Moments from the world mourning Princess Diana after her death
Mourners left many bouquets, cards and photographs as a tribute to Princess Diana, outside Kensington Palace in London, on September 1, 1997.
There are some moments that live forever in our shared human cultural history — the moments that prompt the question, “Where were you when you heard about it?” The moon landing. The terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and Pentagon. Times in our collective memory where a marker is placed, as if to say,The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on Aug. 31, 1997, is one of those touchstones.
The public outpouring of grief during that week, from her death to her funeral, was something new. It wasn’t enough tothat Diana had been killed — people wanted to stand and be counted as one of her mourners. From the moment that her death was announced, there was a movement to make sure her passing would not be forgotten. Tens of thousands flocked to British palaces and embassies around the world to leave flowers, notes, posters, and any other sort of talisman as a tribute to her life.
Her life touched something within people. And after her death, as images from this time of international mourning show, people wanted to touch back, to use their hands to show the mark she had left on their lives.Mourners stand outside Westminster Abbey on the day of Princess Diana's funeral, September 6, 1997. It was estimated that at least 1 million people lined the streets of central London to watch the procession with Diana's coffin from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey.
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