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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 15:24:03 GMT
Where were you? Do you remember? I was at a block party and one of the neighbors came running out of her house. She spoke in a German accent and said "Diana Died. Diana Died!" I coincidentally was traveling to the UK in Sept. so stopped at Buckingham Palace during the time that the flowers were still being placed at that gate. I didn't love her, didn't dislike her. But she definitely had an impact on the world and I will always remember her willingness to touch people w/kindness, to the best of her ability.  |
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Post by mom on Aug 31, 2017 15:36:45 GMT
I remember - I was on a first date with a guy named Cody. I had just started my Senior year of high school. Cody lived in New Mexico and I had driven to see him and we had our first date. On the drive home (about an hour to my house) I remember hearing about it on the radio.
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Post by miyooper2b on Aug 31, 2017 15:38:43 GMT
I was at work. We had just gotten internet access in our office and I was online when a headline popped up and said she had been injured in an accident. A couple of hours later it was changed to say she had died. It was very somber in our office that evening.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 15:39:07 GMT
I was sitting on my couch, winding down after a long night shift in the ED. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
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Post by tallgirl on Aug 31, 2017 15:40:58 GMT
I was at Disney World. We saw the news about the crash on tv before going to bed, but didn't know how serious it was. I still remember my early-riser husband bursting into the room after returning from a trip to the food court where he had heard the news. The monarchy is still pretty relevant to us in Canada, and we all took the news hard.
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Post by Mystie on Aug 31, 2017 16:14:38 GMT
I had driven three hours from my home to my parents' house that evening because my sister was going into labor. (Or so we thought--she actually had my nephew the following weekend and I had to make the drive all over again!  ) My husband was on a business trip in California and I think both my parents must have been at work that evening because I remember being by myself in the living room when I turned on the TV and saw the news. It was absolutely shocking. (Sadly, I think after the many shocks of the past 20 years, her death might have less of an impact if it happened now. Maybe not. But in 1997, this was really a shocking death.) I didn't have strong feelings for or against Diana, still don't. I think she had massive faults but also a great amount of compassion for other people. The thing that made me saddest--and still does--was that her sons had to experience such a terrible loss at such young ages. |
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 31, 2017 16:19:03 GMT
We had been on vacation and my DH had logged in to check the email. He called me in to read an email and I saw the headline about "Diana's funeral." I asked DH who Diana was, then made the connection almost instantly as soon as I said it out loud.
And on the flip side, that shows how much more connected we are to the world now. We didn't have the radio on while driving and just played music (probably cassette tapes!) I'm surprised that we didn't hear anything at breakfast in the hotel, so there must not have been a TV on, or it wasn't set to the news. We had been at my parents and never watch TV there.
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Post by quiltz on Aug 31, 2017 16:20:47 GMT
We were at our trailer (perm. site trailer) and there were 3 friends & family with us. We had a tv in our trailer. I remember getting the Toronto Star with the Headline news stating that Diana had died. I was about the same age as her, as were my friends. It seemed un-unbelivable. I watched her funeral and just cried. As a Canadian, it seemed like a part of "us" had died, as she & Prince Charles had visited Canada many times. I was the most sorry for William & Harry, as my own children were their age.  |
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Post by eleezybeth on Aug 31, 2017 16:26:23 GMT
Sitting in the Taco Bell drive through at like 2 in the morning. It still makes me sad. Especially for her sons.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Aug 31, 2017 16:35:24 GMT
I was at college - in my off campus apartment. we had JUST started school!
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Post by Anita on Aug 31, 2017 16:50:28 GMT
I guess we hadn't been watching TV much during that time. I went out to get the paper and saw the headline that she died. I immediately thought, "No, that can't be right." I came in and turned the TV on, and sure enough...  |
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Post by katiejane on Aug 31, 2017 17:03:41 GMT
It happen overnight, so I woke up to the news. It was sad as she was young and the boys were so young.
I worked in Buckingham Palace Road, so everyday I would weave my way through the public and the flowers. I just didn't get the public grief or criticism of the royal family at the time.
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Post by katlady on Aug 31, 2017 17:27:55 GMT
I was driving home from a workshop when I heard the news. I got home and we watched the news about it while eating dinner. Just like John Kennedy Jr's death, I guess this one I remember because I was close in age to them.
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Post by gar on Aug 31, 2017 17:27:59 GMT
I do remember. It's my MIL's birthday, my girls were young...I'd never experienced anything like the national grief that followed, it was truly something that overwhelmied everything that was going on in the country. The disbelief, the sorrow for those boys, the scorn initially of the Royal family, particularly the Queen and her handling of it... Something I'll never forget for sure.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 31, 2017 17:29:17 GMT
We were at a friend's lake house and never watch TV or listen to the radio when there. Another couple had been over for dinner and phoned when they got home & saw the news of the accident. DD was 4 months old and I spent most of the next day glued to the coverage in disbelief. Late that night we got a phone call from SIL that FIL had taken a turn, threw everything in the car and drove 6 hours to get to the hospital. He died that morning.  A couple of years later I saw an exhibit of Diana's dresses. I had another infant at that time and just remember the profound sadness of her death coming back. SaveSave |
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Post by stingfan on Aug 31, 2017 17:29:18 GMT
I lived in AZ at the time, but was at my bil's house in CA. I'm not sure why I was there - a family wedding or event of some sort? Anyway, I was watching TV and saw the reports of the accident and then the death. I remember thinking that it couldn't be true/right. But it was . I got married earlier that year, so we share the 20-year anniversary. I've gotten caught up in the 20-year coverage on TV and have learned things I never knew about her and the whole situation. I also watched the one where her boys are interviewed. I think she would be quite happy with who they've become  . |
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Post by papersilly on Aug 31, 2017 17:30:25 GMT
i was crafting with my cousin and we had the TV on. the rest is a blur but i'm sure i was glue to the TV from that point on and i know i watched the funeral.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 31, 2017 17:40:46 GMT
I was watching a movie we had rented from Blockbusters. Remember Blockbusters?
