September 6 in History
1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people linethe streets and 21⁄2 billion watch around the world on television
The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, started at precisely 9:08 on this day in 1997 with the tenor bell of Westminster Abbey tolling to signal the departure of the cortège from Kensington Palace. The coffin was carried from the palace on a gun carriage by riders of the King’s Troop and escorted by mounted police, along Hyde Park to St James’s Palace, where Diana’s body had remained for five days before being taken to Kensington Palace. The Union Flag on top of the palace was lowered to half-mast. The official ceremony was held at Westminster Abbey in London and finished at the resting place in Althorp. Two thousand people attended the ceremony in Westminster Abbey, while the British television audience peaked at 32.10 million, one of the United Kingdom’s highest viewing figures ever. An estimated 2.5 billion people watched the event worldwide,[ making it one of the biggest televised events in history.
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Phot Caption – The funeral procession of Diana, Princess of Wales passing St. James Park. The coffin is transported on a ceremonial gun carriage by the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, escorted by a detachment of Welsh Guards – peace-on-earth.org