Diana's Final Farewell: A Funeral for the People's Princess

these are the bells of westminster abbey [Music] they're ringing to symbolize that the coffin of lady diana is leaving buckingham palace and is on route to the service that will be held at the church mourners line the street numbering in the thousands diana touched the lives of so many in her 36 years and people of all backgrounds take her loss heavily the tears at her funeral flow with intensity as the crowds come to terms with the finality that this event signifies though the english are well known for their stiff upper lip mentality in this circumstance that mindset is left behind today is september the 6th 1997. it's been a week since the tragic news of diana's fatal car crash shocked the world and her funeral service is set to begin shortly here her family prince charles divorced from diana for a year and separated unofficially for four william wrestling his emotions as the cameras in paparazzi encroach on this most private moment diana called him her little wise old man he's 15. harry he's just 12 years old he always wanted to have a normal life and instead he has to stand here stifling his grief the court age makes its way down the mall and towards westminster abbey people throng the avenue and throw flowers at the procession the sound of horse's hooves resounding in their respectful silence [Music] the mourners have come from all over for this historic funeral the televised broadcast reached 32.1 million people in the uk and 2.5 billion people all over the world it remains one of the most viewed events to this day the funeral procession marches on with prince charles prince harry charles spencer dye's brother prince william and prince philip behind it was harry and william's special request to walk behind their mother's casket as it pushed on towards the abbey what courage prince harry one beat ahead of the others eager for all this to be over the crowds look on solemnly as the family walk past at westminster abbey the guests are arriving elton john who will sing candle in the wind altered in tribute to die with new lyrics including goodbye england's rose hillary clinton and queen noor of jordan tom conte tom cruise nicole kidman steven spielberg and tom hanks sting princess diana meant so much to so many sean kidd diana's mother takes her place in the abbey with diana's sister lady sarah mccordale shawn made the powerful statement i thank god for the gift of diana and for all her loving and giving i give her back to him with my love pride and admiration to rest in peace and now the queen she was accused of being particularly cold in her reaction or lack of one to diana's death this is one of the few times that the general public has been openly angry at the monarch and her initial refusal to leave balmoral castle and return to london to mourn the queen was adamant that she should remain with her grandchildren and shelter them from the media onslaught however the union jack was flown at half-mast even without her majesty's presence at the palace a very rare honor inside westminster abbey the queen walks with the dean of westminster wesley carr the archbishop of canterbury has no authority in the abbey a peculiarity meaning that the dean will officiate the service the cortege continues its journey to the church the coffin is adorned in a flag with the royal standard on top white lilies diana's favorite flower the horse-drawn casket enters the abbey grounds and poor bear is lifted inside this great honor was bestowed on eight welsh guards and they were led by captain richard williams the chief mourners following behind here the casket enters through the great west doors and everyone rises to sing the national anthem amidst all the splendor and ceremony one thing in particular stands out the single handwritten word on a white envelope on top of the coffin mummy to so many people diana was an icon a legend to harry and william she was a mother the funeral lasts an hour from 11 to noon and includes a sermon by the dean elton john's piano accompanied song and tony blair's recital of 1 corinthians chapter 13. [Music] the casket is carried out of the church and the royal family and guests are rushed out the pallbearers lower diana's coffin with the utmost care into a hearse finally diana the people's princess is driven through london to her final resting place onlookers adorn the car with flowers as it heads towards alpha park there are crowds along the street almost the entire journey it is her family's wish that her burial ground be somewhat inaccessible to the public for its safety and so she will be buried in the round oval a small island in the center of a lake in the park the lake is filled with white water lilies and is surrounded by 36 oak trees one for each year of her life you

Channel: The Royal Family Channel

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Keywords: Royal Family, British royals, British Royal Family, Royal news, Royal history, Royal Family Channel, princess of wales, princess diana, queen elizabeth ii, prince charles, british royal family, royal family, princess diana funeral, princess diana death reaction, princess diana death announcement, princess diana death news, princess diana documentary, princess of wales diana, princess diana story

Id: PFNU7NzthVY

Length: 6min 42sec (402 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 06 2022