[@joann33483]

I find it hard to believe that they got in the car if Paul was as drunk as what was stated.

[@aprilgosa5779]

I have never believed that she willingly got in the car with a drunk driver the Paparazzi killed them either way

[@SandraEpton]

He had had some alcohol but also had taken antidepressants..it’s the combo that was the major factor of him not being able to drive safety..

[@KittyPieVibes]

That’s if they KNEW, I doubt you’d go up to your employer and say “I’m sloshed right now, let’s drive!“

[@freem8son86]

@@aprilgosa5779why not? Lol. Thousands of people get into cars with tipsy or drunk drivers every day. Diana was not some omnipotent saint, she was just a woman who liked to let loose and have fun.

[@yogitatambe5637]

The actress playing diana has just nailed the performance. It totally reminds us of diana. The scenes where the dead diana speaks with the queen ,charles and the one with dead dodi and his father were the best.

[@worldofdoom995]

Diana brought so much dignity and grace to the Monarchy that only Queen Elizabeth herself surpassed her in the worlds admiration. Imagine how much more she could have accomplished had she lived.

[@99baby21]

this was a hard watch :( the scene is very well crafted though. the music that plays as it shows those last few seconds of diana & dodi is haunting but somehow beautiful at the same time.

[@sebastiancrown3970]

Throughout the episode there is a tragic, dark, depressing and overwhelming atmosphere that made it a very difficult experience for me to watch.

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

You're not kidding, this was my first real experience the nastiness that being a celebrity can expose you to!

[@pradyumnahebbar2496]

One of the most beautiful girls didn't deserve such a fatal end.

[@kodiak9840]

This reminds me so much of a theatre play. It's exactly like when the protagonist or a narrator announces the death of a character, and a flashback of that character occurs; a flashback of a time when this person was alive. Or when a character suddenly freezes onstage, and the lights dim, and again a main character or narrator talks about how this person died as we still gaze upon the frozen person, under the dim lights, gone forever.

[@Shivafollower]

The final season is so emotional,i can't hold my tears 😭

[@edwardnashen5960]

What an awful memory of it happening. Beauty and heart, a very special soul, was essentially murdered that night. Hearing of it took all our breaths away. Beyond tragic. I felt the same way I did as a boy, learning that President Kennedy was assassinated. The sadness and grief , so deep.

[@Coryraisa]

It was this way for me when I learned that Diana had died. It was so, so shocking. She was middle-aged, had become stable since divorcing Charles, was healthy, had no history of drug or alcohol abuse, was living a quiet life raising her two sons and carrying out her humanitarian work. I was in my twenties and had returned from working late and saw it on television. Barbara Walters was reporting and her voice was absolutely shaking. I was so stunned that I sat unmoving for several hours afterwards.

[@AEsir2023]

I was 9 when this happened, I didnt know anything about anything I didn’t even know there were still princesses. I remember thinking there was something just plain cosmically wrong about a real life princess dying in a car accident. I still feel that way after all these years.

[@glen7318]

You didn't know there were princesses?

[@AEsir2023]

@@glen7318 dude I was 9 I mean I knew vaguely that the uk had a queen but I didn’t know shit and I had heard of Diana but didn’t know she was literally a princess.

[@glen7318]

strange since Diana was always referred to in the popular media as Princess Di or lady Di@@AEsir2023

[@aliciacleeland2257]

I was only 7 when it happened and I had no idea just that it was an accident in a tunnel, as I got older I learned more & more about it! RIP Diana! 😢❤

[@debellatios]

The only thing that ruins it for me is you hear the crash right when they enter the tunnel. It would have been a couple seconds later.

[@ongyiyi2401]

Didn't the car crashed in the 13th pillar ? It wouldn't have crashed as soon as the car disappeared out of sight into the tunnel

[@amydamjanovic9183]

Of course it had to be the 13th.

[@robertb4000]

Maybe the car went too fast and it crashed suddenly

[@j4ever938]

That's exactly what I said. I've been watching the episodes tonight and I was kinda surprised they portrayed it like that.

[@inigobantok1579]

The car went almost 110 miles per hours on a bank curve they would immediately hit that.

[@sallywhite7678]

I didn’t know Dodi could speak perfect French, as the naives do. The production team for the actor playing him must have had the French dubbed.❤️🐈

[@Charlotte8591]

I think it could be the actor's own French. Many people from Arabic countries (and Egypt) can speak French. The actor could have learned it at school or from his family. I wouldn't assume it's dubbed.

