16. Lady Diana
In 2007, an inquest into Lady Diana’s death provided a set of the last photos taken of the famed princess moments before her death. In an irony not lost on anyone this photo was taken by the paparazzi chasing the car down for a picture. Ultimately to avoid these photographers, the driver lost control of the car seconds after this picture was taken, leading to the death of 3 of the 4 passengers, with the only survivor being Dodi Fayed’s bodyguard in the front passenger seat. In the photo one can see the four passengers leaving the Ritz Paris Hotel around 12:20 am, on August 31, 1997. Henri Paul a driver from the hotel is seen on the right, and Dodi Fayed’s bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones in the passenger seat. In the rear seat is Princess Diana looking back with her companion Dodi Fayed sitting next to her. The Mercedes then entered the Place de l’Alma underpass at a speed of over 100 km/h on city streets. The driver lost control of the car before colliding head-on with one of the pillars in the tunnel. Dodi Fayed and the driver both died instantly. Diana was critically injured but died later that morning in the hospital. Amazingly after the crash, emergency teams heard Lady Diana uttering the words “leave me alone”, as photographers were still taking pictures of the victims after the crash.
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