Sadly, her reign as Princess and time on Earth were both cut short in a Paris car wreck.
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It was unexpected, and the world stopped to collect its breath when learning of the news.
She had already been stripped of her title following her divorce from Charles in 1996, but that didn’t keep millions from mourning her death.
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She couldn’t be stripped of the goodwill she’d garnered over the course of her life