How did Diana's car accident happen?

1On August 30th, 997, Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed came to Paris, and then they went to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Paris owned by Dodi's father, Egyptian businessman mohamed fayez. Diana originally wanted to stay here, but more and more paparazzi reporters gathered outside the door, making them decide to leave secretly.

First, a "decoy" car drove away from the main entrance of the hotel and successfully attracted some paparazzi photographers. 3 1 At 0: 20 local time, Princess Diana and Dodi left the back door of the hotel in a black Mercedes-Benz S280, ready to go to an apartment of Fayyad's family in Paris. At that time, Henri paul, deputy director of security department of Ritz-Carlton, was driving, and there was a bodyguard of Dodi in the car, and Dodi was sitting in the co-pilot.

After Wang Hao's Mercedes-Benz drove out of the hotel, it was still followed by some paparazzi photographers riding motorcycles. In order to get rid of these motorcycles, Mercedes-Benz drivers sped up. However, when they passed through the tunnel near Alma Bridge, the vehicle suddenly lost control and hit the 13 pillar in the tunnel, then bounced back and hit the concrete wall of the tunnel. It is estimated that their speed reached 105km/h at that time, while Diana and Dodi were not wearing seat belts.

After the accident, Princess Diana was seriously injured. Some paparazzi who came by motorcycle tried to rescue the princess trapped in the car, and some photographers kept taking pictures of Diana who was dying in the car. The driver died on the spot in the accident and Dodi failed to get to the hospital in time. When the ambulance arrived, Princess Diana was conscious, but died at 4 am at the age of 36 because of her injuries.

The French police immediately investigated the accident, but strangely, Dodi's bodyguard, the only survivor of the accident, woke up in the hospital and said that he had no impression of the accident at all. From 65438 to 0999, the French Ministry of Justice published the investigation results, pointing out that the car accident was caused by drunk driving and speeding.

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Prince William was interviewed and recalled his mother:

In an interview with BBC on the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death, Prince William deeply recalled what happened one week after her mother died in a car accident in 1997. Prince William admitted that he and Prince Harry felt that they had let their mother down because they failed to protect her. He said that he and his brother were finally able to talk about his mother because "we owe her this." He added: "This may be because we felt sorry for her when we were young."

When Princess Diana died, Prince William 15 years old. He said, "We failed to protect her. In the next 20 years, we still have to safeguard her reputation, so that everyone should not forget her character and what kind of person she is, because we owe her. We must do our son's duty and try our best to protect her. "

Princess Diana died in Paris on August 1997. This interview with Prince William will be broadcast for 90 minutes in a documentary on BBC Channel 1 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death. Prince William told the story of the moment he learned the news of his mother's death and described the feelings of the young brothers who followed his mother's coffin at the funeral. This scene touched the world.

People's Daily Online-Reviewing the tragic car accident on the 20th anniversary of Diana's death.

People's Daily Online-On the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death, Prince William was interviewed to recall his mother.