What happened to Princess Diana? How did the royal family react to her death?

latest season of Netflix show, Crown focuses on tragic tale of Princess Diana. first few episodes of season gave us an insight into relationship between Diana Spencer who meets Charles Prince of Wales and goes to on becoming most-loved person from  royal family.

Crown Season 4

For unversed, Crown's plot follows journey of British royalty which starts with reign of Queen Elizabeth II and follows her life journey from 1940s and will end with her reign in 21st century which will be narrative of season 5 and 6. Crown is currently at it's season 4 which released in vember 2020.

Emma Corrin plays role of Princess Diana in fourth season of Crown. series showcases complicated relationship of Diana and Charles right from ir first meeting to early '90s when she met with a tragic end. Season 4 consists of 10 episodes and covers everything from Diana's personal battle with bulimia, her battling loneliness, her reaction and feelings to Prince Charles's growing romantic bond with Camilla Parker-Bowles.

Crown's Emma Corrin performance as Princess Diana kept audience engd to screen and went on to earn a mination in Golden Globes under Best (Female) category for same. viewers have to wait till Season 6 of show to get a narrative into her divorce from Prince Charles and following aftermath, her accident and what h actually happened that fateful day.  

What happened to Princess Diana?

Though Princess Diana was kwn for her kind and helpful persona, re has been a lot of speculation about young royal heiress' death and conspiracy around it. According to British website, Princess Diana died from an accident in Paris, France on August 31, 1997. According to website, Diana h arrived in Paris with her rumoured boyfriend Em Fayed, an Egyptian billionaire on August 30, 1997, for a 10-day vacation.

duo were staying at Ritz Hotel in Paris and left a few minutes post-midnight to a retreat belonging to Fayed in Paris. couple was travelling in a Mercedes Benz with ir driver Paul and were at a speed of approximately 70 miles per hour when y approached a tunnel. According to reports, Paul lost control of and hit a pillar in middle of highway. 

Paul and Fayed were declared de on spot, Diana was still alive but with multiple injuries. She was immediately rushed to hospital where doctors operated on her injuries. However, she never regained consciousness and died on August 31, 1997, at 4.31 am due to internal bleeding and chest injuries. A witness of accident shared that before losing consciousness she kept on saying that she is hurt and on seeing a lifeless Fayed lying next to her last words she uttered were, "My God! What's happened?".

Post her death, Queen Elizabeth II completely shielded Diana's sons Harry and William from media glare as she did t want m to be affected more than y alrey were from ir mors' death. Queen also waited for 5 days to anunce news of Diana's death to public. Queen came under a lot of public scrutinies for her public speech which was t immediately done, which can be a plot point that makers of Crown can explore on. Netizens will have to wait for next season of Crown to see how death of Princess Diana is woven into series.