Princess Diana's "sense of fun" and "zest for life" remembered by friends and family on 21st death anniversary

Diana's friend Rosa Monckton tweeted a candid pic of the princess with the caption: "Diana as I remember her. Not enough is written about her sense of fun and zest for life"
PUBLISHED AUG 31, 2018

Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997, in a horrific car accident in Paris. Twenty one years later, the People's Princess was fondly remembered by family and friends, with the Kengsington Palace touchingly leaving the day without any engagement for Prince Harry and Prince William, so that they could spend the day with their wives and wider families.

Her friend too remembered, her despite her tragic end, not as a tragic figure but as someone with a "zest for life." To commemorate the anniversary of her death, one of her close friends shared a candid picture of the departed princess, paying tribute to the wonderful person she was, in her true, natural demeanour when the cameras weren't pointed at her.

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