To answer some questions that have popped up - I recorded this home video in 1997 the night Diana died and it sat in a box for many years. Why was I recording? I was trying out a new camcorder by recording friends playing the card game UNO. When my mom called me to say that Diana was in a car crash I turned on the TV, on silent, and we kept playing the game while monitoring the text on the bottom of the TV screen. When the screen text changed to "Diana dead" the true reality of the situation hit like a ton of bricks and we stopped playing UNO of course, and rushed over to the TV. This was recorded in America, in the state of Iowa. All of the guys in the video are still alive today (as of November 3, 2024). The guy who screams when he learns Diana has died is my friend Ken who still lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is his genuine reaction to the news of Diana's death. Some people call it a "Wilhelm scream." (Apparently that's a movie term). The guy who stifles a smile after Ken's scream is Scott. (His brief smile was a reaction to Ken's loud silly scream, NOT to Diana's death). When CNN announced that Diana had died I didn't turn the camera back to the TV because my instinct was that it would be more interesting to capture my friends' reactions. Some people call this video the first of what are now called "reaction" videos, a term that didn't exist in 1997 (and neither did RUclips, which began in 2005).
It is an incredibly interesting video! Thank you for sharing. As for the reactions, I don't think there is any "right way" to react to death, so there's no problem there. Great piece of history!
I have no idea why, but I keep coming back to rewatch this. There's something so entriguing about it. The cool/interesting group of buddies, the 90s, the reaction to a historical event . Literally one of my favorite YT videos now lol
@@alan-lightshe truly was The People’s Princess. That is so awesome that she sent an autograph. On a different note… I love the companionship and bonds I see in this video. Men who were/are great friends. I truly pray that you all have been blessed to remain that close to this day. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
What are the odds of RUclips making me stumble upon this time capsule? Dude, make tons of backups of this video. This is a moment in British history that is being saved here.
Thanks for your comment. There are already tons of backups of this video because people steal it and post it in their own accounts on tiktok and Instagram and other places. The Internet Archive also has it.
@@alan-lightThis reminded me of the breaking news in the Uk (& the rest of the world) when the 9-11 attack happened. I was sat in my wee kitchen in Glasgow Scotland & for the rest of the day was glued to the news. 😞
My favorite Diana quote is probably "HIV does not make people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it". She was very influential and used her influence to do good things and make real changes. I dont think people nowadays truly understand how loved she was.
I remember my young son asking me what was going on. I told him the Princess of Wales died. He thought for a moment and asked, "Who's gonna take care of the whales?" Chokes me up even now.
Your mom is right. I was a high school graduate in Germany and had only seen a few pictures of Diana in magazines at the dentist‘s. I didn‘t know much about her. And yet the news struck me like lightning. I was sitting in my parked car, waiting for a friend and turned on the radio. And then the world suddenly stopped. Even though I was alone in the car, the news anchor was not in anyway emotional and I had no real idea who Princess Diana was. I felt like something terrible had happenend.
3:36 The fact he's comforting the one who screamed is so sweet. They're all in shock, but its clear the one is really upset, so he sat with him on the couch and comforted him.
I woke up on the last day of my holiday to the news(U.K.). Like these guys I just stood there in disbelief before running to tell my family. In what would normally have been a happy, busy seaside town it felt eerily quiet with posters of her death everywhere.
@@butterflymoon6368 it wasn't that. It was her warm and kind personality that made people care. She traveled the world like a good will ambassador. So everybody knew who she was and liked her. Aside the political personalities of the time, the news had her most of the time, mother Teresa de Calcuta also and Juan Pablo II. She left a void in what we knew the fabric of the world was at that time. She captured the imagination of the masses in a totally unique way. She was mourned globally.
In an age before internet she was another level of fame and public interest. My father woke me up after I’d had a very heavy night. I remember going downstairs and the family, particularly my mother, were in shock. It was huge news in uk and also the world.
It can be argued she was more a fairytale than the royal family who exposed themselves as horribly traditional and insensitive. She was real, genuine and sensitive to the people something the royal family still can’t do. Her death was like shattering of the looking glass. You had al your hopes and dreams on one woman and when she died it was like there was no more goodness in the world anymore. The fairytale became a tragedy and innocent dreams were destroyed
You could probably argue this more about the Duke of Gloucester. He was the first HRH to attend university and was working for an architect’s firm when his brother died and he had to step in to prepare to inherit the dukedom.
@@piratesswoop725 Diana worked as a nanny. Can't get much more working-class than changing messy nappies. She didn't have to do that for a living, but she did because she loved children. She liked being normal and wanted her boys to understand what that meant.
I’ve also heard people say the reaction was definitely because of how human she was and thusly liked, but also that if someone like her could die, well, it was a reminder we all could go, it reminded everyone of their mortality.
The fact that the guy screamed after seeming so calm gave me goose bumps. Immediately changed the air. It was a damn shame. People like her never stay for very long… the people who chased her killed her. The driver killed them. It’s just a shame. If she’d had a seatbelt on she would have been fine. But like I said, rare creatures like her never stay for very long…
@phantagirlable no it was the driver? the driver's negligence to not drive properly killed her in a car crash even with a seat belt chances are a car crash wont increase your odds
@@jumbojumbo6866 do you even know the point of a seatbelt ? It's to not getting thrown away in and out the car. If you didn't die on the impact while not wearing seatbelt, going through the windshielf would probably end it for good, let alone the impact later on the ground. Seatbelt aren't perfect but they definitely improve security and survival chances.
It’s just what we did back then. Our house was the hang out house so, every night, between my brother and me, we probably had 10 people over. We just hung out, played games, penny poker, pool… I don’t remember drinking being what it is now, back then. I have boxes of pictures from us hanging out and I don’t think you’ll see a beer in any except those at actual parties.
The world definitely stopped. Never seen anything like it. Empty streets (more than lockdown) no TV, no radio just sad music and news. Crazy crazy time. God knows what it would have been like today with all the social media and everybody camera ready to post!
I'm Indonesian, and I was only 11 when I heard the news on TV. I got really shocked and went right off to tell my mom. She stopped her laundry to rush to the TV. That was the first (and the only) moment we reacted in such a way, which we'd never show when we heard a 'stranger' passing away. Looking back on that shocking moment, I still hardly believe how Princess Diana's kind heart and generosity could truly embrace people 7000 miles away from where she was. It's a great blessing to have people still praying for her decades after her death. Her love is invaluable.
@@alan-light It's amazing that you chose to stay and recorded your friends' reactions instead of immediately pointing it at the TV screen. Otherwise this video probably wouldn't blow up
I cried then ... and watching this brought it all back again ... she was so wonderful .. and so greatly missed These men went from card playing .. to the saddest moment knowing Diana had passed .. it was brillant
It reminds me of the video of college students filming the twins towers falling and they're drinking , joking trying to cope with what they're seeing until they see the tower fall and they start to panic. It's one of the best pieces of footage of it happening to
It’s crazy to think about these historic events, and how things can change in the blink of an eye. The group of guys were just having a jolly good time and then all of a sudden, a person that many people around the world idolized, turned out to be dead. Just imagine if that happened to you and you’re group of friends, but for right now just think how lucky you are to be alive right now.
As with any political figure, even if a figurehead, her life carried great significance. She was elegant and cared deeply for others, particularly children. Though she had could every want a woman could desire and every need met in abundance, she seemed as if she could part with all of it on the whims of her heart and still be fulfilled, and that was refreshing in a hyper consumerist world. And that resonated with a lot of Americans.
@@maja5490 “She was celebrated in the media for her unconventional approach to charity work. Her patronages initially centred on children and the elderly but she later became known for her involvement in two particular campaigns, that involving the social attitudes towards and the acceptance of AIDS patients, and the campaign promoted through the International Red Cross for the removal of landmines. She also raised awareness and advocated ways to help people affected with cancer and mental illness. The Princess was initially noted for her shyness, but her charisma and friendliness endeared her to the public and helped her reputation survive the acrimonious collapse of her marriage.” - and this is just a summary on Wikipedia of what she’s done, do your research before you choose to be ignorant. She had a huge following and used it for good,
i remember when I found out, I was about 3, and my grandad told me, in his irish accent, 'run upstairs and tell your mammy dianna has died'. apparently i came in and woke my parents up saying 'dianna is died' and my parents thought i was confused or something, cos i was so young. but then they realised it was true :(. we went to the funeral outside the gates of buckigham palace, we laid some flowers, and my moms purse was stolen. PS: your house is beautiful and very of the time
To be fair, he was moreso making fun of CNN's craving for news back in the day. It was a lot more harder to get reliable information readily from around the world and with the Gulf War over for a while now they were really running dry on relevant things to talk about. Them jumping on a story about a celebrity either injured or arrested for a DUI or something else mundane was common. Unfortunately this time it wasn't just something mundane.
There's often a disconnect in those moments. Like, you know something serious has happened, and you're focused on it, but until the penny drops you don't really change
Joking when it comes to serious matters and death is a very real thing. Even if it comes off as disrespectful. Its the way some people's brains handle tragedy. He pretty much proves it, cause he goes from joking, to genuinely serious and hurt.
If you watch The Crown on Netflix it gives you a good idea how she was loved back then. She was absolutely the center of attention in the very best way all over the world.
@@AdrianaRodriguez-xz4oe myself as well. Tbh I didn't know anything about her other than parents had mentioned her a few times. They were watching a movie or something and I saw a headline on yahoo (this used to be bigger than Google on the internet in 1997, for you young ones) she had died. Announced it to the family and mom was just like "WHAT. R U JOKING." The surprise in these guys is real
@@braidena1633 i’m glad i’m 18 and know a lot about the early age of the internet, because i started using it at an early age and learned about 90s internet
Despite all the tragedy and bad news in the video, i just realized the 90’s seems so great. No cell phones, just friends playing cards together, having fun, living the present, no one’s checking their phone. Seems a great time.
My guess is they probably weren't sure, at first, as to how much they should disclose to the public for privacy reasons, so even the journos reporting on it were kept somewhat in the dark until the confirmation.
@@Erizedd I think so and doctors usually don't declare someone dead after 1-6 hours (depends what the cause of dead) just incase miracle happen outside the medical help.
@@NOBODY-fz3im This video is about Princess Diana and that is why people are discussing the sadness of her passing. No one is saying that the death of Diana is worse than anyone else.
I remember that. I was home alone and when they said she had a broken leg I was so relieved it wasn't more serious. Then came the news she was dead. I was surprised at how upset that made me. Just cried. It was the same when I heard John Lennon had died. Terrible loss of great people who made a difference in the world.
