Overview

• Anniversary reconstructions reiterate the established findings that Diana’s car crashed in Paris’s Pont de l’Alma tunnel with an intoxicated, speeding driver and that she was later declared dead at Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital.
• Reports again note that bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones survived with serious injuries as the only passenger wearing a seat belt.
• First-responder Xavier Gourmelon recalls holding Diana’s hand, hearing her ask “My God, what’s happened?” and performing CPR before learning she died in hospital, as previously reported.
• A Channel 5 film, cited by Tina Brown, says the Queen ordered televisions and radios removed at Balmoral so Prince Charles could tell William and Harry privately.
• A resurfaced 1997 Angola clip shows Diana gently moving a microphone away from a local woman and offering comfort, underscoring her widely remembered empathy.