[@inigobantok1579]

​@@Charlotte8591Khalid is from Britain. It was Dodi since he was a businessman travelling around the world is the norm for him.

[@Charlotte8591]

@@inigobantok1579 I know Khalid is from Britain. But his family might be from an Arabic country, so it wouldn't be strange if he speaks French.

[@marialosadavazquez1151]

​@@Charlotte8591Yes, his family is from Egypt.

[@Charlotte8591]

@@marialosadavazquez1151 Ah, thank you, that makes sense. Well, in any case, educated Egyptians can speak French. Or maybe he learned it in Britain at school. And if he didn't speak French, he could have learned those few lines.

[@Boaz833]

The more i learn about the accident, the more suspicious it seems. They were continuously surrounded and chased by paparazzi. But coincidentally, the exact moment of the accident, there were no witnesses or cameras anywhere nearby. Not to mention there was definitely a second car involved, the white fiat uno, which has never been found despite being involved in the most famous car accident in all of human history. There was no way this was an accident.

[@toniosntcrz]

It was a murder, period

[@nicolasdiez7688]

​@@toniosntcrzand yet we will never know what truly happened. It's been 26 years and it still remains as a mistery what truly happened

[@willc1294]

it's rumoured the fiat uno was being driven by a one armed man.

[@j-mshistorycorner6932]

@@toniosntcrz Rubbish

[@j-mshistorycorner6932]

You think they're going to snap photos while they're focusing on driving a motorbike?

[@alexanderwinn9407]

I just don't understand how John Mulaney could do this.

[@dianamarcekova9615]

😂

[@tridentanimation2981]

And the morals of the story is never travel in an automobile driven by an intoxicated or inebriated driver and always wear a seat belt when travelling in a motor vehicle.

[@malegi29]

And the moral of the story is Don’t believe everything the media tells you! Henri Paul was not drunk that night.

[@ilovemickyandhelove1]

If the paps had not gotten in front of the car taking flash photos it’s would not have crashed,

[@spearshake4771]

​​@@ilovemickyandhelove1from what I've read there is no proof that the paparazzi were on them up until reaching the tunnel. However its is very plausible given the fact that people were so quick to respond on the scene of the accident.

[@ilovemickyandhelove1]

@phoebecaulfield4062 if the driver had been sober he still would have crashed the car because of the flash photography obstructing his vision.

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

Sure and let's ignore how cameras suddenly stopped working. Taking Diana to furthest hospital, emergency responders apparently forgot their medical equipment etc.

[@CowsCantDance]

As much as people are shocked that they put the squealing of tires and boom, like as soon as the car entered the tunnel. You have to admit it was probably done that was on purpose, out of respect and dignity for the people involved. RIP Diana and Dodi!

[@gokulkrishna4456]

If they had wore the seat belts , they would have probably survived. Security features in W140 worked only if seatbelts are buckled.

[@runeliza09]

I had family in France at the time and it was soon known, in France anyway, that if Diana had put the seatbelt on she would have lived; been injured but not died. Sadly that was her responsibility, not the driver or reporters. She died because she was irresponsible that night. I felt sad for her family and friends. People should always wear seatbelts.

[@immagonko4261]

Doesn't matter now

[@jameskinney1509]

notoriously slapdash about their personal safety.”

[@stevencramsie9172]

Diana almost certainly would’ve been with us today, but you have to remember that the driver and Dodi were on the same side as the pillars they hit. No guarantee they would’ve survived

[@bunpwqii5951]

Diana didnt put her seatbelt on because with her seatbelt it made it harder to cover from the Paparazzi, i assume she did this often and it became a habit, leading her to forget her seatbelt in this instance as well. This entire accident leads back to the Paparazzi in every way. They even took pictures instead of helping the people in the car, how awful.

[@annabellelynch9984]

27 years on… Never Forgotten.. R.I.P Princess 👸 Diana “The People’s Princess 👸.” 👑👸❤️🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹

[@mattbernabe]

At 2:12 Once the paps got on their motorcycles, I said, "Those fucking bastards." They particularly hunted her down as if she was an animal, and it was all for a damn picture. To think, once the car crashed in the tunnel, the paparazzi were still shooting photos of the wreck and everyone inside. Bastards!