My Mother in Law, My Daughter and I were watching TV and having snacks. It was my daughter's 13th birthday. We all had that same reaction. We all shrieked, covered our mouths and then cried. We had prayed for her and lit candles We were just devastated.
My dad was 34 when this happened; he said it wasn’t like a famous person dying and a few fans getting upset, this was literally national heartbreak in the UK, her funeral is still the 2nd most watched television event in British history behind only the World Cup Final of 1966
People born after this event won’t ever understand just how loved Princess Diana is. She was less of the royal family’s princess and more of the whole world’s princess. She still is.
I was 7 years old and I cried as I watched the news report on her death. But before that I didn't even know her existed but felt as though she had been really important. And that was the first time I cried about something on the news.
My mom LOVED Princess Diana. That was how I knew about her.. magazines with her on the cover were stacked in her room. It was a Sunday, and I remember that because my mom can only sleep afternoons on Sunday and I had to wake her up. It was really sad for me as a 12-yo because the only real princess I knew back then had died and every channel on my TV was reporting on it. I've seen a lot of her interviews even back then and I've come to admire her class and beauty and grace. She was loved by so many people, I don't believe there's ever gonna be anyone like her again
I was 12 too. I was at my dad's house for Labor Day weekend and when he found me in front of the TV sobbing into my Cocoa Puffs, he couldn't understand why I was sad. I think I was crying 45% for her because she never got to live her own life on her own terms (something us normal people really take for granted), 45% for Harry and William (obviously), and 10% for myself because I realized I'd have to move in with my dad if something like that happened to my mom.
This is pure micro-history, just ordinary people living historical events, thanks for sharing, you could have stopped recording any moment but you didn't
@Shruti Tripathy MJ's death triggered a crazy reaction. GOOGLE broke down because it couldn't handle the overload with people googling his name that day. Internet was just down nationwide. Music sales went through the roof. It was bittersweet. People realized too late he truly was one of a kind
Yes. Also because there wasn’t the possibility to upload a footage on a social media, or send it to phone contacts…they didn’t exist . When you took a picture of your friends they would act like being themselves or joking with you, but they absolutely didn’t care to collect likes from the other side of the world, changing their attitude for the social media pleasure.
I clearly remember I was underaged, in a club, and they stopped the music quite abruptly. And people had the same reaction. Screams then silence then friends and strangers holding each other.
Wow... pretty crazy. I can’t imagine for any public figure of today. Michael Jackson was maybe the last celebrity that was adored by most people on earth. EDIT: actually, I think Eminem might be the last celebrity alive to be adored by a lot of people and the day he dies will be devastating (for me at least lol).
@@SweeetSpice I’m thinking Cher, Madonna, and Beyoncé may have that kind of worldwide heartbreak? (I’m not personally big fans of any of them, I’m just thinking they might have that kind of pull. Also Obama, and Michelle Obama.) I agree about Eminem. I remember when MJ died, and the continuous reporting while he was en route to the hospital and being worked on. Crazy stuff, the whole world being tuned into just one person and wanting them so badly to live. Most people die and even their family doesn’t know for hours, sometimes days.
As someone born after Princess Diana’s death I never truly understood the impact of her death until seeing a group of ordinary people in America react in such a way. Thank you for this video.
I was a small half-American half-Japanese kid going to an international school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with students from toddlers up to high school. The first few pages in our yearbook were dedicated specially for her. Comes to show how this impacted people and industries world wide.
I never really felt any attachments too, but my mother always told me of what a wonderful person she was. Nothing bad about her ever comes out from my mother’s mouth
I was 9 when it happened and was absolutely devastated. I cried so much, and surprisingly even just now. I looked up to her and her humanitarian efforts tremendously. It was such an eerie, surreal feeling when it happened . It's wild how affected everyone was. She was really amazing. Rest in power. 💜
My heart ACTUALLY dropped when one of the friends said “NOW IT SAYS PRINCESS DIANA DEAD!”. I can really feel the sadness and disbelief they felt just from the recording.
@@bunnyravve yeah that was partially explored in season 4 of “the crown” where in one scene she was in an orphanage or something with kids who had HIV and was told that they weren’t being adopted because of the stigma so she hugged one of the children on camera to show that it was safe but I’m not sure if that specific situation happened in real life
My mom called me and said “Did you hear? Princess Diana died”…. She was crying. My dad had just died that January and I think it just hit her heart harder because she just suffered through losing her husband. Now my mom is gone too and that moment was etched in my memory .
It’s crazy how quick their demeanor changes. Almost like they thought Diana was invincible or something, they couldn’t imagine her dying until it happened. Super fascinating video!
There are some people that it is unthinkable could die young. We see celebrities drugged up, reckless, flaunting money, and we shrug and say it's a shame when they die. Those people (celebrity or not) that value life and humankind, live clean and promote good causes, when they die, there's a puzzle piece that just doesn't fit. People like that just don't die. It's "not right."
Its some sort of mind control and i’m not saying this to be weird but ever noticed how you can react in shock with some people dying that you never really admired but always heard about for many years. We are tricking our own brains to think we actually know them. When you hear stories of regular people dying most feel sympathy but most of the time we let it go right away because we don’t know them.
@@specialc8142 uh, no, he can’t take the fact that most people loved her away. No matter what he says or does (or anyone else, for that matter), nothing can take that away. Don’t know how you think he took that away. Him not acknowledging it, or whatever you may think he did, does not, and could not, take that away.
In 1997, this video would have little to no significance to anyone outside of those featured in it, but now, this video is genuine history. It’s so amazing to be able to take a intimate look at how a group of American friends reacted to this news. Thanks for posting this.
@@JewelBlueIbaneza lot of people in those days had a camcorder stored away somewhere, just not everyone had them out for seemingly mundane events like hanging out with your friends for a night of UNO.
You must be new here. 🌎 The whole world listened to developments live and on the radio. We were shook, it meant everything and more. Young one, this was a VERY big deal!
I remember my 11th and 12th Grade teacher once said that she doesn't have any special connections to Princess Diana but when she saw the news she cried for something that she can't even explain.
My mum always described her as "The people's Princess" she was so humble and kind and generous to everyone she met. She had an ability to close the gap between royalty and the people.
Love and humanity. She was the only voice out there that represented and worked for those things within the global community. Making her an asset to humanity and a human global presence. People were crying because they knew we weren’t going to hear the message and feel the warmth of compassion anymore. And that’s true. Nobody’s replaced that voice because nobody really has the authentic drive to help people or each other. Right now here in Canada it’s a police state and growing colder. I’m missing Diana a lot, lately.
i think it was the primal knowledge that the world had lost a very special person...regardless of the connections people could have to her...she impacted the whole world in so many ways that people knew the world's light had dimmed just a little bit...
My sister called and told me the next day and I dropped the phone and screamed no and fell to the floor and cried. Princess Diana was a huge inspiration to me so to me it was a huge loss! 😢😢😢
@@user-ix5wf2mn7d The crash in France was at like 4am is what they mean so we woke up to the news on a Saturday/Sunday morning would have been about 12pm in parts of US so it would've been on cable news there before we heard about it
Everyone was calm when it said Diana seriously injured. They even said, wow anyone is lucky to survive that. And then mass shock that it turns into a death. It shows how much our brains try to separate life and death. True reality doesn't always hit you until it's right in your face.
@Crazy Babuska Man Of course there's a difference between an elderly person's death, and a young person's. HOWEVER - the Queen's death was not the same as the average elderly person's death. Because she was so globally famous, because she was in a unique position, because it affects British history and politics, etc. - all those factors influence people's reactions to her death. So absolutely many people have been in more shock over it, compared to another elderly person's death. Polls actually suggest nearly half of all Brits, have actu3 shed a tear over her death (which we generally don't do, when hearing of random elderly people's death. Even famous elderly people). But yeah - not the shock on the level of Diana's death (given Diana's age, plus the tragic and unexpected nature of it). But definitely a shock on some level, regardless.
I remember coming home after a night out, turning on the TV and seeing the news about the crash. I stayed up all night watching different channels, all that time pretty much waiting for the journalists to tell that they once again overreacted and blown thing out of proportions and Diana was lightly injured but otherwise okay. Then the message came that she had died....
I am in Australia and I reacted exactly the same way, at exactly the same time to the exactly same announcement. It was a horrible and sad thing. No one was held responsible! The paparazzi still behave carelessly and selfishly all driven by greed. I was almost 23 years old. I look at this now that I am 50, and I feel like I am still there while watching this. Thank you for posting this.
My whole family was together that night and all I remember is my aunt saying, “she’s a mother of two boys” and started bawling. All the women in our family lost it. The men were silent. She is the definition of humanity.
We had a similar experience. A friend had the gang over for cocktails and the mood changed when we heard about the crash, and we turned on the news. What hit me the hardest was, as we were sitting in shock after her death was announced, one of my friends quietly said "those poor boys..."
@@eden20111 especially back then, men tend to be raised to keep their emotions silent or to be unbothered. It’s “strength”, and men are “supposed to be strong”, although we all know that’s not really the case.
@@monicasmm It was a bit different in my family. I'm glad we didn't have such mentalities, despite the fact that my grandma was born in 1932 and my mom was born in 1953. My uncle, born in 1954, was actually the only one who cried about this incident, the rest were just shocked. I'm neither English nor American, but Princess Diana was universally loved by many.
@@tobiasgriffin4263 dude it was the whole world, everyone loved her and still does, she had 2.3 billion live viewers during her funeral, one of the most viewed non sporting events ever
Oh my goodness I remember when she died oh my goodness it was just too sad and then when I saw Harry and William walking behind her casket everybody in my family was crying I will be happy when Harry and William and their families are together again
Omg the sudden change in the room gave me instant chills. I was a kid when this happened and I remember all the adults in my family being in shock and my grandmother cried. I felt so bad for my family because I didn’t understand what was going on. This is so sad even all these years later.
@@sjp4u338 Don't project how you feel about them onto Princess Diana. She spoke out against the royal family too, and she would definitely be proud of the man Harry turned out to be.
@@sjp4u338 Have you considered the possibility that Harry's personality, the decisions he has made may have been influenced by the tragic loss of his mother? It troubles me that people are so ready to criticize Harry. Think about how difficult, how horrendous it must have been for Harry to walk behind the car carrying his beloved mother. This was a very deep moment of utmost despair, something that is above and beyond heartbreaking. Harry and William did so well to give this tribute to their mother. It was a gesture that is rarely done these days, but in the past it made visible the painful aspects of that great a loss as that of one's mother. Do you think those children took the responsibility lightly? Harry should have more compassion from all of us than criticism.
