The last hours of Lady Di, the most photographed

woman on the planet

Translated by Content Engine LLC . CE Noticias Financieras , English ed.; Miami [Miami]. 31 Aug 2022.

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TEXTO COMPLETO
Diana of Wales was the most photographed woman by the press. Her last summer on the French Riviera and
Corsica was a candy for the paparazzi who made a killing with the snapshots of the Princess of Wales, before
starting a deadly race in Paris in which Lady Di lost her life.
On the 25th anniversary of the death of the people's princess, the trace of the affection that many citizens felt for
her can be seen in the surroundings of the place where she died, the tunnel that connects the Place de la Concorde
with the Alma Bridge.
Tourists and admirers of the princess are gathered there these days, where they have left photographs, flowers
and messages of remembrance of an intense life marked by heartbreak, media persecution and tragedy.
Lady Di and her last love story
Lady Di's last hours alive highlighted what was surely one of the most toxic love relationships in the history of the
press. Since she was first photographed in 1980, Diana of Wales had become the most photographed, adored and
pursued celebrity in the media.
Getting the snapshot of the princess with her new lover, Dodi Al-Fayed, son of the very rich British businessman of
Egyptian origin Mohamed Al Fayed, became the obsession of the press in the summer of 1997.
The photographers who followed her in July on the shores of Saint Tropez went so far as to rent a boat to take
pictures of Diana. The gallery of photos in swimsuits (turquoise, striped and sarong, leopard...) is now memorable.
If the princess had not wanted the paparazzi to get to her at the beginning, when she took her children on vacation,
the tacit agreement that seemed to exist between the photographers and her, accustomed to use the press as a
way to connect with the public, soon prevailed again.
French photographer Jean-Louis Macault was the first to get the couple together head-on. So that no one would
steal the image, he hired a private helicopter service that took the film to the newsroom on duty.
Lady Di, the most photographed and most persecuted
The images were paid tens of thousands of euros. When Diana and Al-Fayed flew to Paris in a private plane, those
who had worked as war photographers then set about chasing her around the French capital.
That August 30, when the couple arrived at Le Bourget airport, a dozen photographers were waiting for them
behind bars. As they left the plane, in addition to the bodyguards, Henri Paul, number two in security at the Ritz
hotel, owned by Al-Fayed's father, led them into the luxurious establishment.
Hours later, photographs at the airport of the four crash victims - three of them fatal except for bodyguard Trevor
Rees-Jones, the sole survivor - seemed unpleasantly prophetic.
In Paris, Diana of Wales was not so keen for the press to get the sought-after snapshot. The couple changed their
plans countless times and met at the wrong time to avoid being photographed.
On the night of August 30, Henri Paul and Dodi Al-Fayed thought that going out the back door of the hotel would
avoid the spotlight. Paul told the press gathering at the Plaze Vendôme to wait there, but the impromptu
availability seemed too obvious.
Al-Fayed's idea was to leave without security so as not to arouse suspicion, but the two bodyguards managed to
convince at least one of them to accompany them.

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However, the back door of the Ritz was also guarded by reporters who tried to follow them through the center of
the capital at a speed of between 100 and 150 kilometers per hour. Within minutes, the car slammed into one of
the columns of the narrow tunnel.
In the documentary "The Last Days of Lady Diana" some of the paparazzi who followed her recall that many
continued to photograph under the tunnel. The police requisitioned some cameras and at one o'clock in the
morning of the 31st many were negotiating exorbitant amounts to get the images of the accident of the princess
on the front page of the media.
At the time, many thought that the Princess of Wales, who had emerged semi-conscious from the accident, would
recover. For Al-Fayed and Paul it looked worse. But Diana died hours later at the Pitié-Salpetrière hospital from
internal injuries.
The British tabloid press then dismissed the photographs, repudiating those who had just proposed a fortune and
wondering, at least for a couple of hours, about the responsibility of the press in that death.
When it became known that Paul was driving under the influence of alcohol and Prozac, the press executives, who
seemed ready to make a mea culpa, breathed a sigh of relief and turned the page on what for many was the story
of a tragedy foretold.
In Paris, the statue of the flame of freedom has come to occupy the center of the renamed "Place Diane".
Paradoxically, that incandescent flame is the symbol of an unforgettable princess.
CREDIT: CE Noticias Financieras English - CENFENG

DETALLES

Materia: Fatalities; Photographers; Airports

Término de indexación de Asunto: Airports; Sector: 48811 : Airport Operations 54192 : Photographic Services
negocios:

Lugar: Wales; United Kingdom--UK

Personas: Al-Fayed, Dodi

Clasificación: 48811: Airport Operations; 5419 2: Photographic Services

Título: The last hours of Lady Di, the most photographed woman on the planet

Autor: Translated by Content Engine LLC

Título de publicación: CE Noticias Financieras, English ed.; Miami

Año de publicación: 2022

Fecha de publicación: Aug 31, 2022

Editorial: ContentEngine LLC, a Florida limited liability company

Lugar de publicación: Miami

País de publicación: US Minor Outlying Islands, Miami

Materia de publicación: Business And Economics

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Idioma de la publicación: English

Tipo de documento: News

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