15 years on, Diana remembered in London
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15th anniversary of Lady Diana death tributes and flowers adorn the plinth on which the gilded copper flame stands, on Aug 31, 2012, near the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris where Princess Diana died in a car crash on Aug 31, 1997. The Flame of Liberty statue became the Paris’ unofficial memorial to Ladi Diana. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A message written at the top of the Alma tunnel where Lady Diana died. -- People around the world paying tribute in front of the Flame of Liberty monument, near the Alma tunnel where Lady Diana died 15 years ago. -- DEMOTIX PHOTO: DAVIDE DEL GIUDICE
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Tourists stand in front of the Flame of Liberty monument to Diana, where flowers, photos and messages are placed around, in Paris, on Aug 31 2012. Admirers from around the world are paying tribute to Princess Diana at the Paris tunnel where she was killed in a car crash 15 years ago. -- PHOTO: AP
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Tributes for Princess Diana are displayed on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, on Aug 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A woman looks at the tributes left for Princess Diana on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, on Aug 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man places a floral tribute for Britain's Princess Diana on the gate of Kensington Palace in London, on the 15th anniversary of her death, on Aug 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. -- PHOTO: AP
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People pay homage to Lady Diana, on Aug 31, 2012, in front of the Flame of Liberty statue plastered with iconic photos, flowers and messages dedicated to the 15th anniversary of her death, near the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris where Princess Diana died in a car crash, on Aug 31, 1997. -- PHOTO: AFP
15th anniversary of Lady Diana death tributes and flowers adorn the plinth on which the gilded copper flame stands, on Aug 31, 2012, near the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris where Princess Diana died in a car crash on Aug 31, 1997. The Flame of Liberty statue became the Paris’ unofficial memorial to Ladi Diana. -- PHOTO: AFP
A message written at the top of the Alma tunnel where Lady Diana died. -- People around the world paying tribute in front of the Flame of Liberty monument, near the Alma tunnel where Lady Diana died 15 years ago. -- DEMOTIX PHOTO: DAVIDE DEL GIUDICE
Tourists stand in front of the Flame of Liberty monument to Diana, where flowers, photos and messages are placed around, in Paris, on Aug 31 2012. Admirers from around the world are paying tribute to Princess Diana at the Paris tunnel where she was killed in a car crash 15 years ago. -- PHOTO: AP
Tributes for Princess Diana are displayed on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, on Aug 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A woman looks at the tributes left for Princess Diana on the gate of Kensington Palace in London on the 15th anniversary of her death, on Aug 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A man places a floral tribute for Britain's Princess Diana on the gate of Kensington Palace in London, on the 15th anniversary of her death, on Aug 31, 2012. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. -- PHOTO: AP
People pay homage to Lady Diana, on Aug 31, 2012, in front of the Flame of Liberty statue plastered with iconic photos, flowers and messages dedicated to the 15th anniversary of her death, near the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris where Princess Diana died in a car crash, on Aug 31, 1997. -- PHOTO: AFP
LONDON (AFP) - Dozens of bouquets of flowers, posters and cards were left at the gates of Kensington Palace on Friday as Princess Diana was remembered on the 15th anniversary of her death.
Tourists, well-wishers and passers-by took photos and read the tributes at the royal residence in the British capital, Diana's official home from 1981 until her death, just as they had done in far larger numbers 15 years before.
Diana died aged 36 in a car crash in a Paris road tunnel on Aug 31, 1997, alongside her companion Dodi Fayed, triggering an outpouring of grief from much of the British public.
Within hours, a carpet of flowers had begun to spread out in front of the palace and many Britons threw off their reserve and mourned openly.
