On this day - 31 August
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Death of Princess Diana
On August 31st 1997 Princess Diana died as a result of injuries she had sustained in a car accident in the early hours of the morning. She was being driven across Paris in an armoured Mercedes in an attempt for her and her partner, Dodi Fayed, to avoid the media. The driver of the vehicle lost control when entering a tunnel and hit one of the pillars holding the ceiling up at speed. Reporters swarmed the scene.
Dodi Fayed and the vehicle driver, Henri Paul, were both pronounced dead at the scene. The only survivor of the crash was Trevor Rees-Jones who was Fayed's bodyguard. "
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