My best friend called and said Diana had been in a bad wreck. By the time I pulled the movie out of the machine and switched to regular tv they had announced that Diana was dead.
I'm a little bit of a royal groupie. Diana was a year younger than me and I stayed up all night to watch her wedding.
I do think it is very sad that she died so young and of course I feel sorry for William and Harry.
However, I do think it's strange how some people seem to grieve much more deeply for complete strangers than people they actually know.
A lifelong friend said to me just the other day that she felt badly for William and Harry because they lost their mother at such an early age. I didn't say anything but thought to myself "I lost my father when I was three and you've never said to me 'Gee, I'm sorry you lost your dad at such a young age, that must have really been tough.' "
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 17:51:53 GMT
I remember it well. I woke up, not to music on the radio as I normally would have but to people discussing what had happened during the night.
I can distinctly remember standing there absolutely stunned. I've never felt the way I did that morning, just total shock. It's just impossible to explain the impact it had on virtually everyone in the country.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Aug 31, 2017 18:43:36 GMT
I was watching late night TV, surfing through the channels for something to watch and wondered what had happened that breaking news was on. I was horrified when I learned the reason for it. Princess Diana will long be remembered and has left an indelible mark on our world.
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Post by Nanner on Aug 31, 2017 18:50:27 GMT
DH and I were in our home office at our computers. I was just surfing the internet and he was online gaming. Someone playing the same game he was playing came on and said "Princess Diana's dead". DH told me what this guy had posted, and neither of us believed it. But I did go into the family room and turn on the TV, just in case. And it was true. We were up all night watching the TV coverage.
I remember getting up very early in the morning to watch the royal wedding. Then I went to work and barely made it through the day! I still have the "Life" magazine that came out regarding the wedding.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 31, 2017 18:52:39 GMT
I was on the phone with my best friend and watching tv in my living room. We talked about it for hours.
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Post by pjynx on Aug 31, 2017 18:55:44 GMT
I was camping with several other family members. So no tv or email access. My aunt had been listening to the radio at her own campsite and heard the news and came over to share with the rest of us. I think at that point, it was still just that there had been an accident (no death mentioned yet).
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Post by gillyp on Aug 31, 2017 18:58:05 GMT
Sunday morning and I had just got up. DS1 came running upstairs to tell me and I thought he must have got it wrong. I spent the entire day in front of the TV. That said, I do think the outpouring of grief was over the top and the Queen was absolutely right to want to keep the boys away from it all. Tony Blair's interfering annoys me still!
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Post by oh yvonne on Aug 31, 2017 19:01:27 GMT
I remember being at my parent's house when the news broke, so it must have been after work. I remember just sitting there stunned. I was a year younger than Diana as well, and the year she married my cousin was getting married and the entire bridal party was caught up in the royal wedding, and we stayed up to watch the wedding from the West coast. I remember it was ridiculously early and everyone pooped out on me except for one cousin.
I'd grown tired of all the drama surrounding her though so I didn't really keep up much with her, but her death was so unexpected and so horrific I was stunned by it all.
I was in the middle of a landscaping project at my parent's house, so I was there again when the funeral aired. My mom has a picture of me posing in the backyard for some 'before' shots and my eyes are absolute golfballs, reddened from crying. I cried through the entire funeral and sobbing at the sight of the boys walking behind their mother's body. (atrb_partsz)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 19:02:22 GMT
That said, I do think the outpouring of grief was over the top 20 years later it's still the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. |
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Post by gar on Aug 31, 2017 19:15:45 GMT
Tony Blair's interfering annoys me still! Don't get me started on him, inserting himself where he wasn't wanted  |
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Post by janeinbama on Aug 31, 2017 19:24:44 GMT
It was over our Labor Day holiday weekend and remember the TV coverage all weekend. I had followed her through the years as we are close to the same age, got married and had kids about the same time. My heart just broke for her sons. My DD, who is the same age as William has a son a few months younger than George and she makes his "dressy" outfits (French Hand sewn) inspired by what George is wearing. Her sewing class instructor had boys the same ages as Harry and William and said many women including her made outfits inspired by them. DD got engaged and married within a year of Kate and William. No Royal wedding for her though. |
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Post by ilovesmores on Aug 31, 2017 20:07:01 GMT
We heard about it on our way home from our wedding
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Post by tiffanyr on Aug 31, 2017 20:21:53 GMT
I was trying to get my 3 month old to go to bed! I was doing that delicate maneuvering from the couch to his crib. As soon as I stood up Dan Rather came on and said she had died and I gasped, which of course woke the baby up!! We also that morning had just bought our 1997 Ford Explorer.
I have a friend that got married that day and she said everyone at the reception was crowded around a TV that was in the hotel lobby!! |
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