The Peoples Princess Tony Blair Speech Leads Public Reaction to Princess Diana Death 1997

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On 31 August 1997, thousands of mourners gathered in public spaces across the Britain to mourn the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. The announcement in the early hours of the morning that Diana and Dodi Fayed, had died in a Paris car crash was met immediately with international expressions of shock and grief. ITN went to Buckingham Palace to speak to the first people to lay flowers at the palace gates. As the day wound on, thousands more flocked to Buckingham Palace and gave their reactions to the tragic news. Prime Minister Tony Blair, in his constituency of Sedgefield, reacted to the news with a historic address that became one of the most memorable of his premiership. “She was the People’s Princess, and that’s how she will stay, how she will remain”. • #Diana #PrincessDiana #DianaPrincessOfWales #PrincessOfWales #RoyalFamily #RoyalHistory #BuckinghamPalace #London #UK #Mourning #Grief #Icon #TonyBlair #PrimeMinister #UKPolitics #Politics • 00:00 Introduction • 01:07 The First Flowers: Early Morning Reactions • 10:25 Mourning Together: Tributes at the Gates • 13:48 Questions of Blame • 17:01 Worldwide Shock • 24:39 The People's Princess: Tony Blair's Historic Speech • To license the footage featured in this clip, follow the link below: • https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/videos/... • To search the ITN Archive collection on Getty Images, follow the link below: • https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/footage... • 🎥 Subscribe to our YouTube channel (tap the bell icon and stay up to date with all the latest ITN Archive videos!) - / @itnarchive • 🎥 Follow us on Twitter - / itnarchive • 🎥 Like us on Facebook - / itnarchiveitnp • 🎥 Check out our TikTok - / itnarchive1955

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