I am not entirely sure why RUclips suddenly reccomended this to me.. but this gave me flashbacks to my childhood to when I heard it.. Rest in Peace Diana.. you are still missed dearly
Seeing this, I felt like I was transported to the past. I mean, the princess’s death notwithstanding, everything I see in that room, from the box TV, floral placemats, the landline phone on the side table, and most especially their clothes gave me nostalgia, and reminded me how it was so simple back then.
I still remember exactly where i was this day. I was 7 turning 8 when Princess Diana passed away😔❤ I didn't know as much of her life then as i do now - being 33yo. I do remember feeling saddened at her passing. She was beautiful, with a warm smile & wide, kind yet sad eyes. I hope you are happy, Princess. You are so loved.
Ken's scream broke my heart. My friend called me as soon as it happened and she was crying uncontrollably. Her and her mom LOVED Princess Diana and it's was one of the worst nights knowing such a beautiful soul was gone forever.
Ive heard that Diana was loved by everyone, even more loved than the queen... That she was, in fact, the queen that everyone wanted. Nothing can get close to that...
@@cr-it5lh she was married to Charles, she was in-line to be queen. When she divorced him she lost that, and you are partially correct that no one can be queen unless by heritage but she WOULD have been queen consort.
I like that you’ve kept this video and uploaded it onto here. It’s interesting to see everyone’s reactions to the news. Just watching this got me, it’s still so horribly sad. I was only 6 & a half when she died but I remember seeing the news of her accident and her death. I knew who she was from her doing the landmine walk in Angola.
My dad was actually in the other tunnel at that time, at the moment she had that accident...he was and still is a truck driver and he wondered at that time why there was hour long traffic. Later he found out.
Me too. Although I was Diana’s age when this happened. My husband was working an overnight shift and woke me to give me the news. I was so hard to believe that Diana was dead!!
I cried all over again watching this. I was a brand new first time parent when she died, and my first thought was her boys without a mother. I was a wreck over it. Women the world over were rooting for her and her new chance at happiness and love and we were crushed by the absolute loss that we experienced. She was hope for many. 👑🌹
This video has been recommended to me for years, but Im fibally watching it for the first time, and wow. It's so strange thinking that, one moment you're playing Uno with your friends, and the next someone is dead ☹️
As sad as the incident is, I love little snippets of regular, real history. The average person's reaction is far more interesting than that of high profile celebs and world leaders
It’s crazy how quickly the mood changes when her death is announced. My parents were almost out of high school at this time so I never really knew much about Diana. But she seems like she was loved by everyone.
Strange. I dont know why shes popular and im from far South east Asia. But everyone talked about it for quite some time. I guess shes influential or soemthing
When princess Diana died, I was a little child from Colombia, but in my country watching her walk through that minefield, watching her be so strong and courageous... I don't know... She gave the royal family what they will never have, humanity and closeness to the real world, she cared deeply and wanted to help the world. And I think that's why we loved her so much.
She was so loved. I'm an American but when she died I was devastated. I was only 10 years old but knew she was humble, gracious, caring, and wanted to live life her way. The news was on the TV in my bedroom and when I heard what happened, I practically flew down the steps to my parents in the living room. I had to break it to them and I'll never forget their stunned faces.
I broke it to mine at 10 years-old also, was meant to be watching my morning cartoons but it was on every channel. First time I've ever seen my father cry.
Wow, same experience almost, I was 10 too, it was early in the morning here in Germany and I always got up early to watch CNN. I didn't speak English then but found it exiting. That morning I learned what the English words "confirmed" and "dead" mean and I also raced up to my parents bedroom and woke them up to tell them Diana died. I also remember Diana's face on every single magazine in the store for weeks to follow
Whaaaaat!!!! This exactly happened to me too....i was 10 years old watching tv in bedroom...saw the news and literally ran downstairs to tell my parents
This is insane! I was 10 as well, born in 87. I remember watching her on the tv and loving her so incredibly much! I am from the U.S.A. but I always had such an interest. I wanted to be like her, her and her solid gold heart! I even told my mother how I wanted to meet her one day. When my mom was watching the news one day as I sat in front of the TV, the news had broken of the accident. I sat there that entire day and cried, watched it all play out and it shattered my heart and soul. Miss you Princess Diana, we all do. ❤
@@soulfly3438 Instead of the gays use *gay men*. Gay men are also grown men so use "hetero" or "straight" to refer to men who aren't gay. Like this: These were gay men. I am certain straight men loved her as well but gay men really, really loved her. (I read your comment as if these men *only* reacted the way they did because they were gay. I found out one of these guys got a letter back from Princess Diana not too long before this happened and remembering what an advocate she was for the lgbt+ community made me realize what you meant. I apologize for my previous comment. 🙇🏽💙
Interesting to see people reacting to other historical events, like 9/11. You can find this stuff for people watching football games and the game of thrones Red wedding
My mom talks about how terrible that day was, because every body in the world loved Diana. She was stoic, proud, even when her husband had an affair she left that situation like a Queen. She was truly, according to my mother, an incredible woman. There are few instances where the entire world has cried, but this was one of those times.
That is a totally idealised view. Yes she did some good work, however she was busy engaged in her own affairs during her marriage and the whole world didn’t love her.
They said the story was on all the channels, 'as if there's nothing else going on in the world'. The 90s was precious, but there was plenty of shit going on in the world, we just weren't as obsessed with it as we are now with social media and instant updates.
I'm from Pakistan. My mother told me my 90 years old grandmother back in her days used to adore her and copy her. Who would have thought women in conservative areas of village in Punjab in 90s would pray for a princess. This shows how much she was loved by the people of all races and still is!
I was in a nightclub here in England when the news broke of Diana's passing. It was like a huge wave of disbelief and sadness passed through the club as each person found out. You could see people's facial expressions change as they learned what had happened. Very surreal and will stay with me forever. This footage brings it all back.
I watched this remembering that I was out clubbing in the UK as well. We weren’t told in the club though I don’t remember that although some had mobile phones then. Thank you for the memory!
Thats so crazyyy seems like everybody was clubbin hard in the 90s cause At this moment Im watching videos about princess dianas death.. and I already read from 5 different people in the comments that they were in a bar or club when they learned princess diana has veen killed in a car accident..
She was like a real life fairy princess to a generation of little girls like me. I lived in HI when she died, stayed up to the wee hours of the morning to watch the funeral, bawling my eyes out. I visited the tunnel where she died years later, it was still hard to believe she was gone, so suddenly, so young. It’s odd how so many were so affected by the death of someone we never met, hard to explain. It seemed impossible that she could just die in a car wreck, fairy princesses don’t do that.
I’ve always wondered why people were so affected. It’s tragic but I guess it’s similar to a beloved celebrity passing. I always found Anton Yelchins death sad.
@@justintime6242 Because she was a true INFLUENCER. She was doing something to change the world, you can't say that of many of those famous people these days. She was lovely and care about people that she didn't even know. She was one in a million. She didn't deserve that, and didn't deserve to be part of that wicked family.
@@justintime6242 This was beyond a beloved celebrity passing. Diana literally went out into the world and did soooo much good on a personal level for so many. That's what everyone respected so much about her - that she tried to be a light in the world. She had compassion for the most meak among us and those suffering the most. It endeared her to millions, if not billions around the world. She surpassed celebrity and became a legend and, sadly, a tragic fairytale princess - one who didn't wake up from her slumber. In the fairytales, they always recovered. A very bright light went out of the world and I often wonder how much better the world would have been if she could have continued into these times, with her freedom and position, and how much more she would have done had she lived. Instead, Charles and Camilla survived - proof that only the good die young.
I'm a 2002 born, when I saw her documentary here being aired on National Geographic in 2015, I saw her funeral & Idk why I cried out later on. Idk why. I didn't even knew her. Ig it might've been the sad music they played, but what destroyed me most that time was how devasted young prince william & harry looked there. I was almost close to 1997 Harry's age at that time, so it was easy for me to put myself in his shoes. Still feels really unreal to see someone who's lost their parent. I always pray that I won't have to go through this early on. Like prince William & Harry.
I understand the seriousness of this but when someone said “breaking news” and the other person said the “the news broke” I laughed out loud. R.i.p. Princess Diana. You were an icon.
What this video is proving us, is that we all in some, if not many, ways are connected to each other. Even though we don't know another person from the other part of the world, but we feel the same way. We affect each other in ways we cannot imagine.
As weird as it sounds, this is probably my new favorite video on RUclips. The juxtaposition of them playing the card game and then going straight to the television is almost chilling. It’s just so real that it makes my heart drop.
@@lightyagami3492 yes I was 7 months old when 9/11 happened, my mom told me she was doing laundry while watching me sleeping when the French breaking news stopped the movie she was watching. She said she felt like the world has stopped when she saw the poor humans jumping over the windows. She said the feeling she felt that day was so intense she was just shocked, stopped her activity and just watched TV. Waiting for my dad to come back from work and my older sister from school
@@sarsquirrel4959 I have a laundry story from 9/11, too! My dad did the laundry while 8 year old me sat in the sofa. We watched one tower burning, and then got reports that the other one was attacked. I saw people jumping but I couldn’t grasp then how much of a disaster it actually was. Even though the momory isn’t exactly vivid, I do remember my dad swearing in disbelief and shock at the TV, and I remember him walking to the other room to talk to my mom on the landline. Maybe it was even her who told us about the news in the first place.
