More than 60 million flowers left after Princess Diana’s death at Kensington Palace, 1997. 💐 Following the Diana’s death in a car crash in Paris, France, on 31 August 1997, Britain and the world were overwhelmed by an unprecedented outpouring of grief. The gates of Kensington Palace became the epicentre of public mourning, with an estimated 60 million flowers left across London. On September 6, Diana’s “royal ceremonial funeral” drew an estimated 2.5 billion viewers worldwide: one of the most watched televised events in history. 📺 Inside Westminster Abbey, Diana’s close friend Sir Elton John performed his rewritten version of Candle in the Wind, “Goodbye England’s Rose.” Elton John, George Michael, Luciano Pavarotti, Sting, Sir Cliff Richard, Diana Ross, Mariah Carey and Bryan Adams, alongside Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Lord Richard Attenborough. Donatella Versace, Hillary Clinton, Imran Khan and Jemima Goldsmith, and Virgin founder Richard Brans...