[@shelbymason1292]

Yeah that part of Diana's death made me so upset, those vultures cared more about a photo than a person's life at risk.

[@debugdonut2102]

For Netflix's most expensive show they could at least time the crash properly. You could see the car was going straight when the screeching started and they were halfway through the tunnel when it crashed so it wouldn't have been immediately after it dissapeared

[@inigobantok1579]

Yup it went to the 13th pillar of the pont d alma at 110 miles per hour not this very soapy manner of the crash.

[@catherinespark]

If you read Lady Campbell’s book, “The Real Diana” it chimes with her interpretation of the evidence quite well.

[@equarg]

It’s called being classy and respectful. You know what happens. You don’t have to see it. Diana deserves that.

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

Really shows how far the press has fallen, from a press crew destroying the footage they accidentally shot of Philip and Elizabeth arguing in Season 1, to this atrocity in Season 6.

[@evansquilt]

Henri had spent the whole evening drinking. No way he would have spoken that clearly.

[@kleeamd8274]

I don't see why not? Surveillance video from the Ritz showed him bending over to tie his shoes just before he left. If he was so inebriated, it would have been difficult to bend over without being visibly off balance The video also showed he was NOT staggering as he walked around the lobby

[@spearshake4771]

​@@kleeamd8274I don't think he crashed just because he was drunk. They were also probably driving in a hurry to get back to Dodi's apartment. Whether paparazzi were chasing them before the crash or not I wouldn't put it above those people. Its obvious enough to me that as they were approaching the tunnel there was a slight bend going in and at the high speed they were going its plausible to see him spinning out and crashing into the wall. I've seen my fair share of conspiracy theories but the assertion that the Royal Family were involved in her death is utterly absurd. She'd done more than enough damage to their reputation before this accident so if they truly wanted to kill her to save their own reputation the damage was already done and there. Even if she married Dodi (which by all accounts it wasn't even certain if she would ever had said yes) I can't see how that does more damage to the royal family than a full on tv interview exposing her experiences while being married.

[@akshaysingh4712]

​​@@kleeamd8274sometimes, I find that alcohol doesn't hit me right away. If I'm drinking but just sitting down, then I can still be sober-Ish. Once start moving like walking or dancing in the club, that's when the alcohol hits me. Sometimes it hits all at once in a delayed manner. I think something similar happened to the driver. While he was sitting down, he was still sober. But when he was driving, the alcohol hit him. Add to that the stress and anxiety of being chased by a mob of paparazzi and you can very well see how it ended in a major accident.

[@kleeamd8274]

@phoebecaulfield4062 that is true, actually. For a man who was allegedly drinking the whole evening, as people claim, it's impossible he wouldn't show visible signs He stood very close to Diana & was talking to her in the surveillance videos, if he had been drinking all night as claimed, weird she wouldn't notice alcohol on his breath, slurred speech, red/bloodshot eyes, glazed over eyes etc Even if he wasn't staggering, he would have shown some other indicative signs There's no way one can drink "all night" & show no visible effects whatsoever. Especially when someone is 3½x over the legal limit The effects of alcohol start to manifest within 30 minutes after the first drink

[@KingKhan20000]

@@akshaysingh4712 urgh what you're sitting down when driving.

[@lilachodan4941]

1:49 she was emotionally exausted already😢

[@macrent2]

I believe that played a major part.

[@glen7318]

in what?@@macrent2

[@dexterellis7818]

How in the world could Diana and Dodi have a normal relationship? They were being chased by photographers everywhere they went. They had no privacy, and you had an interfering Mohammad Al Fayed pushing his nose in from the sidelines. The whole thing was impossible.

[@sofiagill4744]

Mohamed al fayed told dania met dodi

[@sofiagill4744]

So he air bant

[@sofiagill4744]

Diana dodi did know each other

[@sofiagill4744]

So that is

[@sofiagill4744]

Dodi fatht because he told Paul driving car

[@cerealfibre6938]

Terrible, I remember where I was that tragic day when it happened. R.I.P Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed.😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@ciaranoconnell4783]

The small white fiat car is mysteriously absent. I am convinced that it played a role in the crash. It might be have been clipped or actually caused the crash itself but it was there and undoubtedly had some effect on events.

[@macrent2]

They know the white Fiat Uno clipped the Mercedes because of the paint left on a gash on the side. They did an analysis and that is how they found out the make and model of the car.