@@lightyagami3492 Agh, the actual footage from 9/11 is so horrifying. I wasn’t around to see it live, but I remember first watching it several years ago and I just couldn’t describe what I was feeling. In fact, the footage from both 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan is just so terrifying. A lot of people seem to be desensitized to what happened until they see it…
@@sunflowerboinagachika Gosh you guys make me feel so old!!! I was actually not long into seeing my new boyfriend back then when Diana died. We were in my house in the UK, the TV was on & I think we'd just finished watching a movie & we were talking & having a few drinks. The news was on & then suddenly we heard there'd been an accident in Paris with Princess Diana. We stopped talking & started watching the news & it was showing pictures of the wreckage etc. My boyfriend was a mechanic & had studied how accidents happen & all the logistics etc. He used to get called out by the police to take measurements & photos & work out how accidents/crashes had happened. I'll never forget but the first things he said when he saw the car in the tunnel was "that car was travelling at some speed to end up like that & in that position & I'll put money on it that the driver has been drinking". It said Diana had been taken to the hospital with a dislocated shoulder. Again he said "if that's all she's got out of that accident then she's one hell of a lucky lady!". We stayed up til the early hours but no more real news was coming through so we went to bed. When we got up in the morning he went downstairs to make some breakfast & get the papers (it was Sunday morning) & he shouted to me to put the TV on in the bedroom. He said "that dislocated shoulder was more than that cos she's dead!!" We were both shocked. Not just because she had died but when we went to bed all we heard was she had a dislocated shoulder & a few hours later we were being told she was dead. Fast forward a few years & I'm at work & he's at home (he did shift work). One of the girls I worked with got a phone call saying a plane had gone into one of the world trade center towers! I rang him & it was my turn to tell him to put the TV on. He didn't believe me & although I was at work he asked if I'd been drinking! He put the TV on & he went silent then said "I'll ring you back". The phones at work soon stopped ringing & the traffic outside went quiet. When I got home later that day I sat watching everything with tears rolling down my face looking on in disbelief. You didn't want to watch because you knew people were suffering & dying but you also couldn't look away. It was like being awake during a nightmare! I think people all over the world were watching their TV's when both incidents happened & were in shock both times. To hear you youngsters talking about them & it still having an impact on you just shows how big these events were. We witnessed history. Gary passed in 2020 & before he did, we still talked about how when we were in our early stages of dating we'd sit up talking & the night Princess Diana died. All as I can say to you youngsters is, make happy memories & cherish every moment you have with your loved ones🥰🥰
To answer some questions that have popped up - I recorded this home video in 1997 the night Diana died and it sat in a box for many years. Why was I recording? I was trying out a new camcorder by recording friends playing the card game UNO. When my mom called me to say that Diana was in a car crash I turned on the TV, on silent, and we kept playing the game while monitoring the text on the bottom of the TV screen. When the screen text changed to "Diana dead" the true reality of the situation hit like a ton of bricks and we stopped playing UNO of course, and rushed over to the TV. This was recorded in America, in the state of Iowa. All of the guys in the video are still alive today (as of November 3, 2024). The guy who screams when he learns Diana has died is my friend Ken who still lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is his genuine reaction to the news of Diana's death. Some people call it a "Wilhelm scream." (Apparently that's a movie term). The guy who stifles a smile after Ken's scream is Scott. (His brief smile was a reaction to Ken's loud silly scream, NOT to Diana's death). When CNN announced that Diana had died I didn't turn the camera back to the TV because my instinct was that it would be more interesting to capture my friends' reactions. Some people call this video the first of what are now called "reaction" videos, a term that didn't exist in 1997 (and neither did RUclips, which began in 2005).
It is an incredibly interesting video! Thank you for sharing. As for the reactions, I don't think there is any "right way" to react to death, so there's no problem there. Great piece of history!
Your whole channel is an amazing time capsule, thanks for sharing!
Thank you. Nice share. You were already ahead of your time. :)
I have no idea why, but I keep coming back to rewatch this. There's something so entriguing about it. The cool/interesting group of buddies, the 90s, the reaction to a historical event . Literally one of my favorite YT videos now lol
Thanks for sharing!!!
I love how the guy who was being the most playful about it, had to be consoled the most.
Yes that was Ken. He had sent a letter to Diana asking for autograph and she sent one back.
@@alan-light😢😢❤
Probably he expected her to get out of this alive
Because he was in denial of the gravity of the situation. It's a very common coping mechanism.
@@alan-lightshe truly was The People’s Princess. That is so awesome that she sent an autograph.
On a different note…
I love the companionship and bonds I see in this video. Men who were/are great friends. I truly pray that you all have been blessed to remain that close to this day. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
What are the odds of RUclips making me stumble upon this time capsule? Dude, make tons of backups of this video. This is a moment in British history that is being saved here.
Thanks for your comment. There are already tons of backups of this video because people steal it and post it in their own accounts on tiktok and Instagram and other places. The Internet Archive also has it.
Same
@@alan-lightThis reminded me of the breaking news in the Uk (& the rest of the world) when the 9-11 attack happened. I was sat in my wee kitchen in Glasgow Scotland & for the rest of the day was glued to the news. 😞
it already had a lot of views because the algorithm took it up so the odds aren't that low
@@NatalieMcCabe-wh6ni I remember being around 8 years old and everyone in my primary school were brought into the main hall to watch the news.
bruh the mood of the room changed so fast when they announced she was dead.
It was shocking
@@watermelonlover745lt sure was
I know 😢😢😢
Bruh?
It did in my house too! 😢
My favorite Diana quote is probably "HIV does not make people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it". She was very influential and used her influence to do good things and make real changes. I dont think people nowadays truly understand how loved she was.
Gross.
@@christopherkinsella3912 your parents failed
This just shows me what people meant when they said the whole world stopped
it really did.
I will never forget where I was when I saw it on the news.
Even at that time I wasn't in England, the world did stopped.
It was truly heartbreaking
It did
I remember my young son asking me what was going on. I told him the Princess of Wales died. He thought for a moment and asked, "Who's gonna take care of the whales?" Chokes me up even now.
How young was he then, but he *was* concerned for them =)
Oh wow...
The innocence of children never fails to remind us that there will be happier tommorrows no matter what.
Oh my God, please say this story will be/has been told at his wedding. So sweet.
,💖💖💖💖
My mom told me this was one of those moments “where you remember exactly where you were and what was happening when you found out”
Yeha same
Your mom is right. I was a high school graduate in Germany and had only seen a few pictures of Diana in magazines at the dentist‘s. I didn‘t know much about her. And yet the news struck me like lightning. I was sitting in my parked car, waiting for a friend and turned on the radio. And then the world suddenly stopped. Even though I was alone in the car, the news anchor was not in anyway emotional and I had no real idea who Princess Diana was. I felt like something terrible had happenend.
Mine said that too!
very true.
Yes I can still remember where i was when this happened 😕
3:36 The fact he's comforting the one who screamed is so sweet. They're all in shock, but its clear the one is really upset, so he sat with him on the couch and comforted him.
True friends
I love this
Miss these days
Everything about this video is sweet except, of course, the reason for it.
It’s chilling how the mood shifts right when they see that she passed away.
Very chilling. The scream through headphones was too.
Still so heartbreaking
To see the moods shift was absolutely heartbreaking
I remember this day.
I woke up on the last day of my holiday to the news(U.K.). Like these guys I just stood there in disbelief before running to tell my family. In what would normally have been a happy, busy seaside town it felt eerily quiet with posters of her death everywhere.
The fact that Americans were this shaken, goes to show how beloved she was.
It's brought back the sadness just hearing in the shock
Tons of Americans were affected. My mom sobbed for hours when she found out.
Maybe but they wouldn't have cared if she wasn't beautiful.
@@butterflymoon6368 it wasn't that. It was her warm and kind personality that made people care. She traveled the world like a good will ambassador. So everybody knew who she was and liked her. Aside the political personalities of the time, the news had her most of the time, mother Teresa de Calcuta also and Juan Pablo II. She left a void in what we knew the fabric of the world was at that time. She captured the imagination of the masses in a totally unique way. She was mourned globally.
@@butterflymoon6368 Do you even know what made Diana popular.
In an age before internet she was another level of fame and public interest. My father woke me up after I’d had a very heavy night. I remember going downstairs and the family, particularly my mother, were in shock. It was huge news in uk and also the world.
I learned about her death when I was in grade school but since I was a kid I didn't know the impact
Tragedy aside, having your friends over to play UNO and have a good time is wholesome and heartwarming.
And without alcohol.. hard to believe.
This is so sad.....
So 90’s
Yeah phones are not that good
It is just the lads
felt strange, almost scary anticipating these guys finding out about her death
Yeah kind of creepy knowing what they are about to learn
same
They were expecting the bad news And when it was confirmed they could not believe it... absolutely silence
I’ve watched tv footage from the morning of 9/11/01 and it’s very eerie. One person even said that it was a little “too quiet” of a morning. Yikes!
dramatic irony
The reaction was so sad because Diana was the closest thing in the royal family to a normal citizen
It can be argued she was more a fairytale than the royal family who exposed themselves as horribly traditional and insensitive. She was real, genuine and sensitive to the people something the royal family still can’t do. Her death was like shattering of the looking glass. You had al your hopes and dreams on one woman and when she died it was like there was no more goodness in the world anymore. The fairytale became a tragedy and innocent dreams were destroyed
You could probably argue this more about the Duke of Gloucester. He was the first HRH to attend university and was working for an architect’s firm when his brother died and he had to step in to prepare to inherit the dukedom.
@@KoiYakultGreenTea That's EXACTLY the best description.
@@piratesswoop725 Diana worked as a nanny. Can't get much more working-class than changing messy nappies. She didn't have to do that for a living, but she did because she loved children. She liked being normal and wanted her boys to understand what that meant.
I’ve also heard people say the reaction was definitely because of how human she was and thusly liked, but also that if someone like her could die, well, it was a reminder we all could go, it reminded everyone of their mortality.
The fact that the guy screamed after seeming so calm gave me goose bumps. Immediately changed the air. It was a damn shame. People like her never stay for very long… the people who chased her killed her. The driver killed them. It’s just a shame. If she’d had a seatbelt on she would have been fine.
But like I said, rare creatures like her never stay for very long…
@phantagirlable no it was the driver? the driver's negligence to not drive properly killed her in a car crash even with a seat belt chances are a car crash wont increase your odds
@@jumbojumbo6866 do you even know the point of a seatbelt ? It's to not getting thrown away in and out the car. If you didn't die on the impact while not wearing seatbelt, going through the windshielf would probably end it for good, let alone the impact later on the ground. Seatbelt aren't perfect but they definitely improve security and survival chances.
@@jumbojumbo6866 It's very, very likely she would have survived had she used her seatbelt.
When he pointed and said “Princess Diana dead” and the other followed with a scream sent chills up my arms and idk why
Same my heart dropped like I heard it for the first time
My heart started pounding
Me too. The energy was there. The loss was real.
Omg same here - chills up my arms
Because we did the exact same thing at that very moment.
This is what a digital time capsule is! Never delete this sir.
Yes memories shall last forever
True
The internet never forgets so dont worry about that
Even if he deletes this it's gonna be in the archives forever.
yes. This is truly a moment in time.
Props to the camera man. Showed a little tv footage, but kept to the viewers to see how people followed the breaking events. So real.
Thank you
@@alan-lightyou still reply? Are the people in the video still friends? ❤❤❤
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@@alan-lightWow, still replying to comments?! A true icon
The homies just chilling with uno cards in there age is amazing :')
It’s just what we did back then. Our house was the hang out house so, every night, between my brother and me, we probably had 10 people over. We just hung out, played games, penny poker, pool… I don’t remember drinking being what it is now, back then. I have boxes of pictures from us hanging out and I don’t think you’ll see a beer in any except those at actual parties.
