BK
I was only aged 7 years old when Diana had died in Paris. I cannot remember everything on the night in question when she had her car accident and on the day of her funeral because most of these events came as a blur to me when I was a young person in Ireland.
When the first news report came in about her accident; I think I had seen it on one of the main RTÉ News bulletins. I do remember seeing her funeral on BBC One Northern Ireland when my late grandparents had access to it on the Analogue Cablelink service. When I came down sometime after 9am in the morning; I remember seeing both of my grandparents watching the funeral in complete silence.
My late grandmother had a great love for Diana before she died. My mum still has a great affection for her and for the rest of the British royal family including the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte & Prince George.
All that I can remember from the funeral was the on street royal cortege leading down to the cathedral & Sir Elton John singing his version of Candle in The Wind at Diana's Funeral service. Sir Elton really did a tremendous job of singing that song at her funeral that day. It was one of the most surreal live TV moments in my whole life.
I did watch most of the BBC documentary 7 Days on RTÉ One on Monday night. I was a little bit emotional myself near the end of it as Prince William and Harry were giving their final thoughts on her mother's death. Prince William said something alone the lines that when he lost his mum at a young age; that would make you or break you. Prince Harry was saying in the documentary that seeing Sir Elton John singing Candle in The Wind nearly made him cry afterwards after he said it was a beautiful and surreal moment seeing that happen in the Church.
The BBC did a beautiful job in making that documentary on Diana. It was wonderful and good kudos to them.
When the first news report came in about her accident; I think I had seen it on one of the main RTÉ News bulletins. I do remember seeing her funeral on BBC One Northern Ireland when my late grandparents had access to it on the Analogue Cablelink service. When I came down sometime after 9am in the morning; I remember seeing both of my grandparents watching the funeral in complete silence.
My late grandmother had a great love for Diana before she died. My mum still has a great affection for her and for the rest of the British royal family including the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte & Prince George.
All that I can remember from the funeral was the on street royal cortege leading down to the cathedral & Sir Elton John singing his version of Candle in The Wind at Diana's Funeral service. Sir Elton really did a tremendous job of singing that song at her funeral that day. It was one of the most surreal live TV moments in my whole life.
I did watch most of the BBC documentary 7 Days on RTÉ One on Monday night. I was a little bit emotional myself near the end of it as Prince William and Harry were giving their final thoughts on her mother's death. Prince William said something alone the lines that when he lost his mum at a young age; that would make you or break you. Prince Harry was saying in the documentary that seeing Sir Elton John singing Candle in The Wind nearly made him cry afterwards after he said it was a beautiful and surreal moment seeing that happen in the Church.
The BBC did a beautiful job in making that documentary on Diana. It was wonderful and good kudos to them.
Last edited by bkman1990 on 31 August 2017 4:06pm