UK - Reactions to Diana's death

Описание: (31 Aug 1997) T/I: 10:33:59


Britain's Prince William, second in line to the throne, and his younger brother Prince Harry, were told of the death of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, by Prince Charles in the early hours of Sunday morning (31/8) at the royal Balmoral estate in Scotland. The Archbishop of Canterbury commented on the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Princess Diana. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Wales were "deeply shocked and distressed by this terrible news." UK Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed his saddness and shock at the death of Diana. Thousands of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace and Diana's Kensington Palace residence to pay their last repeccts to one of the most loved and controversial members of the Royal family. Late in the morning members of the royal family left their summer residence in Balmoral, Scotland, to attend a local church. They left the residence in three vehicles - the Queen Mother and Prince Andrew in the first, Prince Charles and his sons in the second, and Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in the
third.

SHOWS:

UK 31 AUGUST, 1997:
LONDON, ENGLAND:
VS Wreaths being laid at Kensington Palace;
VS Public lined up to mourn;
SOT, man: "I've just come because she was like a pinnacle. Everybody looked up to her, everybody admired her. She was just a great woman.";
MS woman reading newspaper, with headline "Diana is Dead";
VOXPOP, woman "Horrible, horrible";
WS Kensington Palace (Diana's home);
VS people outside Palace;
SOT, man outside palace, saying media are scum;
Voxpop, woman yelling to turn camera off;
SOT, Rami Maalouf, photographer SOT in English: "If people are angry at the paparazzi, then don't buy the newspapers;"

SEDGEFIELD, UK, 31/8
Tony Blair and wife Cherie with children walking towards press;
Blair walks to microphone;
SOT, Blair: "I feel like everyone else in this country today. Utterly devestated. Our thoughts and prayers are with Princess Diana's family. Particularily her two sons, the two boys. Our hearts go out to them. We are today a nation in Britain in a state of shock, in mourning, in grief that is so painful for us. She was a wonderful and warm human being. Though her own life was often sadly touched by tragedy she touched the lives of so many others in Britain and throughout the world with joy and with comfort";
Blair walks into St. Mary Magdalene church;

LONDON, UK, 31/8
SOT, George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury: "I was shattered to hear that this vibrant person lost her life early this morning. In some way she grabbed the imagination of young and old alike";
WS Harrods department store, zooms into sign;
MS flags at half mast at store;
SOT, al-Fayed spokesman, saying this is an appalling and needless tragedy, which occurred because of the hounding of the media;

BALMORAL, SCOTLAND:
MS Royal motorcade leaving Balmoral Castle.

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