This video is literal history. People often say the world stopped when she died but this is proof of how much she matter to a great many people
You mean herstory!
The world definitely stopped. Never seen anything like it. Empty streets (more than lockdown) no TV, no radio just sad music and news. Crazy crazy time. God knows what it would have been like today with all the social media and everybody camera ready to post!
@@beny988 hope ur joking
Well a lot of people were sleeping
Absolutely feels like a member of our own family.. one of the most beloved people that ever lived
The cameraman did an amazing job capturing the mood
Yes he did! ❤️❤️❤️
I felt it when the guy shouted "Princess Diana dead!"
Same I felt the panic and anxiety
Instantly too
yep
He didn’t shout it. Lol
I gasped and my whole body shivered, it's strange coz we KNOW
I'm Indonesian, and I was only 11 when I heard the news on TV. I got really shocked and went right off to tell my mom. She stopped her laundry to rush to the TV. That was the first (and the only) moment we reacted in such a way, which we'd never show when we heard a 'stranger' passing away. Looking back on that shocking moment, I still hardly believe how Princess Diana's kind heart and generosity could truly embrace people 7000 miles away from where she was. It's a great blessing to have people still praying for her decades after her death. Her love is invaluable.
That cameraman is a legend still filming obviously everyone is in shock
Yeah, can you imagine him pointing around that bigass camera the size of a microwave oven?
@@solmoman My camcorder wasn't quite THAT big. More like the size of a box of Kleenex or small toaster.
@@alan-light Hey thank you so much for posting this and sharing this with us. It's so hard breaking and sentimental.
@@alan-light It's amazing that you chose to stay and recorded your friends' reactions instead of immediately pointing it at the TV screen. Otherwise this video probably wouldn't blow up
@@solmoman bro... our videocameras weren't that big in 1997 LOL
The COMPLETE shift from the jokes to dead seriousness is astonishing.
I cried then ... and watching this brought it all back again ... she was so wonderful .. and so greatly missed
These men went from card playing .. to the saddest moment knowing Diana had passed .. it was brillant
Jokes are a defense mechanism of mind too.
It reminds me of the video of college students filming the twins towers falling and they're drinking , joking trying to cope with what they're seeing until they see the tower fall and they start to panic. It's one of the best pieces of footage of it happening to
It’s crazy to think about these historic events, and how things can change in the blink of an eye. The group of guys were just having a jolly good time and then all of a sudden, a person that many people around the world idolized, turned out to be dead. Just imagine if that happened to you and you’re group of friends, but for right now just think how lucky you are to be alive right now.
@@soso-mx8nb do you have a link?
The drastic shift in tone from the guys really shows how terrible this was.
This video gave me anxiety because they had no idea yet
I never liked Diana
Never understood what the brits so much loved about her. She Was just woman
@@maja5490 she was an incredible woman though
As with any political figure, even if a figurehead, her life carried great significance. She was elegant and cared deeply for others, particularly children. Though she had could every want a woman could desire and every need met in abundance, she seemed as if she could part with all of it on the whims of her heart and still be fulfilled, and that was refreshing in a hyper consumerist world. And that resonated with a lot of Americans.
@@maja5490 “She was celebrated in the media for her unconventional approach to charity work. Her patronages initially centred on children and the elderly but she later became known for her involvement in two particular campaigns, that involving the social attitudes towards and the acceptance of AIDS patients, and the campaign promoted through the International Red Cross for the removal of landmines. She also raised awareness and advocated ways to help people affected with cancer and mental illness. The Princess was initially noted for her shyness, but her charisma and friendliness endeared her to the public and helped her reputation survive the acrimonious collapse of her marriage.” - and this is just a summary on Wikipedia of what she’s done, do your research before you choose to be ignorant. She had a huge following and used it for good,
i remember when I found out, I was about 3, and my grandad told me, in his irish accent, 'run upstairs and tell your mammy dianna has died'. apparently i came in and woke my parents up saying 'dianna is died' and my parents thought i was confused or something, cos i was so young. but then they realised it was true :(. we went to the funeral outside the gates of buckigham palace, we laid some flowers, and my moms purse was stolen.
PS: your house is beautiful and very of the time
"We laid some flowers, and my moms purse was stolen" 😂
The one who was joking the most, was the one hurt the most with the news :( bless him
jokes make difficult things easier when times get hard.
To be fair, he was moreso making fun of CNN's craving for news back in the day. It was a lot more harder to get reliable information readily from around the world and with the Gulf War over for a while now they were really running dry on relevant things to talk about. Them jumping on a story about a celebrity either injured or arrested for a DUI or something else mundane was common. Unfortunately this time it wasn't just something mundane.
A lot of people use humor to cope when they're feeling down. I think a lot of us can relate to that guy, sadly.
There's often a disconnect in those moments. Like, you know something serious has happened, and you're focused on it, but until the penny drops you don't really change
Joking when it comes to serious matters and death is a very real thing. Even if it comes off as disrespectful. Its the way some people's brains handle tragedy. He pretty much proves it, cause he goes from joking, to genuinely serious and hurt.
When the guy gasps and said “Princess Diana dead” I was literally shocked, I knew she died but damn, the reactions are just freaky.
Same pinch
Princess Diana had more impact on the world than you think
Yeah, and I know that it isn’t the same thing but this is giving off the same feel of when the two towers fell and everyone was suprises
it was huge because diana did so much for people everywhere
Legit thought the same thing to myself
it’s almost scary how fast everyone goes silent. although i wasn’t around when she passed away it seems like there was basically worldwide shock
If you watch The Crown on Netflix it gives you a good idea how she was loved back then. She was absolutely the center of attention in the very best way all over the world.
She was a huge cultural and social icon- her death shocked the world
I was 11 and I still remember where I was and what I was doing
@@AdrianaRodriguez-xz4oe myself as well. Tbh I didn't know anything about her other than parents had mentioned her a few times. They were watching a movie or something and I saw a headline on yahoo (this used to be bigger than Google on the internet in 1997, for you young ones) she had died. Announced it to the family and mom was just like "WHAT. R U JOKING." The surprise in these guys is real
@@braidena1633 i’m glad i’m 18 and know a lot about the early age of the internet, because i started using it at an early age and learned about 90s internet
Despite all the tragedy and bad news in the video, i just realized the 90’s seems so great. No cell phones, just friends playing cards together, having fun, living the present, no one’s checking their phone. Seems a great time.
Her death was tragic not just for England, but for every other nation on the planet. Every nation mourned.
Yes we did 🌷🌷
The UK not just England. We’re made up of 4 countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we’re a union. She was the princess of Wales.
Yes we did too. And I was far far far away from UK then.
I think the commonwealth especially felt it. We have a symbolic relationship with our former colonial masters on a cultural level.
Absolutely 💔
Diana was like a rare precious jewel 💎
The first part we heard that she had broken a leg, then she was seriously injured and then she died. Such a sad day
My guess is they probably weren't sure, at first, as to how much they should disclose to the public for privacy reasons, so even the journos reporting on it were kept somewhat in the dark until the confirmation.
@@Erizedd I think so and doctors usually don't declare someone dead after 1-6 hours (depends what the cause of dead) just incase miracle happen outside the medical help.
They said broken arm at first, where I was in the U.S.
I was watching just like these guys were. It was very sad. It's still sad.
@@NOBODY-fz3im This video is about Princess Diana and that is why people are discussing the sadness of her passing. No one is saying that the death of Diana is worse than anyone else.
I remember that. I was home alone and when they said she had a broken leg I was so relieved it wasn't more serious. Then came the news she was dead. I was surprised at how upset that made me. Just cried. It was the same when I heard John Lennon had died. Terrible loss of great people who made a difference in the world.
It shook me to the nerves when one of them suddenly said that Princess Diana dies, followed by the scream
I know, that guy was so shocked and upset.
Me too. That sound was haunting.
My Mother in Law, My Daughter and I were watching TV and having snacks. It was my daughter's 13th birthday. We all had that same reaction. We all shrieked, covered our mouths and then cried. We had prayed for her and lit candles We were just devastated.
@@Kind-hearted0000 I was watching tv too and I remember I began to cry, she died young.
I'm not sure whether they were just friends, but I like how the guy in the white comforts him there afterward
My dad was 34 when this happened; he said it wasn’t like a famous person dying and a few fans getting upset, this was literally national heartbreak in the UK, her funeral is still the 2nd most watched television event in British history behind only the World Cup Final of 1966
Absolutely spot on. We were all devastated. We felt like we had lost a close friend. I was 18.
I guess it was a world wide heartbreak. ........... And the world just lost another beautiful person.
My dad was 34 too.. I was only 8 I remember this day so clearly.
I was born over 10 years after this happened. It’s really cool to see people’s reaction to this.
Both London and Paris plunged into a deep surreal silence
Quickest shutdown of a game of Uno in history......and fair enough. This moment truly shocked the world.
Also most conflict free shutdown of Uno.
Biggest uno reverse card of all time.
People born after this event won’t ever understand just how loved Princess Diana is.
She was less of the royal family’s princess and more of the whole world’s princess. She still is.
in the UK she was always known as the peoples princess, its why they let her keep the title once she divorced charles.
I was 2 years too late to know
I was 7 years old and I cried as I watched the news report on her death. But before that I didn't even know her existed but felt as though she had been really important. And that was the first time I cried about something on the news.
I wasn’t born then. My mom was. She remembers tearing up when she heard the news.
Because she is human, they are not.
I love how the guy in the white shirt is comforting his shocked friend or partner on the couch
Yh that was really sweet
Yes i noticed that too
Back when humans interacted
It's so cute
Yeah nowadays if same-sex-friend touches each other ppl react strangely. Actually Dr.Watson and Sherlock Homes are pretty good stuff on earth.
My mom LOVED Princess Diana. That was how I knew about her.. magazines with her on the cover were stacked in her room.
It was a Sunday, and I remember that because my mom can only sleep afternoons on Sunday and I had to wake her up. It was really sad for me as a 12-yo because the only real princess I knew back then had died and every channel on my TV was reporting on it. I've seen a lot of her interviews even back then and I've come to admire her class and beauty and grace.
She was loved by so many people, I don't believe there's ever gonna be anyone like her again
I was 12 too. I was at my dad's house for Labor Day weekend and when he found me in front of the TV sobbing into my Cocoa Puffs, he couldn't understand why I was sad. I think I was crying 45% for her because she never got to live her own life on her own terms (something us normal people really take for granted), 45% for Harry and William (obviously), and 10% for myself because I realized I'd have to move in with my dad if something like that happened to my mom.
