Princess Diana's Funeral: 2.5 Billion People Watch
Two billion people worldwide watched Princess Diana's funeral cortege wind through London as over a million mourners lined the streets, throwing flowers onto her coffin. The unprecedented outpouring of public grief forced Queen Elizabeth II to break protocol by bowing to the passing coffin, exposing a rift between the monarchy and its subjects that would reshape the institution for decades.
September 6, 1997
29 years ago
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