Originally Posted By smeeeko I followed Lady Diana Spencer's engagement and watched with a gazillion other folks the live wedding broadcast.. She was my brother's age (not that they'd have a chance in heck to be anywhere in her league). However, I followed the nuptuals, and saved articles and the like. It was like the ultimate Princess wedding.. it's a shame it was a sham of a marriage but I thought Princess Diana was something special. She was smart and did something with her life. I was living in the New Orleans area and had just finished watching "Spitfire Grill" with a friend of mine/ Co-worker at B&N. I had just taken the tape out of the VCR and was switching it back to 'regular tv' when we saw the breaking news. I think her's as well John Lennon (who I adored) as well the way Phil Hartman was murdered has affected me seriously. Princess Diana I know at the time I was very upset about.. but I don't think was as personal for me, despite following her life and works. I don't follow the royal family so much anymore the older I've gotten and find the whole family (except her kids) to be rather lack-luster and horrible in the treatment of her & her legacy.
Originally Posted By mele I was 25 at the time and still pretty naive. I had been out shopping that day and dropped by my mom's apartment to give her something. She came to the door and told me that Di had been in a bad car accident. Right around the time that Diana and Charles got married I got a "Lady Di" haircut so I think she thought I would be really upset. I wasn't all that worried. I thought for sure that she'd be alright and I didn't really give it much thought. I did turn on the tv later that night to see if there was any news and did see many different newscasts as the news of her death started to trickle in. I really hoped that everyone was wrong and that the "truth" would come out, that she would be alright. I was really saddened by her death. Sad for her children, sad for her brother but I was also really ticked that the paparazzi (sp?) was chasing them and that they would be in a fast moving car w/o their seatbelts on and even angrier at their drunk driver. It also bugged me that the Queen seemed so stoic and it was hard to not think of how much she disliked Diana (of course, who knows how she really felt about Diana or why she remained silent for so long.) The sight of all of those flowers was amazing to me. Seeing the boys walk behind the carriage with her body broke my heart. I remember hoping that they had spent enough time with Diana that they wouldn't be as cold as Charles and his mother seemed to be.
Originally Posted By 8 ilovemickey 8 ^^^^^ I watched a re-showing of the interview of William and Harry. And it seemed to me that they had plenty of Diana's warmth and kindness as well as her passion for life. I was really impressed with their interview. It sounds so silly but they sounded so "normal". It was good to see. Of all people JFK Jr.'s death was for some reason that one that entranced me most. I was young and had no idea who this guy was but I sat in front of the tv hour after hour and day after day waiting to see if they would find him. I wasn't so much saddened as just interested.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 I haven't the foggiest idea where I was when she died. It was not one of those "I'll never forget" moments to me, I guess.