This is pure micro-history, just ordinary people living historical events, thanks for sharing, you could have stopped recording any moment but you didn't
For real. It’s crazy that a group of friends playing Uno could capture such an important moment in history.
Yeah - I wish there was more stuff like this on youtube.
This type of stuff wi be helpful for historians trying to guage the reactions of people
I'm glad he didn't
Now is our turn with the virus, thats our historical event
Its chilling when it goes from jokes and laughter to dead silence.
that was my reaction when Michael Jackson died. Same thing. At first I was like haha oh dear..then shock hit me.
@@reneecrotty6910 yes !same
@@reneecrotty6910 yep same here, I still haven’t gotten over either of their deaths.
@Shruti Tripathy MJ's death triggered a crazy reaction. GOOGLE broke down because it couldn't handle the overload with people googling his name that day. Internet was just down nationwide. Music sales went through the roof. It was bittersweet. People realized too late he truly was one of a kind
i love how genuine and unfiltered this is its rare to see things like these today
Yes. Also because there wasn’t the possibility to upload a footage on a social media, or send it to phone contacts…they didn’t exist . When you took a picture of your friends they would act like being themselves or joking with you, but they absolutely didn’t care to collect likes from the other side of the world, changing their attitude for the social media pleasure.
Thats exactly the reason i clicked
@@m.r.4455 FACT..
Agree100%
Life in the 80's and 90's seems interesting
Guys, you captured some historic footage. I hope this video never gets lost
I clearly remember I was underaged, in a club, and they stopped the music quite abruptly. And people had the same reaction. Screams then silence then friends and strangers holding each other.
wow. I just can't imagine having that kind of reaction about a public figure
Wow... pretty crazy. I can’t imagine for any public figure of today. Michael Jackson was maybe the last celebrity that was adored by most people on earth.
EDIT: actually, I think Eminem might be the last celebrity alive to be adored by a lot of people and the day he dies will be devastating (for me at least lol).
@@SweeetSpice yes but Eminem is not loved by all culture's and religions like mj and diana
@@SweeetSpice I’m thinking Cher, Madonna, and Beyoncé may have that kind of worldwide heartbreak? (I’m not personally big fans of any of them, I’m just thinking they might have that kind of pull. Also Obama, and Michelle Obama.)
I agree about Eminem. I remember when MJ died, and the continuous reporting while he was en route to the hospital and being worked on. Crazy stuff, the whole world being tuned into just one person and wanting them so badly to live. Most people die and even their family doesn’t know for hours, sometimes days.
Omg awwh *tears up* im really empathetic
As someone born after Princess Diana’s death I never truly understood the impact of her death until seeing a group of ordinary people in America react in such a way. Thank you for this video.
same
I was a small half-American half-Japanese kid going to an international school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with students from toddlers up to high school. The first few pages in our yearbook were dedicated specially for her. Comes to show how this impacted people and industries world wide.
I never really felt any attachments too, but my mother always told me of what a wonderful person she was. Nothing bad about her ever comes out from my mother’s mouth
She had such a big impact its incredible she touched everyone's hearts
I was 9 when it happened and was absolutely devastated. I cried so much, and surprisingly even just now. I looked up to her and her humanitarian efforts tremendously. It was such an eerie, surreal feeling when it happened . It's wild how affected everyone was. She was really amazing. Rest in power. 💜
My heart ACTUALLY dropped when one of the friends said “NOW IT SAYS PRINCESS DIANA DEAD!”. I can really feel the sadness and disbelief they felt just from the recording.
Same here! I’ve never experienced something like that before. Goes to show the weight and shock of it all.
The gay community really looked up to her since she changed the way how heterosexuals saw us. She helped fight stigma of aids.
@@FilmSureelist97 Really? (I’m genuinely asking) well she seems amazing. She sounds like she was a wonderful person
my mum said that on the day of diana's funeral, the entirety of the uk was completely silent, like the entire country was in mourning
@@bunnyravve yeah that was partially explored in season 4 of “the crown” where in one scene she was in an orphanage or something with kids who had HIV and was told that they weren’t being adopted because of the stigma so she hugged one of the children on camera to show that it was safe but I’m not sure if that specific situation happened in real life
I was born in 99 and watching this now is like going back into a time capsule. The fact it can still shock you to your core is tragic 😓🥺
Yeah
My mom called me and said “Did you hear? Princess Diana died”…. She was crying. My dad had just died that January and I think it just hit her heart harder because she just suffered through losing her husband. Now my mom is gone too and that moment was etched in my memory .
I’m sorry for your losses 😞
May they rest in peace ♡
So sorry for your losses 🕊❤️❤️
rest in peace
I'm so sorry :(
It’s crazy how quick their demeanor changes. Almost like they thought Diana was invincible or something, they couldn’t imagine her dying until it happened. Super fascinating video!
@@es78xx not really, unless you’re a fan or something, no disrespect
There are some people that it is unthinkable could die young. We see celebrities drugged up, reckless, flaunting money, and we shrug and say it's a shame when they die. Those people (celebrity or not) that value life and humankind, live clean and promote good causes, when they die, there's a puzzle piece that just doesn't fit. People like that just don't die. It's "not right."
I feel like we all felt that way, we all felt she was so amazing that she was almost unrealistic until reality hit us all in the face
Its some sort of mind control and i’m not saying this to be weird but ever noticed how you can react in shock with some people dying that you never really admired but always heard about for many years. We are tricking our own brains to think we actually know them. When you hear stories of regular people dying most feel sympathy but most of the time we let it go right away because we don’t know them.
@@es78xx this was different. Maybe you weren’t alive yet in 1997? ….just wondering?
Almost everybody in the world had loved her. This is something that the royal family can’t take from her. She is forever remembered.
Except for her ex-husband
@@specialc8142 uh, no, he can’t take the fact that most people loved her away. No matter what he says or does (or anyone else, for that matter), nothing can take that away. Don’t know how you think he took that away. Him not acknowledging it, or whatever you may think he did, does not, and could not, take that away.
@@slimshead8100 its meant that whole world loved her but not her husband...
@@specialc8142 can't blame him really.
Only anglos and europe maybe, thats not the whole world
2:38 This Is Where they found out and the commotion is crazy ❤😂😢
This was the worlds reaction. It didn’t matter what colour, religion or background you were, EVERYONE LOVED HER!!
❤️❤️
Except her Husband
True
I loved her!
Honestly... I wasn't a fan, and know others who felt the same.
In 1997, this video would have little to no significance to anyone outside of those featured in it, but now, this video is genuine history. It’s so amazing to be able to take a intimate look at how a group of American friends reacted to this news. Thanks for posting this.
This wasn’t even the time of smart phones. Few people had video recorders in those days.
@@JewelBlueIbaneza lot of people in those days had a camcorder stored away somewhere, just not everyone had them out for seemingly mundane events like hanging out with your friends for a night of UNO.
@@CharlieTooHumanThey were ahead of their time for sure.
You must be new here. 🌎
The whole world listened to developments live and on the radio. We were shook, it meant everything and more. Young one, this was a VERY big deal!
I was an exchange student in Florida at the time and I remember the next morning they told me about it
I remember my 11th and 12th Grade teacher once said that she doesn't have any special connections to Princess Diana but when she saw the news she cried for something that she can't even explain.
I did too.
My mum always described her as "The people's Princess" she was so humble and kind and generous to everyone she met.
She had an ability to close the gap between royalty and the people.
Love and humanity. She was the only voice out there that represented and worked for those things within the global community. Making her an asset to humanity and a human global presence. People were crying because they knew we weren’t going to hear the message and feel the warmth of compassion anymore. And that’s true. Nobody’s replaced that voice because nobody really has the authentic drive to help people or each other. Right now here in Canada it’s a police state and growing colder. I’m missing Diana a lot, lately.
i think it was the primal knowledge that the world had lost a very special person...regardless of the connections people could have to her...she impacted the whole world in so many ways that people knew the world's light had dimmed just a little bit...
My sister called and told me the next day and I dropped the phone and screamed no and fell to the floor and cried. Princess Diana was a huge inspiration to me so to me it was a huge loss! 😢😢😢
i love how sincere the interactions are. It makes me sad to think that I have lived in a world where I have only known smart phones
It's so insane to think that Americans would have heard and reacted to this news first before the British and they would have woken up to it
Wow. Didn’t occur to me..
@@user-ix5wf2mn7dMost of us were asleep in the UK as it was during the night, whereas it was still daytime hours in US. We woke to the news
I've never thought of this before!
@@user-ix5wf2mn7d The crash in France was at like 4am is what they mean so we woke up to the news on a Saturday/Sunday morning would have been about 12pm in parts of US so it would've been on cable news there before we heard about it
@@LoopyLoo11 Yeah this was on TV from the start here in NYC
Everyone was calm when it said Diana seriously injured. They even said, wow anyone is lucky to survive that. And then mass shock that it turns into a death. It shows how much our brains try to separate life and death. True reality doesn't always hit you until it's right in your face.
Wonder how they reacted to the queen
@@july5699 the Queen was 96, not 36 yrs 🤦♀️
@@40yrsago Literally. You can't compare an old person that lived their whole life dying of old age, to someone young, dying in a horrible car crash.
@Crazy Babuska Man Of course there's a difference between an elderly person's death, and a young person's.
HOWEVER - the Queen's death was not the same as the average elderly person's death. Because she was so globally famous, because she was in a unique position, because it affects British history and politics, etc. - all those factors influence people's reactions to her death.
So absolutely many people have been in more shock over it, compared to another elderly person's death. Polls actually suggest nearly half of all Brits, have actu3 shed a tear over her death (which we generally don't do, when hearing of random elderly people's death. Even famous elderly people).
But yeah - not the shock on the level of Diana's death (given Diana's age, plus the tragic and unexpected nature of it). But definitely a shock on some level, regardless.
I remember coming home after a night out, turning on the TV and seeing the news about the crash. I stayed up all night watching different channels, all that time pretty much waiting for the journalists to tell that they once again overreacted and blown thing out of proportions and Diana was lightly injured but otherwise okay. Then the message came that she had died....
The guy who was trying not to laugh when he heard the screaming is so me
i tried so hard not to laugh when he screamed i felt so bad
i thought it was just me and i felt so bad i almost laughed-
@sleepy bunnie I feel ya lol
Same
he was legit
I am in Australia and I reacted exactly the same way, at exactly the same time to the exactly same announcement. It was a horrible and sad thing. No one was held responsible! The paparazzi still behave carelessly and selfishly all driven by greed. I was almost 23 years old. I look at this now that I am 50, and I feel like I am still there while watching this. Thank you for posting this.
