Defining moments
CNN Original Series "Diana"
Her tragic death
How it happened
- August 31, 1997: Shortly after midnight, a Mercedes carrying Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, crashed in a tunnel less than a mile from Paris' Eiffel Tower. The accident killed Diana, Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul.
- September 6, 1997: Diana's funeral is held at Westminster Abbey, and an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world watch the services. Diana is buried at her family's estate, Althorp, in Northamptonshire.
- December 2006: After an inquest was opened looking into Diana's death, British police release a report concluding her death was an accident and that driver Henri Paul was driving intoxicated.
