Originally Posted By WorldDisney Well, at this moment, I'm watching the memorial of Princess Diana on CNN and I can't believe its been 1night and its one of those events where EVERYONE remember where they were and for me it was in L.A. in Santa Monica promenade. 0 years. WOW!!! So, I think about that I was in college back then and I was actually with a few friends and it was my last weekend before I headed back north to university and we were just walking in the promenade. I still remember this woman coming out this bar, crying, telling a friend she just heard the princess was killed. One of my actually asked, 'Which princess?' lol. Yeah, it was a shocked and even though it was a busy night then, I swear, it felt like the world just stopped because everyone was talking about it and huddling around the few TVs in a few of the restaurants, everyone tying to get a glimpse of the news, no one believeing it really happened. We all kept saying, "If it can happen to her...". It was really shocking to us and devasting and we were a couple of Black kids from Compton who cared LITTLE about British royalty lol, but we all knew her. Funny thing was before her death I knew little about her besides the tabloid the stuff and the marriage issues, but I didn't know what she actually DID lol. Later, I grew to admire her. So yeah, 10 years later, amazing!! So, just curious, where were you when it happened and what were people's reaction. Rest in peace Diana.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<Well, at this moment, I'm watching the memorial of Princess Diana on CNN and I can't believe its been 1night and its one of those events where EVERYONE remember where they were and for me it was in L.A. in Santa Monica promenade. 0 years. WOW!!!>> Okay, this is what its SUPPOSE to say lol: "Well, at this moment, I'm watching the memorial of Princess Diana on CNN and I can't believe its been 10 years. WOW!!! Its one of those events where EVERYONE remember where they were and for me it was in L.A. in Santa Monica promenade one night." See, sounds a little better doesn't it . Don't know what happened there but for the LOVE OF DIANA DOOBIE AN EDIT BUTTON!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By imadisneygal I was at Dave and Busters in Irvine for my 26th birthday. My birthday was the 29th but we were there the next night, which was the 31st already over in Europe. I remember the rumblings and conversations going on throughout the restaurant. It shocked a lot of people, myself included. I hope she's at peace now.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I was on the way home from the drive-in, a double-feature of Disney's Hercules & George of the Jungle. The strange thing for me was when I first heard the news, I was passing the cemetery where my dad is buried. Kind of made the news really hit home.
Originally Posted By DAR I was 23 at the time. As to what I was doing probably out with my friends that night.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss My reaction was and still is, if she was using the seat belt, she probably would be alive. Not too smart on her part.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney ^^I guess what you are saying trekkerus, but I really hope this thread doesn't turn into a 'would've, could've, should've' deals NOR do I hope its not any conspiracy theories to her death and all that. Just like it to focus on the events that happened and where people were, that's all .
Originally Posted By WorldDisney That should be, 'I GET what you are saying...' Wow, maybe I should stop posting on my own thread .
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Don't even get me started on conspiracy theories and all that junk. My sister is obsessed about anything Diana and the Royal Family, and it drives me crazy.
Originally Posted By DAR I will say that her death really didn't have any impact on my life. She was a wonderful person, who left behind two sons who lost their mother way too young. But that's pretty much it.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney No DAR, don't get me wrong, she didn't have any lasting effect on my life or anything like that either, but like I said in my first post, her death was one of those, 'where were you moments' like the JFK assisnation and obviously 9/11. EVERYONE remembers it, no matter where you live in the world, moreso if you're British, everyone was shocked that happened and YEARS later its still being discussed. Sadly though mainly because all the silly conspiracy theories, (once again LIKE JFK and 9/11 ), but like I said, I DON'T want that to be the focus at all. So, it THAT regard, its pretty impactful I think.
Originally Posted By DAR It is impactful how it affected the Brits. I'll agree with that. But it didn't change the course of history like those other two events. If JFK doesn't get shot on that November day, are we even in Vietnam at the end of the decade? If 9/11 doesn't happen, we're not in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I was just thinking that if I walked over to my sister's house, she would be watching a video of Diana. So I did, and she was.
Originally Posted By jonvn I don't remember where I was. I guess I heard about it on CNN, if I recall correctly. I was very surprised.
Originally Posted By friendofdd Don't remember where I was. Probably working late. I haven't been a royal watcher since Princess Margaret, the Queen's sister, got married. At that moment I realized I would never be a Prince Consort.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I was at home, my daughter who was then a freshman in H.S. was having a sleepover with her friends - and they were glues to the TV when it happened. They were very upset - and while I thought it was sad, it had no prolonged effect on my life... I remember exactly where I was when Kennedy was murdered - I was at home sick ( I was 7 years old)- and watching the TV - while putting together a jigsaw puzzle that had the presidents in a circle around the White House. I had just gotten it and they were marketing lots of items at that time because of Kennedy's popularity. Seriously eerie --
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I have no clue where I was or what I was doing. I would never minimize the impact it had on the Brits and the fact that the initial decision of the Royal Family to pretty much ignore it was rather shocking. Personally, I was never a big Princess Di fan. She became famous because she was pretty and she married well. Big deal. She also whined incessantly about the rules of the game when it came to being part of the royal family. As far as I'm concerned she should have thought a bit more about that before committing. Oh well, she was young and dumb. What can you say?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 if this was Johnny Carson doing a 'future' prediction as Carnac - the response would be Lindsay Lohan the way she is going