[@Rebelscum320]

​@@macrent2 I wonder if they tried to dodge one of the paparazzi and clipped it. If the driver was impaired, it'd make sense why he didn't see it.

[@danielwoodgate5897]

The white Mercedes was a secret service vehicle

[@j-mshistorycorner6932]

@@danielwoodgate5897 Diana didn't have secret service protection after her divorce.

[@danielwoodgate5897]

@@j-mshistorycorner6932 sorry what I meant to say was the white fiat clipped the mercedes. The white fiat I believe was a secret service car that deliberately clipped the mercedes car that Dianna's was in. The Royal family and MI6 and French Secret Service had her killed in my opinion. Those journalists that followed her, the next day they all looked like they had seen a ghost, they looked freaked out. Because obviously they were threatened

[@kakou2003]

Henri Paul was only five years older than Diana. As for him being drunk, there is evidence that he was not, such as his being able to tie his shoelace with no issue, and ... read on. What concerns me most, after the level of alcohol they say was in his blood, is the amount of CO2 they also say they found. That amount of carbon minoxide would have given him horrible headaches and nausea. The inquest concluded that it came from the airbags in the crash. This is not possible as he died on impact, he had no time to breathe in any CO2. My other doubt comes from the fact that his parents asked for a sample of his blood but were outright refused. This is all factual.

[@karldelavigne8134]

CO2 is carbon dioxide.

[@TheScientist43]

They swapped his blood sample containing all these alleged substances with a man who had gassed himself in his car. If we look at the CCTV footage of Henri Paul prior to leaving The Ritz he was perfectly alert and steady. The man wouldn't have been able to stand up if he'd had all those substances in his system. I was sixteen when this happened and we nearly all said the same thing here. It was no accident. I think you're meaning CO (Carbon Monoxide) which is similarly lettered to CO2 and can be easily mistaken

[@karldelavigne8134]

@@TheScientist43 Henri Paul was working for Mossad. In this instance, who is "they" in your sentence.

[@miguelpalomares3441]

@@karldelavigne8134 i know blaming the jews for everything is fun but i think israel has more concerns than diana, consider this for a second, 14.3 per 100.000 people die of car crashes in a year, they were speeding, this is known; that tunnel is a horrible place to speed in, there was a barrage of vehicles following them. i know conspiracies are fun, they make you seem like you're the smartest guy in the room, like it's all a big movie; but c'mon be fucking serious

[@mynthamara5994]

I think the most of us agree on the fact that they were killed, and personally think that Trevor Rees Jones got to do with it. Probably we'll never know who was the mastermind...

[@CeciliaSellembin-oy5nd]

I was very sad when I saw this scene.😔😑

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

Hearing them talk about the diversion, which will not work, is just spine-chilling!

[@nancycottone2155]

Seeing this is it a wonder Harry feels the way he does

[@nancycottone2155]

@phoebecaulfield4062 No the problem is everybody has a issue of the way he chooses to protect his wife from the same media and system that destroyed his mother.. If the monachy ended tomorrow William would do the same thing

[@spellywelly]

I think the age difference between the princes likely made a difference. William was, to use Diana’s own word, her ‘confidante’ - from a very young age. He would’ve seen and heard things that Harry was yet too young to be aware of. It could be that William has a more balanced view of the problems between Charles and Diana as a result.

[@AnimeQueen_JazzieJ]

​@phoebecaulfield4062 there are always 3 sides to every story... you shouldn't assume something to be fact if all you have is one side

[@rashelelashley]

​@@nancycottone2155That's right! The way HE chooses to protect his wife ....but wants the RF and everyone else to pay for it! He left the family and no longer have Royal protection, that was HIS choice! No one have a problem with his "protection" crap cause both he and his wife are not important. The problem is his manchild whiny behavior of constant complaining and lies. He needs to grow the fuck up and understand there are people in this world that are really suffering!

[@svscared]

​@phoebecaulfield4062Sometimes more than one thing can be true.

[@hayleywilliams8750]

The reason diana died are 2 factors 1. The paporazie chasing them 2. The driver was drunk, and so was speeding at a dangerous speed

[@eoinoconnor5783]

3. She was not wearing a seatbelt.

[@randallrona9618]

It made more sense why Elton John really hated the paparazzi.