My whole family was together that night and all I remember is my aunt saying, “she’s a mother of two boys” and started bawling. All the women in our family lost it. The men were silent. She is the definition of humanity.
We had a similar experience. A friend had the gang over for cocktails and the mood changed when we heard about the crash, and we turned on the news. What hit me the hardest was, as we were sitting in shock after her death was announced, one of my friends quietly said "those poor boys..."
Perfectly described how many of us still feel. 😥❤
@@eden20111 especially back then, men tend to be raised to keep their emotions silent or to be unbothered. It’s “strength”, and men are “supposed to be strong”, although we all know that’s not really the case.
@@monicasmm It was a bit different in my family. I'm glad we didn't have such mentalities, despite the fact that my grandma was born in 1932 and my mom was born in 1953. My uncle, born in 1954, was actually the only one who cried about this incident, the rest were just shocked. I'm neither English nor American, but Princess Diana was universally loved by many.
My partner rarely cried, but we lay in bed crying our eyes out when we heard .
The mood changed completely.
She changed the world, even a fun loving group of buddies felt the pain of losing that beautiful princess
In Europe and America
@@tobiasgriffin4263 dude it was the whole world, everyone loved her and still does, she had 2.3 billion live viewers during her funeral, one of the most viewed non sporting events ever
A very smart and kind Princess
@@ILLUSI_O_N-V1 it was a good amount of the world. Rarely do people have an impact on most or almost all of the world
@@tobiasgriffin4263 In Russia she is also very loved and respected just because of her kind heart and what a good person she was
I remember how upset everyone was. My grandma cried and was depressed after this, and we're Mexican
I was 10 in Colombia and remember being super sad. I watched her funeral on TV
I was 16 I saw my mom crying hard that night and I m Senegalese
I was born in 2001, I'm Brazilian, but my mother always told me about that day, and how sad the news was.
I'm Bulgarian and I remember my mother crying about it too when she heard
Oh my goodness I remember when she died oh my goodness it was just too sad and then when I saw Harry and William walking behind her casket everybody in my family was crying I will be happy when Harry and William and their families are together again
Omg the sudden change in the room gave me instant chills. I was a kid when this happened and I remember all the adults in my family being in shock and my grandmother cried. I felt so bad for my family because I didn’t understand what was going on. This is so sad even all these years later.
can you imagine the desparation of all of the doctor and medical team who witnessed princess diana’s last moment and couldn’t bring her back 😢
Like for any patient I guess
I'm sure they massaged her heart by hand
@@zizographie The teen-like celebrity worship shown by adults in this comment section is borderline scary.
I'm sure they're used to having that happen.
@@zizographie Yeah but more pressure here I would think!
She would be so in love with her beautiful grandchildren.
And she would despise Meagan...and not recognize what Harry has become.
@@sjp4u338 Don't project how you feel about them onto Princess Diana. She spoke out against the royal family too, and she would definitely be proud of the man Harry turned out to be.
@@sjp4u338 so true. I just horrible how Megan turned Harry against his own family, just to satisfy her own ego
@@sjp4u338 Have you considered the possibility that Harry's personality, the decisions he has made may have been influenced by the tragic loss of his mother? It troubles me that people are so ready to criticize Harry. Think about how difficult, how horrendous it must have been for Harry to walk behind the car carrying his beloved mother. This was a very deep moment of utmost despair, something that is above and beyond heartbreaking. Harry and William did so well to give this tribute to their mother. It was a gesture that is rarely done these days, but in the past it made visible the painful aspects of that great a loss as that of one's mother. Do you think those children took the responsibility lightly? Harry should have more compassion from all of us than criticism.
@@JB-zd8gv and now there is a new baby girl pray she doesnt turn out Mike meghan
I am not entirely sure why RUclips suddenly reccomended this to me.. but this gave me flashbacks to my childhood to when I heard it..
Rest in Peace Diana.. you are still missed dearly
Same but i was thinking its because I just watched the spencer trailer
I was looking at videos of Prince and this was in my recommended videos. Gosh I remember seeing this on tv at the time.
@@greef_karga6402 yes same
A trailer for a movie about her called Spencer just came out so maybe That has something to do with it
Same...
Seeing this, I felt like I was transported to the past. I mean, the princess’s death notwithstanding, everything I see in that room, from the box TV, floral placemats, the landline phone on the side table, and most especially their clothes gave me nostalgia, and reminded me how it was so simple back then.
Crazy these dudes never knew they’d be watched by millions. I hope they know we appreciated their reactions!
Yes
why does this have one comment
Now they know
We gotta thank the guy who kept recording and for him we are able to see this
Bruh they're not dead, maybe they know this video exist
She wasn’t just famous, she was respected by all for the kind and caring human being she was.
It's genuinely so sweet how Ken is being comforted on the sofa as everyone watches.
Ken had received two autographs in the mail from Diana after writing to her, within the previous year or so.
Wow. That’s really something for him to cherish now.
@@alan-light oh my god this explains his disbelief in the video
@@alan-light Oh MY, that is something to treasure for the rest of Ken's life.
Yes its sooo swell
I still remember exactly where i was this day. I was 7 turning 8 when Princess Diana passed away😔❤ I didn't know as much of her life then as i do now - being 33yo. I do remember feeling saddened at her passing. She was beautiful, with a warm smile & wide, kind yet sad eyes. I hope you are happy, Princess. You are so loved.
I am the same age as you. I am Indian and it was shock for us too. I named my doll Diana after her.
Ken's scream broke my heart. My friend called me as soon as it happened and she was crying uncontrollably. Her and her mom LOVED Princess Diana and it's was one of the worst nights knowing such a beautiful soul was gone forever.
Wow
Yes, his scream made me start crying as if it just happened.
Ive heard that Diana was loved by everyone, even more loved than the queen... That she was, in fact, the queen that everyone wanted. Nothing can get close to that...
Never again..
you cant have a queen outside of the bloodline...like thats the basic principle of how it works ...you cant just want a queen..
She certainly wasn’t the queen the royal family wanted.
@@cr-it5lh she was married to Charles, she was in-line to be queen. When she divorced him she lost that, and you are partially correct that no one can be queen unless by heritage but she WOULD have been queen consort.
@@cr-it5lh still people can just wish for someone to be it...
As sad as the circumstances are, I wanna see more home video style videos like this, real life moments. It makes me feel less alone
Youre definitely not. Theres always RUclips family in the comment section 😁
We love you Jen Ny
That’s kinda sad. You should make friends
@@thermonuclear8335 that's kinda cruel. You should shut your mouth.
i was about tot say this, i love watching stuff like this, so vintage and raw too..
I like that you’ve kept this video and uploaded it onto here. It’s interesting to see everyone’s reactions to the news.
Just watching this got me, it’s still so horribly sad. I was only 6 & a half when she died but I remember seeing the news of her accident and her death. I knew who she was from her doing the landmine walk in Angola.
My dad was actually in the other tunnel at that time, at the moment she had that accident...he was and still is a truck driver and he wondered at that time why there was hour long traffic. Later he found out.
That’s crazy broo
Omgg
I hope it didn't hurt him that much(emotionally)
My dad saw the plane that destroyed the pentagon go out of its route
Wow, Quite a coincidence for me to find a comment of someone whose dad was near the accident site of princess diana's death...small world i guess
When your friend screamed, I was brought to tears. I was only 5 when Princess Diana died, but I do remember my mom and grandma being so devastated.
Me too
Me too. Although I was Diana’s age when this happened. My husband was working an overnight shift and woke me to give me the news. I was so hard to believe that Diana was dead!!
It was devastating. It was like losing a family member, a friend so suddenly. 😭
@@just-fh4rx I was 5 year's younger then her.
I cried all over again watching this. I was a brand new first time parent when she died, and my first thought was her boys without a mother. I was a wreck over it. Women the world over were rooting for her and her new chance at happiness and love and we were crushed by the absolute loss that we experienced. She was hope for many. 👑🌹
2:52 that one guy was just frozen stiff
She was such a wonderful person, the world lost an angel that night
heaven gained an angel
The world had lost a wonderful person
But heaven had gain a Princess
This video has been recommended to me for years, but Im fibally watching it for the first time, and wow. It's so strange thinking that, one moment you're playing Uno with your friends, and the next someone is dead ☹️
As sad as the incident is, I love little snippets of regular, real history. The average person's reaction is far more interesting than that of high profile celebs and world leaders
I agree
That's because it's more genuine. Regular dude has no reason to fake emotions.
@@stevesteiner6844 maybe clout
Sure. Let's not forgot that it was a real human that died though
It’s crazy how quickly the mood changes when her death is announced. My parents were almost out of high school at this time so I never really knew much about Diana. But she seems like she was loved by everyone.
She was
Strange.
I dont know why shes popular and im from far South east Asia.
But everyone talked about it for quite some time.
I guess shes influential or soemthing
She was very loved I cried hearing the news
She was kind, accepting, and everything in between. She was pretty famous at the time, and everyone loved her.
Whenever she pops up, i always get a bit sad :/
These guys are lucky for recording this historic event
Especially since not everyone had a camera yet, especially digital ones.
And the Internet wasn't as widely used.
@@RYMAN1321 cameras were very wide use
For upper middle class, maybe... camcorders were very expensive. We didn't have one until early 2000s because $$$
What's the luck in this? It was a tragedy.
@@Geneattenborough lucky for them to capture their reaction to this unfortunate historic moment.
When princess Diana died, I was a little child from Colombia, but in my country watching her walk through that minefield, watching her be so strong and courageous... I don't know... She gave the royal family what they will never have, humanity and closeness to the real world, she cared deeply and wanted to help the world. And I think that's why we loved her so much.
Deeply loved in Colombia
Beautifully said, we loved her here in the Philippines too
Such a spot on assessment.
@@MISNM0 I know I love this person’s description it’s amazing definitely spot on
She was so loved. I'm an American but when she died I was devastated. I was only 10 years old but knew she was humble, gracious, caring, and wanted to live life her way. The news was on the TV in my bedroom and when I heard what happened, I practically flew down the steps to my parents in the living room. I had to break it to them and I'll never forget their stunned faces.
I broke it to mine at 10 years-old also, was meant to be watching my morning cartoons but it was on every channel. First time I've ever seen my father cry.
Wow, same experience almost, I was 10 too, it was early in the morning here in Germany and I always got up early to watch CNN. I didn't speak English then but found it exiting.
