, Thursday, May 23, 2013
Admirers from around the world pay tribute to Princess
Diana at the Paris tunnel where she was killed in a car crash
15 years ago.
Princess Diana and her partner Dodi Al Fayed died when the
Mercedes they were in plowed into a pillar in the Alma Tunnel
on Aug. 31, 1997. French police said driver Henri Paul, who
also died, had been drinking heavily and was speeding.
AUTOPLAY 
Tourists stand in front of the Flame of Liberty monument to Diana, where flowers, photos and messages are placed around, in Paris, Friday Aug. 31 2012. Admirers from around the world are paying tribute to Princess Diana at the Paris tunnel where she was killed in a car crash 15 years ago. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
Tourists take photos at the Flame of Liberty monument to Diana, where flowers, photos and messages are placed around, in Paris, Friday Aug. 31 2012. Admirers from around the world are paying tribute to Princess Diana at the Paris tunnel where she was killed in a car crash 15 years ago. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
Tourists in front of the Flame of Liberty monument to Diana, where flowers, photos and messages are placed around, in Paris, Friday Aug. 31 2012. Admirers from around the world are paying tribute to Princess Diana at the Paris tunnel where she was killed in a car crash 15 years ago. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
Tourists stand in front of the Flame of Liberty monument to Diana, where flowers, photos and messages are placed around, in Paris, Friday Aug. 31 2012. Admirers from around the world are paying tribute to Princess Diana at the Paris tunnel where she was killed in a car crash 15 years ago. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
Tributes for Princess Diana are displayed on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
A woman looks at the tributes left for Princess Diana on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
People look the tributes left for Princess Diana on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
A supporter places a floral tribute for Princess Diana on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
A man places a floral tribute for Britain's Princess Diana on the gate of Kensington Palace in London, on the 15th anniversary of her death, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
A flora tribute with a message is seen left for Princess Diana on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
A supporter wearing a t-shirt with image of Princess Diana with Prince William and Prince Harry looks on at Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Tributes for Princess Diana are seen left on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Mourners stand in front of Kensington Palace in
London next
to flowers that have been laid down in memory of
Princess
Diana (photo from 09/05/97). (Photo: David
Brauchli /AP /
DAPD)
ARCHIVE: Diana, Princess of Wales smiles, while in
New York, the event "United Cerebral Palsy's"
(photo from 12/11/95). (Photo: Mark LEnnihan /AP
/DAPD)
Photograph from 2007 of Princess Diana (seated
in rear), her bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones (l)
and driver Henri Paul (r), seen inside car on
Rue Cambon shortly before the fatal crash in
Paris, France, photo taken by Jacques Langevin
of the Sygma Corbis agency and released during
CoronerŐs Inquests into the Deaths of Diana,
Princess of Wales and Mr Dodi Al Fayed. (AP)
Flowers and picture of Diana, Princess of Wales,
lie near spot where she was killed, marking 10th
anniversary of her death, Paris, France. (File,
2007, AP)
Man kneels in front of floral tributes near to
spot where Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in
car crash, on 10th anniversary of her death,
Paris, France. (File, 2007, AP)
Police officer next to pictures of Diana, Princess
of Wales, attached to railings of Kensington
Palace, on the 10th year anniversary of her death,
London, England. (File, 2007, AP)
Tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, are attached
to railings of Kensington Palace, on the 10th year
anniversary of her death, London, England. (File,
2007, AP)
Tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, on railings
of Kensington Palace marking the 10th year
anniversary of her death, London, England. (File,
2007, AP)
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