Perth Special News Broadcast - Princess Diana Funeral (1997)

Over a million people lined the four-mile (6 km) route from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey. Outside the Abbey and in Hyde Park crowds watched and listened to proceedings on giant outdoor screens and huge speakers as guests filed in, including representatives of the many charities of which Diana was patron. Notable attendants included Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bernadette Chirac, wife of the French President, Jacques Chirac; and other celebrities, including Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti and Diana’s good friends singers George Michael and Elton John -- the latter performed a rewritten version of his song, “Candle in the Wind“, that was dedicated to her. The service was televised live around the world. Protocol was disregarded when the guests applauded the speech by Diana’s younger brother Earl Spencer, who strongly criticised the press and indirectly criticised the Royal Family for their treatment of her. The funeral is estimated to have been watched by 31.5 million viewers in Br