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

I knew that this was inevitably coming, but I was still not ready for it!

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

I don't think I'll EVER be ready for it, no matter how hard I try!

[@boticelli9957]

Luv at least that both are holding their hands together..❤❤like if they knew something bad could happen 😢

[@ericab845]

Nice thought - that everything had been worked out between Dodi and Diana when they died. But I doubt this is the way things went. He had the ring on him and I'm pretty sure he hadn't asked her before they took their last drive. He probably planned on playing it by ear and if the mood was right asking her at a later date or perhaps at his apartment. Their time in Paris was full of tension and a lot of running around, bouncing from one to place to the next. I'm certain Diana was in no mood for a proposal and Dodi would have picked up on that. I also think seeing the video of them leaving the Ritz for that last time, that had Dodi asked and been turned down he would have been miffed/angry. There's no sign of this in the Ritz video

[@glen7318]

dont be silly. he did not have an engagement ring, he had ordered some kind of ring but did not have it. and Diana did not want to marryr him

[@GregorMcIntosh]

I was wondering where the white Fiat was since just before crashing, the black Mercedes struck the side of the Fiat, and then crashed with the Fiat driving past and then speeding away

[@PR-xm1gi]

I believe they didn’t want to involve any conspiracy theories. Ig the white fiat wasn’t included as it provided to many conspiracy theories around it. Ppl saying the fiat hit the Mercedes on purpose to kill Diana and dodi.

[@ryancarroll3957]

I think whoever was in that car, when they realized who they clipped, decided to never come forward. Think what the press would have done to them

[@GregorMcIntosh]

@@ryancarroll3957 two names are mentioned on the Wikipedia article. French photojournalist Jean-Paul James Andanson, who Mohamed Al-Fayed claimed was a security services agent, and had photographed Diana in St. Tropez in July 1997. Andanson commuted auicide in 2000. And 22 year old taxi driver Le Van Thanh, who was only once questioned by police in November 1997. His father would go to say in 2006 that he re sprayed his car red hours after the crash, waking up his brother in the night to help him.

[@ryancarroll3957]

@@GregorMcIntosh latter sounds more credible to me. As to former...I doubt they'd bother recruiting a paparazzi they have proper professionals for surveillance. Maybe he killed himself feeling guilty that he contributed to the crash..or for unrelated reasons..or a combo of both

[@GregorMcIntosh]

@@ryancarroll3957 yeah I personally think it was the latter. As for the former I think he killed himself because he was framed over his involvement in the crash itself and he didn’t want to fell any strong guilt over it for the rest of his life.

[@chrisragone8785]

There was a 4th person in the car, a bodyguard. He was the only survivor. Trevor Rees-Jones is his name.

[@eoinoconnor5783]

The only one who wore a seatbelt.

[@lilachodan4941]

0:00 No one will see us leave. Trust me. I wouldn't. He lied

[@ehrichan6726]

Maybe he knew something. Maybe he partly staged their premature deaths by “changing plans every last second” & and it’s possible somebody has drugged the driver’s drinks that night cause a few people said they saw a couple of people talking to the driver that evening. Who knows.

[@equissage9701]

Never a trust a man who says "Trust Me". Never.

[@Big73Bang]

The moment when the arc of history changed.

[@amydamjanovic9183]

They seem to leave out the fact that the driver was absolutely hammered when he drove that car.

[@saanahola]

didn't they film the two glasses when the guy came to tell him that hes gonna take diana and dodi?

[@amydamjanovic9183]

@@saanahola I must have missed that bit.

[@george55jv]

There was a scene of him at the hotel bar where he had finished 2 glasses as soon as they left

[@MordredAngstrom]

The driver looked pretty drunk to me.

[@startracker5895]

If you bothered to look at CTTV footage of the night you would see the driver not act drunk at all.

[@thechuckleshow2470]

Watching... before the video disappears in a moment just like Diana's car

[@SheilaRough]

If only they were wearing seatbelts. I wanted to shout at the screen, "Put on your seatbelt, Diana". The only person to survive the accident, the bodyguard, was the only one wearing a seatbelt

[@equissage9701]

But with every bone in his face broken.

[@glen7318]

not true

[@kaviyaprabharan1832]

Its 2024 but i still cant believe that she is no more and dont have the guts to watch this scene 😢😢😢😢

[@glen7318]

why?

