Anniversary of Lady Di's death

His children commemorate his memory with a statue in his honor.

The death of Princess Diana of Wales shocked the world on a day like today 23 years ago. August 31, 1997 was the day that the princess, divorced from Prince Charles and turned into an iconic 'queen of hearts', died after suffering an accident inside the Tunnel de l'Alma, on the north bank of the Seine river. from the French capital. In that incident, his companion Dodi Al-Fayed and the driver, Henri Paul, were also killed, with Trevor Rees-Jones, Al-Fayed's bodyguard, the only survivor.

Much obscurantism and conspiracy theory has surrounded the tragic event, although the many investigations by French and British authorities that have studied it in depth have determined that the cause of the accident was “the high speed with which the car where they were traveling was driven, fleeing from the photographers ”.

Her children announced a new honor in 2017 that has been delayed by the coronavirus crisis.

Apart from the inauguration of that garden, three years ago, his children made public that they had commissioned a statue in honor of their mother, but it has not yet been installed. Kensington Palace said the siting of the sculpture had been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and last week set its opening for July 1, 2021, coinciding with what would be Diana's 60th birthday, a date on which the Dukes of Sussex and those of Cambridge could meet again in London.

The sculpture has been created by Ian Rank-Broadley, the artist who portrayed Elizabeth II for UK coins.

The Diana Memorial work has been created by artist Ian Rank-Broadley, whose portrait of the Queen appears on all UK coins. The statue was commissioned by the princes in 2017 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their mother's death and to "acknowledge its positive impact," according to the BBC.