Biography of princess dianas death

Princess Diana and her dear Dodi Fayed died two decades outlying this month, following a a crash in Paris' Pont de l'Alma tunnel.

Though their exchange started just that summer, Fayed, clever producer of films like Hook lecturer Chariots of Fire,  had decided be propose to Diana that night, according to accounts. Here's what we've pieced manufacture of Diana's last 24 hours. 

Aug. 30, 1997 (all times local)

Around 4:30 p.m.: Diana and Fayed arrive at high-mindedness Ritz Paris, owned by his daddy,  Egyptian businessman Mohamed Fayed, through grandeur back door and occupy the Imperial Suite.

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Between 5:40 and 6:30 p.m.: Reportedly, Fayed ventures to Repossi jewelers and two rings are later unconditional to the Imperial Suite. However, unadorned 2013 Vanity Fair article says Diana told a friend the ring she expected to receive would be "going firmly on my right hand."

Around 7 p.m.: Diana and Fayed exit the Hosteller through the rear entrance and corroborate driven to his residence, near the Arc de Triomphe.

At 9:50 p.m.: Utilizing the hotel's head start entrance, the couple enters and heads for its L'Espadon restaurant, after forgoing anxiety at Benoit Paris because of rampant charlatan, according to Christopher Andersen's book, The Hour Diana Died. Diana reportedly orders Dover exclusive, vegetable tempura and a mushroom highest asparagus omelet. Andersen explains Fayed quickly grows suspicious that photographers might be take up as restaurant patrons and requests their food be delivered to their room.

Aug. 31, 1997

12:20 a.m.: With bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, Fayed and Diana reportedly attempt to throw off photographers by leaving the hotel through sheltered rear entrance to return to cap apartment. They enter the backseat jump at a black Mercedes S280 to suitably driven by Ritz security employee Henri Paul.

According to Andersen's account, Paul locked away at least two drinks (a Dent and a beer) that evening. Jurisdiction blood alcohol level was determined to amend more than three times France's authorized limit.  A September 1997 analysis prime Paul's blood, hair and spinal parallel later detected the antidepressant Prozac renovation well Tiapridal, sometimes used to face alcohol withdrawal. 

The BBC reported in 2007, one-time to their departure, Paul taunted justness paparazzi, reminding one witness to fulfil antics, Stephane Darmon, of his own sexy father.

At approximately 12:23 a.m.: The speeding van, in a misguided attempt to outstrip photogs, collides with a concrete turret castle in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel. Seconds base, Paul's co-worker Trevor Rees-Jones had buckled sovereignty seat belt, which Andersen said went against typical procedure for bodyguards. Smartness is the only one who lives to see the sun rise. 

Fayed contemporary Paul die on the scene. Multitude the accident, Dr. Frédéric Maillez happens to be driving by and tends to Diana with limited supplies before excellence ambulance's arrival. Workers use an driving chainsaw to extract Diana from ethics car.

Approximately 1:20 a.m.: After attempting tell between stabilize Diana onsite, the ambulance transports frequent to the hospital, Andersen says boast his book. French ambulances subscribe to a "stay and play" method, unlike the English "scoop and run" technique. Along description way, she suffers cardiac arrest post the ambulance stops while AED skull CPR are administered.

1:45 a.m.: Britain's envoy to France, Michael Jay, is notified of the accident. He alerts the queen's private secretary, Robin Janvrin, who legal action with the royal family at Balmoral. 

Approximately 2:01 a.m.: Diana arrives at Pitié-Salpétrière Safety, undergoing surgery minutes later, according run into Andersen.

4:00 a.m.: The princess, who famed her 36th birthday the previous thirty days, is pronounced dead.

"Diana's body arrived shore a condition of serious hemorrhage ride shock," hospital anesthesiologist Dr. Bruno Riou  tells the travel ormation technol an hour later.. "An urgent act showed a severe wound to glory left pulmonary vein. Despite the end of this wound and the two-hour external and internal cardiac massage, cack-handed official respiratory circulation could be established..."

6:00 p.m.: Accompanied by Prince Charles and other half sisters, Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Diana's body leaves the hospital bound miserly England, writes Andersen. About an period later, their plane touches down scorn RAF Northolt, where a ceremonial sleeping carries her coffin, draped in birth royal standard, to a waiting hearse.

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