Princess Diana's Funeral In Today's Memory, September 6, 1997

Princess Diana with her two sons, Prince William (left) and Prince Harry. (The Sun)

JAKARTA Memories of today, 27 years ago, September 6, 1997, Princess Diana's funeral was carried out at the Spencer family-owned plantation in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England. The funeral procession was witnessed by 2.5 billion people worldwide.

Previously, Princess Diana caught the world's attention when she married the heir to the throne of the British Empire, Prince Charles. The marriage made Princess Diana known throughout the world. A fame that makes her life sell well often invites gossip and news.

Diana Frances Spencer never thought she would be proposed by members of the British royal family. At first Diana was known as a hard-working woman. She was born child of aristocrat. However, that condition did not make her complacent with wealth.

The woman who was born in Sandringham, July 1, 1961, has never been picky about work. He has worked as a janitor,babysitter, and kindergarten teacher. Everything changed when he met Prince Charles.

The two fell in love and immediately took the relationship to a more serious level: marriage. Hats loved by scholars arrived. The two were officially married at St. Paulus Cathedral, England on July 29, 1981. The luxurious wedding was witnessed by 770 million people worldwide.

Princess Diana's funeral procession on September 6, 1997. (Wikimedia Commons)

Princess Diana has finally officially become a family of the British Empire. This fact makes all kinds of behavior for Princess Diana's life wanted by the mass media. Whoever contains news related to Princess Diana, especially since the controversy will soon become a general audience.

This condition made Diana's popularity increase sharply. As a result, what Diana wore, the next day could be a new trend everywhere. That popularity even defeats the fame of the Queen of England itself.

His prestige increased when he joined Prince Charles wara-wiri to various countries, including Indonesia. Princess Diana is also good at taking the hearts of many people because she is active in social activities.

Princess Diana is very happy to wear a hat. The only difference is that the hat worn by Queen Elizabeth II is not immediately loved by her people. Meanwhile, Princess Diana's hat, although for example, is similar to the Queen's hat, will soon become a mode and be loved by the British people, even become world mode.

Diana's hat collection varies, ranging from those that are only the size of boxing or those that look like kupluk classi to those that are as wide as they are. Diana's hates are usually designed by John kalina, Philip Somerbille, Frederick Fox, "said ERADI S. Chudori and his friends in a Tempo magazine report entitled Dina The Princess (1989).

Problems arise. The relationship between Diana and Charles is no longer harmonious. The issue of a third party became a byword everywhere. The two then decided to separate at the end of 1992. Finally, they officially divorced in August 1996.

Divorce made news related to Diana into mass media. Diana's movements are like being monitored. Who is with Diana and where she goes is often hot news. The condition disturbed Diana psychologically.

At its peak, when Diana was on vacation in France with her new boyfriend, Dodi Fayed. The two of them are always being chased by exposures. They tried to avoid facilitation and accidents happened in Paris. Both died on August 31, 1997.

Deep sorrow enveloped the entire UK and the world. Diana was finally buried on September 6, 1997. Her religious procession was carried out at the Westminster Abbey church. Then, her funeral was held in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England. The funeral procession was witnessed by about 2.5 billion people worldwide.

His coffin, wrapped in red and gold British Royal standards and held by Welsh's bodyguards, was placed on the catafalque (small stage where the coffin was) at Westminster Abbey, the inauguration and burial place of British leaders, while the high and Gotik-style center of the church resonated with the sound of a remarkable church ceremony.

"Outside, millions of people gathered in the streets and parks listening to the ceremony in total silence and then rained down on hearse with flowers while passing through the streets of London and heading to a burial place at Diana's ancestral home in Northamptonshire," Warren Hoge said in his writing in The New York Times newspaper entitled BRitons Bid a Solemn Farewell to Diana, Princess of Wales (1997).