[@madokamiiii]

This isn't related but I just noticed the guy playing the dude walking his dog also played the executioner for anne boleyn in wolf hall

[@romanaii]

I never forget the morning announced I was walking my dog many people coming out of shops with newspapers also v civil as in acknowledgment, I only found out when I got in. My older sis switched on tv and it was queen mother, my memory was journalist reporting outside Kensington palace a member of the public blaming him for death live on air - another person saying he is doing his job.

[@martinkrukenberg4590]

She played with the media and paparazzi

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

I see you spamming this in other videos, typical programmed bot. The monarch has been tampering with the media and paparazzi at their finger tips. Diana knew they'll try tarnish her as much as possible to protect the Monarch then killed her because she knew too much.

[@MariTeabag-lf1ly]

I love the way the Eiffel tower jumps about Paris in every shot in every film or TV show.

[@Dreamer10888]

Still feel devastated by the loss of Diana, and shocked there’s no repercussion for Charles’s….

[@glen7318]

come on

[@R4Y2k]

Turns out, the cat isn't the only thing killed by curiosity. And yet we still didn't learn our lesson I'm afraid.

[@puterboy2]

Where’s the little white Fiat?

[@catherinespark]

Unproven as being involved in the crash, so unshown on screen.

[@micha3828]

What a tragedy. How many great tragedys in just one century. Cest impossible

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Proving once again that old saw, "Nothing good happens after midnight."

[@AliSakurai]

If only they had theor seat belts on. It would have given them a chance. And I'm still surprised to this day that those paparazzos were never crucified for basically killing them.

[@eoinoconnor5783]

As much as the paparazzi were utter vultures, they weren’t actually that close to the car according to the investigation. They were chasing it and they took pictures of them after the crash, but the driver was intoxicated and was driving way too fast for them to catch up.

[@workingstudentera]

I'll always believe that someone or some people planned this accident.

[@deb-1558]

The driver was drunk

[@MichelleBlue-vp1yo]

I 💯 percent agree with you on that one and until this day I still do The Crown mess up alot of this one on the late Diana 😢 now everyone is pissed 😡👿

[@cspan1993]

Given what William did to Harry, I don't doubt it all. Especially with the Royal Family's connections to the British military.

[@deb-1558]

@@cspan1993 Don't you mean what Harry did to William?

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

It was set up. Diana ten months before her death felt there where recorders around her place, strange noise every time she spoke on the phone. Felt like Charles was planning her death to be made into accident. Speculation of tampering with her breaks.

[@astra-rb6sz]

She should never have dispensed with her personal protection.

[@beverleyferguson8942]

Princess Diana’s bodyguard was in the car. Sitting in the front seat with his seat belt on. He suffered massive brain injury but lived. He doesn’t remember anything about the accident!

[@equissage9701]

​@@beverleyferguson8942 He was working for the Al-Fayeds. Perhaps that is why he "can't remember anything". His story might be very different.

[@glen7318]

dont be silly. he did not work for Diana, and he did not wear a seat belt. @@beverleyferguson8942

[@glen7318]

nonsense. Jones was being pressured by Al Fayed to bakc up his version of events but he said that he could not remember due to head trauma and refused to play ball with MAF. @@equissage9701

[@glen7318]

he can't remember because his head was bashed in almost. @@equissage9701

[@pennsharon8098]

I didn’t watch it I hoped that they wouldn’t film it because it so heartbreaking to see someone’s life end like this. And her kids are probably going to see this

[@amarasunflower6914]

He kids are adults now and can definitely chose not to watch.

[@pennsharon8098]

@@amarasunflower6914 and the grandchildren? Don’t be insensitive

[@napurplelady5341]

@@amarasunflower6914adult or not , even it’s been 26 years , no children can still bear to see how their mother died ..Even me myself has lost mine 13 years ago , if I could choose , I choose not want to watch how my mother died again ..

[@amarasunflower6914]

@@pennsharon8098 This is a well-known historical event covered in the news and countless documentaries. There is no way for them to avoid this and frankly the family probably already has way more horrific information and detail on this event than the public ever will. The idea that a netflix soap opera is the thing that will traumatize that family is absurd. It is silly to say they shouldn't make the show just for the family...when the family can easily avoid Netflix. It is a paid subscription that the family would have to actively sign up for and even then there are parental controls.

