Where were you, and what were you doing???

Question

when you heard that the nations princess had been killed in a car acident???

i was in cyprus and my 16 month old daughter said horse for the first time as Dianas coffin was taken by horse drawn carriages

Answer 1

I was in bed after being out celebrating my 16th birthday when my mum came to wake me up she told me and I didn't believe her it was so wierd it made my hangover feel like a trivial problem compared to what her familiy must have been going through.

Answer 2

I was living in Kobe, Japan, and I heard the news first in my house over Japan television. The consul did a wonderful thing for those of us in Kobe who wanted to show our respect. He held a memorial service and he told anecdotes of her that let us know the truly good side of this woman. He said that when Diana came to a place and visited (like an orphanage or whatever and wherever) the place was never the same again. And he knew because he had been back a year later or two and seen. He also talked about her trying to communicate with a waiter at a diplomatic affair in Tokyo. She and the waiter were both wearing black and white, and she used that to communicate with him. He said she always looked to talk with the common people around her. It was a small service, but a Canadian fellow and I sort of came together looking for the church, and so sat together through the service. On the way home there were a couple of English girls, and so we talked and cried together. I am an American who grew up in Britain. And we all got to sign a memorial book.

I never knew it would affect so many so deeply, yet I know that I mourned her passing deeply and followed everything through to the end of the funeral.

I think it was more than Diana, herself, that was being mourned, but I find it hard to put into words. It was the passing of an era.
The end of the fairy tale princesses. The sadness that she was in effect destroyed by her position and the lack of undestanding on the part of those who should have protected her. The fact that the prince's heart had already been given years ago, and he had no right to put her through what he did.
I remember watching the four men who should have been her protectors walking behind the caisson and wondering how they bore the knowledge of their unkindnesses. I worried for the boys, and mourned with England.

I suppose it was the end of being able to believe in innocence.
And now we are all at war again.

Answer 3

I was coming downstairs on the Saturday morning when my husband told me - we watched Sky news for most of the day then went out with friends. I had been off work following a late miscarriage and went back the Monday after it happened. I remember my boss telling me, with the best of intentions, that I couldn't have picked a better time to return as peoples minds were focused on Diana's death and I would be left to get on with it.

Answer 4

I was chatting on the phone to my best friend, as we did every sunday morning, when her husband switched the teletext news on and I heard her say in a stunned voice "Diana, Princess of Wales killed in a car crash". Then she said "Turn the TV on quick" and we both sat in stunned silence watching the news whilst still holding the phone to our ears!

On the day of the funeral I drove to her house to watch it there in what was usually an extremely busy town and counted 4 other cars on the road the whole way - it was really eerie. At the very last minute when the funeral car was driving out of London on the way to Althrop we both turned to each other and said "Shall we go?" so on the spur of the moment we rushed to the car and drove to the nearby M1 motorway (which was closed, I hasten to add!) and climbed down the embankment across the southbound carriageway and stood at the central reservation and waited until we saw her coffin being driven past.

Answer 5

I was upstairs in our house and my husband called me, saying , ''you will never guess who has died in a car accident, Princess Diana''
We were both in shock after we watched it all unfold on the TV , to be honest.
My whole circle of friends were shocked ,as was everyone in our home town of S. Andrews (ironically where Prince William later attended University)

I always watch things on TV about Princess Diana, and have got a more balanced view of her now,there are always two sides of a coin !

Answer 6

I was lying in bed in an appartment in Lindos, on Rhodes, recovering from the strenuous dancing of the previous night. My friend was sitting outside on the terrace, in a similar recovery position.

The guy who was in the next door appartment walked in and said "Did you hear: Diana's died?" and my mate and I both assumed it was a joke and asked for the punchline. It was only later that we found out he really wasn't joking.

Later that day, on the beach, we amused ourselves by thinking up tabloid headlines ... while everyone else in the entire town seemed to be in a state of shock and mourning. It was weirdly subdued!

Answer 7

funny you should ask that . ...we were discussing Diana's death and Sept 11th.. at work today as in WHERE were we at the time.

Being in Australia the news of her death came through around 1 pm on a Saturday . I had heard earlier in the day that she had been in an accident but her injuries sounded minor .. broken arm and collar bone.... then at around one the news filtered through. I was attending a friend's daughter's first birthday party and everybody else were just talking about other things ...I was listening to the radio and heard the announcement ... I told the others and it was clear that at first they didn't believe me.

Answer 8

I was just waking up and I heard my Sister and my step father talking about an accident so I called out to them to see what waqs going on. My Step father then opened my bedroom door and told me.

On the day of the funeral I was at work at the local corner shop and it closed (a miracle for them) for the funeral. I watched it at home then went back to work. There were no customers so my boss and I continued to watch what ever was on for ages.

Answer 9

I was in Surrey as a 15yr old boy I think, I came down the stairs and went to do my paper round and only realised half way around when I actually looked at a front page of a paper!

Answer 10

I was nursing a hangover..was only 21, but I remember waking up and my Mum telling me!
I watched the funeral on T.V, but ion that evening I went to a wedding reception (family friend) who decided NOT to cancel her wedding because of the whole DIANA thing!
It's funny how you remember where you were isn't it?