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Royal fans mark the 25th death anniversary of Princess Diana

25th anniversary
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25th anniversary
Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death in Paris by laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge above the underpass where she was killed in a car crash.
People's princess
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People's princess
Millions globally mourned the "people's princess", as then British Prime Minister Tony Blair described Diana, in 1997.
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Royal fans
Princess Diana was one of the world's most recognised and photographed women and a high-profile supporter of humanitarian causes - including children's charities and land mine clearance - when she died.
Flame of liberty
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Flame of liberty
Blooms and pictures of Diana adorned the gold-leaf covered Flame of Liberty, a replica of the torch of the Statue of Liberty at the Pont de L'Alma's northern end that has become her unofficial memorial in the French capital.
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The Princess was just 36 when the limousine carrying her and her lover Dodi al-Fayed crashed in the tunnel below the bridge as it sped away from photographers who were chasing it on motorbikes.
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