[@amarasunflower6914]

@@napurplelady5341 Sorry for your loss. I have also lost my own mother. traumatize I actually think that family overall is quite happy with the last season and it completely re-wrote history to make Charles seem more sympathetic and likable when in fact he is a monster and I am still not convinced that "accident" was an accident. Camilla would never have been accepted while Diana was alive...and here we are: Queen Camila.

[@juliemccauslin5807]

The moral of this tragedy is don't drink & drive, especially not high speeds 😢

[@stephaniewilliams168]

True and to not take your life for granted. Dodi should've provided the maximum security for diana

[@JackieHallam]

I was almost six years old that year.

[@Charlotte8591]

Me too, I was 6

[@marcyp6848]

I was 6 too about to turn 7

[@ferdijanzen4100]

where was the white fiat? They didn't show it, although it's a fact based on French- and UK-investigations, that the Mercedes collided with another car shortly before entering the tunnel. This cancel-culture sucks!

[@lilachodan4941]

1:38 but left the hotel by front doors. It was more crowded.

[@christophermercado5466]

Very well done! Just to think about how such a beautiful soul like Diana was could have her life put through so much pain by others, and to die the way she did. Idgaf what the courts say everyone of those photographers should have been put in prison. God bless her soul and the souls of the other victims

[@bunpwqii5951]

Diana didnt put her seatbelt on because with her seatbelt it made it harder to cover from the Paparazzi, i assume she did this often and it became a habit, leading her to forget her seatbelt in this instance as well. This entire accident leads back to the Paparazzi in every way. They even took pictures instead of helping the people in the car, how awful.

[@robert_nyc]

I stood at the entrance of the tunnel days after… the torches still burning

[@nicolelawless9942]

Good god, I would have been so traumatised knowing what happened. I’m traumatised enough as it is after surviving a plane incident and Woody was flying it before I took the plane back to land it. I landed the plane successfully although I was very shaken up and I had press all over Ponta Cana after surviving. Mummy could see how shaken we were and this was a real incident that happened a month ago on Thursday

[@slydEvil35]

Never drive drunk. Always wear your seatbelt.

[@hmybritannia]

I wonder what is going in King Charles and Queen Camilla's mind if they watched it they may of watched it today

[@Mademoiselle_Katie]

Mind you this show is not a documentary. Any conversation is mere speculation and fiction.

[@robertb4000]

They didn't care about this. They just watch documents

[@l.a.3479]

​@@robertb4000🤣

[@invictustheshark8547]

​​@@Mademoiselle_Katiesadly, Americans turn reality shows and dramas as their documentary. That's why the country is greatly divided

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

​@@invictustheshark8547Except certain scenes did happen.

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

I actually think the Crown handled this well. Not too sensationalist. There is no way they could have avoided covering Diana's death

[@equissage9701]

I wasn't a Diana fan, but there are too many people wanting to see the crash. Morbid.

[@nicolelawless9942]

I would have refused to see it but would have been at the scene to help Diana. Mummy was just 18 when she found out Diana died and she looks very traumatised by the news and I bet she was. Mummy is now 44 and been Princess of Wales for 20 months. I’m relieved that Mummy didn’t refuse the title but she was going to

[@catherinespark]

Understandable though, psychologically. Something that is described in such forensic and shocking detail, with photos to boot, and so many conspiracy theories that play on these things, primes the brain to want to see for itself. It’s not a personal thing - just now the human psyche (broadly speaking) works in such instances.

[@user-yi4mk6vu8z]

It's not that easy for someone to die just by hitting a concrete pillar in a Mercedes-Benz W140. I know that, because I also have that Mercedes-Benz W140. There is a large stun bomb attached to the bottom of the car and controlled remotely. When the bomb explodes, it will create a shock effect and cause the rear tail of the car to lift forward until it touches the asphalt. The car weighs more than 2 tons, imagine if you were sitting in an iron box that weighed just under 400kg and then it was crushed by an elephant whose net weight was 2 tons.

[@Avatar610]

If only they wore seatbelts- Diana’s bodyguard did and he was the only survivor!

[@dag23_subbers]

World war 2 saw many tunnels made underground specially in Europe & fighting nations. She most likely knew about tunnels n secret pathways. I don't buy it that she died during her accident in Paris inside the tunnel. She was aware of tunnel within a tunnel. My heart doesn't buy it- her death specially in the car wreck as it was advertised heavily in 1997. Many died in that decade n in those years including very old Mother Teresa. People like Indira Gandhi & her son were shot dead & bombed and people saw it happening. Something fishy about 90 decade & Diana's death particularly.

