Behind the flash bulbs, a life marred by loneliness. She wanted her freedom. She wanted a life. The tragedy that took her life Princess Diana at the age of 36 has died. Left the world devastated and in disbelief. 20 years later, what do we know . She went to her lawyer and said, theyre going to kill me and heres how. She knew something was wrong. Friends, family, those who were there speak out about diana. A woman who transcended celebrity and transformed a monarchy. Diana chasing a fairytale. Fall 1980, a nondescript apartment in the fashionable section of london called kensington. Crowds of photographers, cameras ready, anticipation great. Media were pursuing her like nobodys business. Rumors had begun to get around that she was the new girl on the block. She is 19yearold Lady Diana Spencer the new girlfriend of the most eligible man in the country. The chase begins. Diana was the story. She was followed everywhere. I think she found that time difficult. She was completely alone. No
to the ritz hotel which is owned by dodi s father. photographer pierre sue is standing outside. when they arrived at the ritz, the car stopped in front of the entrance. they went up to the car window and i took a picture. did you ever have a sense that you were invading these people s privacy? not really because as i said, she was the most photographed woman in the world. she was expected to be photographed every day. and she had been playing with the press all summer long, you know. playing? yeah. she used the press a lot. a dangerous game without diana s usual army of protection. even after they get inside, dodi remains tense. he was growing more and more upset hearing stories of how the press had gathered right in
it was like the dream story. the most photographed woman in the world, a new lover. pierre sue is a professional photographer. i had heard stories about my colleagues flying on private jets, hiring speedboats, helicopters. any media outlet would give you anything you wanted because they couldn t get enough. what was the picture that everyone was looking for that summer? her kissing dodi. it was the picture of her kissing somebody who wasn t prince charles. diana allegedly tips off a photographer about the yacht s location. and days later, the kiss is splashed across the sunday mirror s front page. paul bennett was the executive editor of the paper. it sold off the shelves. the interest was just was
pillar. pierre sue is still with the decoy car in front of the ritz hotel. i decided to call a friend of mine whom i know was following them, and i could hear in the tone of his voice that something was wrong and very wrong. american tourists robin and jack firestone happened to pass the crash site in a taxi. and there was already police it was certainly before the ambulance got there. they see some of pierre sue s colleagues taking pictures. what i saw was six, eight, nine, ten people taking photographs of the outside of the car and running around taking photographs of the inside of the car from every angle that they could possibly get their flashes and their cameras into.
i decided to call a friend of mine whom i know was following them. and i could hear in the tone of his voice, that something was wrong and very wrong. american tourists robyn and jack firestone happened to pass the crash site in a taxi. and there was already police. it was certainly before the ambulance got there. they see some of the pierre sue s colleagues taking pictures. what i saw was six, eight, nine, ten people, taking photographs of the outside of the car and running around, taking photographs of the inside of the car, from every angle that they could possibly get their flashes and their cameras into. i was just saying to myself, what are they doing? like there can t possibly be anybody in the car at this