What were Diana's last words to the firefighter?

What were Princess Diana's last words? The firefighter on the scene of Princess Diana's accident revealed the last words she spoke before her death in an interview with The Independent. According to the firefighter, Xavier Gourmelon, the Princess of Wales asked: “My God, what has happened?”

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What were the last words Diana said?

"My God, what's happened," Diana then asked him, in what proved to be her final words. "I massaged her heart and a few seconds later she started breathing again. It was a relief of course because, as a first responder, you want to save lives - and that's what I thought I had done.

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What were Diana's injuries?

According to Oprah magazine, Diana suffered from a concussion, a broken arm, a cut thigh and massive chest injuries. After a two-hour operation to save her, the doctors failed to get Diana's heart to beat properly and she never regained consciousness. She died from internal bleeding at 4:53 a.m. on August 31, 1997.

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Was Diana wearing a seatbelt when she died?

Neither Diana nor Fayed are wearing seat belts; only bodyguard Rees-Jones, sitting in the front passenger seat, is wearing one.

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How did the queen react when Diana died?

The Royal Family's response

The Queen's first public address came five days after Diana's death. “I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being,” she said in a speech broadcast to the nation.

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Firefighter who tried to save Diana reveals her final words

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Why did Diana cry when Charles left?

She's spotted crying at Heathrow airport upon his departure—not because she is sad, but because before he left, he had taken a phone call with Camilla Parker Bowles. “It just broke my heart,” she later recalled, according to Diana: In Her Own Words.

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Did Prince Charles cry when Diana died?

King Charles III's reaction to the death of his former wife Princess Diana in 1997 reportedly shocked royal aides, with an expert claiming that he 'collapsed' and cried uncontrollably despite his differences with Diana.

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Did Princess Diana have an open casket?

For the public showings and her state funeral in September 1997, Princess Diana's coffin remained closed and was covered in a royal standard flag. Expressing his outrage on Twitter, Darren wrote: 'Princess Diana's casket was closed when she laid in rest at the Chapel Royal, St James Palace.

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How fast was Diana going when she died?

Initial media reports stated that Diana's car had collided with the pillar at 190 km/h (120 mph), and that the speedometer's needle had jammed at that position. It was later announced that the car's speed upon collision was 95–110 km/h (59–68 mph), about twice as fast as the speed limit of 50 km/h (31 mph).

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How was Diana dressed at her funeral?

Diana's former husband, sons, mother, siblings, a close friend, and a clergyman were present. Diana's body was clothed in a black long-sleeved, three-quarter length woolen cocktail dress designed by Catherine Walker which she had chosen some weeks before, a pair of black pantyhose, and a pair of black shoes.

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How bad was Diana's mental health?

The most significant claim made in the book is that the Princess had suffered from borderline personality disorder. It is also claimed that she could not fix her serious eating disorder and was not able to manage to sustain relationships.

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What did Diana say before she died?

What were Princess Diana's last words? The firefighter on the scene of Princess Diana's accident revealed the last words she spoke before her death in an interview with The Independent. According to the firefighter, Xavier Gourmelon, the Princess of Wales asked: “My God, what has happened?”

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Who cried at Diana's funeral?

Prince Harry memoir: Harry reveals when he felt “ashamed” for crying at Princess Diana's funeral | Herald Sun.

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What did Diana say to Camilla?

“I didn't know quite what Diana was going to do at that point but, with a great deal of confidence, Diana just went up to both of them and said to Camilla 'please don't treat me like an idiot, I know what's going on',” he said. Read more: Queen Elizabeth 'finally hit back' when Meghan Markle, Prince Harry tried to…

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What was written on Diana coffin?

When Princess Diana was laid to rest after her death at 36 in 1997, her sons, Prince William, who was 15 at the time, and Prince Harry, who was 12, broke hearts around the world when they left a simple note reading "Mummy" on her funeral wreath.

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What was Diana wearing when she died?

She was wearing a black woolen long-sleeved cocktail dress by Catherine Walker that she had ordered only weeks before she died, and holding a set of rosary beads that were a gift from Mother Theresa.

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When did Diana cry?

The Netflix docuseries shows a sad photo of Diana in tears during her 1983 Australian tour with Prince Charles. She was 21 years old at the time, but the crowds couldn't get enough of her.

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Why was Diana's driver driving so fast?

31, 1997. In an effort to evade the photographers who hounded her every move, Diana's driver, Henri Paul, was under the influence and speeding at nearly twice the posted limit in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris.

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Why did Princess Margaret not bow to Diana's coffin?

TheTalko website revealed how Margaret took her disdain for Diana to the late Princess' funeral, refusing to bow her head as the hearse drove past. The publication claimed: "Even though the story was true, Margaret could never forgive Diana for making the family look bad.

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Has Prince Charles ever been to Diana's grave?

The Earl remembered a special day. Share this: Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer shared a special video which saw him visiting the site of his late sister's grave on Friday, on what would have been her 61st birthday.

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Why did Diana's casket close?

The internationally-loved royal had a closed casket funeral, because the royal family felt that puting her on display in an open casket would be disrespectful. The Princess of Wales was tragically killed in a car accident when her driver traveled at high speeds through a tunnel in Paris, trying to escape paparazzi.

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Did Camilla go to Diana funeral?

Camilla may have been at Diana's wedding but she was not welcome at her funeral, which was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world. Still, to many her absence echoed around the ancient hall. The Queen made it clear to Charles that he could not take his paramour to the service.

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Why did Charles wear blue to Diana's funeral?

After Princess Diana died in 1997, Charles, then the Prince of Wales, wore a navy suit to her funeral. At the time, royal watchers read his outfit choice as a tribute to the late princess; Diana was said to have preferred men in navy.

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What did Charles say at Diana's funeral?

Above all we give thanks for the life of a woman I am so proud to be able to call my sister, the unique, the complex, the extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana whose beauty, both internal and external, will never be extinguished from our minds.

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