[@beccamcdonald9846]

It’s hard to believe that we’re coming up on the 27th anniversary of her death 😔💜

[@aprildivinagracia8343]

Princess diana Heaven

[@xiaomidemo8060]

Why did she die in an accident? Utterly heartbreaking and beautiful😭

[@THE_GUY_ONE]

Paparazzi.

[@astra-rb6sz]

Because she was stupid

[@caronstout354]

And the French paramedics were trained to transport first, then treat the patient...

[@ddk80]

@LicensedBCTMBonly survivor: Trevor-Reese Jones - Diana’s bodyguard

[@nrkgalt]

@@ddk80And in an interview the bodyguard gave after he got out of the hospital he said Dodi and Diana were not that serious.

[@mariewalmsley6143]

What about the white fiat uno?

[@Reign-Drop]

Scusi? She actually went to a Swiss finishing school and spoke French. That… actually made me feel quite ill…💔😳😭

[@manjiabanti]

Heartbreaking 😢

[@SylvaSacrane]

The morale of the story? Wear your seatbelts, kids

[@melissagahn]

The crash, the sound was horrific. So horribly unnecessary. RIP to all the lost.

[@dag23_subbers]

Lady Di, with her graceful looks, elegant dresses, peaceful mannerisms, among other multitude of qualities delighted the world with her presence. I was mostly touched by the work she did for AIDs patients. Wasn't that a time (1990s) when this AIDs had become like an epidemic? We were asked not to touch opposite sex for a reason- AIDs. Irony, Diana was the Goddess Artemis back in the day and people made lot of money selling her statues. I think l, and am not sure about this, didn't even get any secret message shared about this - that Lady Di didn't die that day. She escaped via that tunnel.

[@christophermcdonald1122]

The way the Mercedes is driven in the film is wildly inaccurate. It is shown as driving away from the hotel at a reasonable pace before picking up speed. Eyewitnesses confirm that Henri Paul launched the car "like a rocket" from a standstill. Even at the end when it enters the tunnel, the car in the film is going far too slowly to accurately represent what happened that night.

[@dag23_subbers]

I heard Mercedes is a luxury car. Why is it always in the news for an accident? Crash or something? Don't they have safeguards or safety inbuilt in that luxury vehicle? Weird.

[@m.m.9006]

Please watch the Diana inquest documentary. So many inaccuracies in this show. The documentary shows she was obviously murdered. There are final pictures of her in the car, so there must have been vehicles around her car and yet the car is on its own here. I feel like this show was sponsored and written by Charles.

[@tokermendoza3344]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidransom643]

Oh Lord

[@dianarusnov292]

Because the show isn't a documentary and it's not meant to be. It's meant to be fiction.

[@targrazery]

Shut it

[@maelguiraud3568]

she didn't wear her seat belt.

[@Wilbtube]

Not the worst birthday I have had, but certainly one of the worst. My grandma (who enjoyed others´ misery) teasing my mum (who adored Diana) with the horrific news, pejorating the Princess who had died mere hours before, all the time: YUGH!

[@BigRick324]

When i first watched this scene it hurt like hell knowing what will happen next😢😢😢😢

[@jacquelinefickis1734]

That was so sad that Diana, Princess of Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 passed away in 1997

[@eddymanning87]

Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana ❤

[@Jocelyn_Herrick]

1:02 is that William?

[@KCRC_YELLOW_HEAD]

If you wonder why doesn’t you see the entire thing happened in the movie because that Mercedes is the most rarest one so they just pretend that they crashed

[@HeidiRobinson-gs6ct]

The late great Princess Diana .... I hope she & Dody Alfeid are in a better place.

[@glen7318]

they are both dead

[@d.n.tranger1457]

She could have been alive now if it not for those paparazzi kept chasing her. They should be ashamed of themselves.

[@MsJubjubbird]

lots of decisions at play here. Diana shouldn't have kept tipping them off because she made herself a target. The driver shouldn't have been drinking, especially with medication. Diana and Dodi should have been wearing seatbelts. As a mother, Diana should also have said, "let's drive safely, I'd rather be in a tabloid and here for my ids than dead and in the tabloids anyway"