{"id":41458,"date":"2022-08-31T19:43:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T19:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=41458"},"modified":"2022-08-31T19:49:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T19:49:57","slug":"mourners-remember-princess-diana-25-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/31\/mourners-remember-princess-diana-25-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourners remember princess Diana&#8217;s Death,  25 years On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mourners gathered\u00a0 outside Kensington Palace in London on Wednesday to mark the 25th <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/13\/3rd-anniversary-anambra-legislature-honours-slain-member\/\">anniversary<\/a><\/strong> of the death of Princess Diana with many wondering what could have been if she were still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Many focused on the recent rift between her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, who recently announced they would mark their mother\u2019s death separately.<\/p>\n<p>The two have grown apart ever since Harry decided to step down as a full-time royal, an action that was followed by several <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/30\/wood-sawyers-in-abuja-groan-as-inflation-bites-harder\/\">interviews<\/a><\/strong> in which he talked at depth about family relations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re at war with each other, so we\u2019re led to believe and their wives are at war,\u201d said Anne Daley, a well-wisher who woke at midnight to catch the early train from Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a terribly sad situation because we used to see her quite frequently with the children. I think, like most mothers, they\u2019d call a family meeting, say, you know: \u2018Cut it out, and behave yourselves, stop all this silly nonsense.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her sentiments were echoed by another mourner, Chris Imafidon, who used an umbrella emblazoned with Diana\u2019s face to keep the sun out of his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf she were alive, the boys wouldn\u2019t be quarrelling,\u201d he said. \u201cShe knows how to bring them to her arms and hug them, and say: \u2018Come on, come on, you\u2019re brothers, you\u2019re there for each other.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Flowers, photographs and commemorative cakes were displayed near the south face of the palace, where Diana lived until her death in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Welsh flags and bunting, a tribute to the former Princess of Wales,\u00a0 were provided by Daley who claimed to have been one of the first people outside the palace when news of Diana\u2019s death broke, having lived just a mile away at Rutland Gate.<\/p>\n<p>Diana was 36 when she died in a Paris hospital after her Mercedes Benz crashed into a pillar in the Pont de l\u2019Alma tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>The accident also left her partner, Dodi Fayed, and the car\u2019s driver, Henri Paul, dead.<br \/>\nThe princess\u2019 death provoked an outpouring of public mourning that saw the area outside Kensington Palace flooded with flowers.<\/p>\n<p>The roses and Union flags displayed on the same spot 25 years later, although far more modest, were enough to prompt tourists to stop and take pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the small crowd said they intended to stay all day to mark Diana\u2019s death, having brought candles for a late-night vigil.<\/p>\n<p>John Loughrey, a veteran royal watcher, had brought a large cake featuring a picture of Diana originally taken while she was on her tour of Australia in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Loughrey, who had wrapped a Union flag bearing Diana\u2019s face around his waist \u2013 explained the cake had cost \u201cabout \u00a3230 [$268.80].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mourners gathered\u00a0 outside Kensington Palace in London on Wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana with many wondering what could have been if she were still alive. 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