Thank you. Hello, this is Leslie Ann Jones with a life on planet Porky special, as we cast our minds back

25 years to a horrific, unprecedented event that touched all our lives and still does. A quarter of a

century ago today, on Sunday the 31st of August, 1997, we awoke to news that Diana, Princess

of Wales had been involved in a car accident in Paris during the early hours. As the story unfolded, we learned that the

princess was critically injured in the Pondalamar underpass. We later heard that she had died of her injuries.

Her companion, Dodie Fired, and driver Henri Paul were pronounced dead at the scene. The princess's bodyguard,

Trevor Reese Jones, was the only survivor.

Many of us remember exactly where we were when we heard. The mass outpouring of grief that followed was on a scale rarely witnessed before or since.

The emotional reaction was a global event with floral tributes, books of condolence, and candles

lit in her memory across the world. Thousands of bouquets were laid on the lawns of Kensington

Palace, where Diana lived. Her funeral the following Saturday, the 6th of September,

was an event of such magnitude that it was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people.

The last journey of the people's princess, as her hearse made the two-hour ride

through the streets of London to Westminster Abbey, was heartbreaking.

Diana's funeral was attended by 2,000 guests, including former Prime Ministers, foreign dignitaries, and celebrities from the worlds of fashion, music, stage and screen.

Elton John performed an adapted version of his hit, Candle in the Wind, to reflect his friend's life.

The single became the biggest seller of UK chart history,

eclipsing Bing Crosby's White Christmas from the 1940s. Diana is remembered as a complicated

woman who endured a sham marriage and gave birth to a future king. The image of her sons,

William and Harry, walking along the mall behind their mother's coffin,

remains one of enduring sadness for many of us.

Mr. Parry, the Porkmeister, was the first journalist to announce the news of Diana's death to the world.

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