That morning I learned what the English words "confirmed" and "dead" mean and I also raced up to my parents bedroom and woke them up to tell them Diana died.
I also remember Diana's face on every single magazine in the store for weeks to follow
Whaaaaat!!!! This exactly happened to me too....i was 10 years old watching tv in bedroom...saw the news and literally ran downstairs to tell my parents
This is insane! I was 10 as well, born in 87. I remember watching her on the tv and loving her so incredibly much! I am from the U.S.A. but I always had such an interest. I wanted to be like her, her and her solid gold heart! I even told my mother how I wanted to meet her one day. When my mom was watching the news one day as I sat in front of the TV, the news had broken of the accident. I sat there that entire day and cried, watched it all play out and it shattered my heart and soul. Miss you Princess Diana, we all do. ❤
I was 19 when this happened. I'm also an American & was completely devastated when she died
Her amazing effect that even grown men at a card game in America are instantly grieving. She connected heart to heart with all of us.
to be completely fair these were gay men. i am certain grown men loved her also. but the gays really really loved her.
@@soulfly3438 was this necessary? 😒
@@thesunflowerfox they’re not wrong, diana was a huge advocate for the gay community so she definitely had a special connection w them
@@soulfly3438 oh my gosh 💀 you said what I was thinking
@@soulfly3438 Instead of the gays use *gay men*. Gay men are also grown men so use "hetero" or "straight" to refer to men who aren't gay.
Like this: These were gay men. I am certain straight men loved her as well but gay men really, really loved her.
(I read your comment as if these men *only* reacted the way they did because they were gay. I found out one of these guys got a letter back from Princess Diana not too long before this happened and remembering what an advocate she was for the lgbt+ community made me realize what you meant. I apologize for my previous comment. 🙇🏽💙
Them comforting one another was so sweet. What a tragedy. :(
I love that this was filmed. It's so candid and real. It's really interesting to see ordinary people's reactions to historical events as they happen
i wish there was a playlist of this . i would def watch it
@@cru3lladevi11e playlist of historical events let me make it
@@rajveerkanojiya2985 notice us when you did! :D
Interesting to see people reacting to other historical events, like 9/11. You can find this stuff for people watching football games and the game of thrones Red wedding
Everyone on this planet is normal. Becoming famous doesent mean you are this subhuman species.
This is a literal manifestation of the "It's all fun and games until..." meme
Exactly what I thought.... Just the tension and disbelief in the air
They days without smartphones. Better life.
My mom talks about how terrible that day was, because every body in the world loved Diana. She was stoic, proud, even when her husband had an affair she left that situation like a Queen. She was truly, according to my mother, an incredible woman. There are few instances where the entire world has cried, but this was one of those times.
She was also incredibly dedicated to some very important causes.
My mom always talks about Diana like that
That was not the entire world crying out by a long shot. Yes she was Greatly loved compared to other royals, but she was far from universally loved
That is a totally idealised view. Yes she did some good work, however she was busy engaged in her own affairs during her marriage and the whole world didn’t love her.
Entire world cried..... no...
“There’s nothing else going on in the world” - the precious times of the 90s
i think they were being sarcastic
They said the story was on all the channels, 'as if there's nothing else going on in the world'. The 90s was precious, but there was plenty of shit going on in the world, we just weren't as obsessed with it as we are now with social media and instant updates.
It was sarcasm. You really believe there were no bad people back then and no bad news?
Well, look at Yugoslavija in The 90
@@graciekattan6618 right lmao
I'm from Pakistan. My mother told me my 90 years old grandmother back in her days used to adore her and copy her. Who would have thought women in conservative areas of village in Punjab in 90s would pray for a princess. This shows how much she was loved by the people of all races and still is!
❤️❤️❤️
Love from Kashmir
I'm from a very small town in Argentina and my mom adored her and copied her style, was devastated when she passed
she truly was the peoples princess 🌹
Beautiful memory.......
Didn't she fell in love with a Pakistani doctor once?
So sad. She was a genuinely lovely person who a lot of people could relate to here in England. RIP. Thanks for sharing this moving video ❤
I was in a nightclub here in England when the news broke of Diana's passing. It was like a huge wave of disbelief and sadness passed through the club as each person found out. You could see people's facial expressions change as they learned what had happened. Very surreal and will stay with me forever.
This footage brings it all back.
I watched this remembering that I was out clubbing in the UK as well. We weren’t told in the club though I don’t remember that although some had mobile phones then. Thank you for the memory!
What club
Thats so crazyyy seems like everybody was clubbin hard in the 90s cause At this moment Im watching videos about princess dianas death.. and I already read from 5 different people in the comments that they were in a bar or club when they learned princess diana has veen killed in a car accident..
Was out clubbing at the temple in bolton. Got told what had happened by the taxi driver on the trip to the after party.
I only saw when I got home. The TV said she had been in an accident but that she was only injured. You must have been out late!
She was like a real life fairy princess to a generation of little girls like me. I lived in HI when she died, stayed up to the wee hours of the morning to watch the funeral, bawling my eyes out. I visited the tunnel where she died years later, it was still hard to believe she was gone, so suddenly, so young. It’s odd how so many were so affected by the death of someone we never met, hard to explain. It seemed impossible that she could just die in a car wreck, fairy princesses don’t do that.
Soooooo True you got me choked up
I’ve always wondered why people were so affected. It’s tragic but I guess it’s similar to a beloved celebrity passing. I always found Anton Yelchins death sad.
@@justintime6242 Because she was a true INFLUENCER. She was doing something to change the world, you can't say that of many of those famous people these days. She was lovely and care about people that she didn't even know. She was one in a million. She didn't deserve that, and didn't deserve to be part of that wicked family.
@@justintime6242 This was beyond a beloved celebrity passing. Diana literally went out into the world and did soooo much good on a personal level for so many. That's what everyone respected so much about her - that she tried to be a light in the world. She had compassion for the most meak among us and those suffering the most. It endeared her to millions, if not billions around the world. She surpassed celebrity and became a legend and, sadly, a tragic fairytale princess - one who didn't wake up from her slumber. In the fairytales, they always recovered. A very bright light went out of the world and I often wonder how much better the world would have been if she could have continued into these times, with her freedom and position, and how much more she would have done had she lived. Instead, Charles and Camilla survived - proof that only the good die young.
I'm a 2002 born, when I saw her documentary here being aired on National Geographic in 2015, I saw her funeral & Idk why I cried out later on. Idk why. I didn't even knew her. Ig it might've been the sad music they played, but what destroyed me most that time was how devasted young prince william & harry looked there. I was almost close to 1997 Harry's age at that time, so it was easy for me to put myself in his shoes. Still feels really unreal to see someone who's lost their parent. I always pray that I won't have to go through this early on. Like prince William & Harry.
I understand the seriousness of this but when someone said “breaking news” and the other person said the “the news broke” I laughed out loud. R.i.p. Princess Diana. You were an icon.
I laughed at the guy's scream. I was not expecting it.😂😂
What this video is proving us, is that we all in some, if not many, ways are connected to each other. Even though we don't know another person from the other part of the world, but we feel the same way. We affect each other in ways we cannot imagine.
As weird as it sounds, this is probably my new favorite video on RUclips. The juxtaposition of them playing the card game and then going straight to the television is almost chilling. It’s just so real that it makes my heart drop.
It's similar to what we Americans were doing when 9/11 happened just a short 4 years later...
@@lightyagami3492 yes I was 7 months old when 9/11 happened, my mom told me she was doing laundry while watching me sleeping when the French breaking news stopped the movie she was watching. She said she felt like the world has stopped when she saw the poor humans jumping over the windows. She said the feeling she felt that day was so intense she was just shocked, stopped her activity and just watched TV. Waiting for my dad to come back from work and my older sister from school
@@sarsquirrel4959 I have a laundry story from 9/11, too! My dad did the laundry while 8 year old me sat in the sofa. We watched one tower burning, and then got reports that the other one was attacked. I saw people jumping but I couldn’t grasp then how much of a disaster it actually was. Even though the momory isn’t exactly vivid, I do remember my dad swearing in disbelief and shock at the TV, and I remember him walking to the other room to talk to my mom on the landline. Maybe it was even her who told us about the news in the first place.
@@lightyagami3492 Agh, the actual footage from 9/11 is so horrifying. I wasn’t around to see it live, but I remember first watching it several years ago and I just couldn’t describe what I was feeling. In fact, the footage from both 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan is just so terrifying. A lot of people seem to be desensitized to what happened until they see it…
@@sunflowerboinagachika Gosh you guys make me feel so old!!! I was actually not long into seeing my new boyfriend back then when Diana died. We were in my house in the UK, the TV was on & I think we'd just finished watching a movie & we were talking & having a few drinks. The news was on & then suddenly we heard there'd been an accident in Paris with Princess Diana. We stopped talking & started watching the news & it was showing pictures of the wreckage etc. My boyfriend was a mechanic & had studied how accidents happen & all the logistics etc. He used to get called out by the police to take measurements & photos & work out how accidents/crashes had happened. I'll never forget but the first things he said when he saw the car in the tunnel was "that car was travelling at some speed to end up like that & in that position & I'll put money on it that the driver has been drinking". It said Diana had been taken to the hospital with a dislocated shoulder. Again he said "if that's all she's got out of that accident then she's one hell of a lucky lady!". We stayed up til the early hours but no more real news was coming through so we went to bed. When we got up in the morning he went downstairs to make some breakfast & get the papers (it was Sunday morning) & he shouted to me to put the TV on in the bedroom. He said "that dislocated shoulder was more than that cos she's dead!!" We were both shocked. Not just because she had died but when we went to bed all we heard was she had a dislocated shoulder & a few hours later we were being told she was dead. Fast forward a few years & I'm at work & he's at home (he did shift work). One of the girls I worked with got a phone call saying a plane had gone into one of the world trade center towers! I rang him & it was my turn to tell him to put the TV on. He didn't believe me & although I was at work he asked if I'd been drinking! He put the TV on & he went silent then said "I'll ring you back". The phones at work soon stopped ringing & the traffic outside went quiet. When I got home later that day I sat watching everything with tears rolling down my face looking on in disbelief. You didn't want to watch because you knew people were suffering & dying but you also couldn't look away. It was like being awake during a nightmare! I think people all over the world were watching their TV's when both incidents happened & were in shock both times. To hear you youngsters talking about them & it still having an impact on you just shows how big these events were. We witnessed history. Gary passed in 2020 & before he did, we still talked about how when we were in our early stages of dating we'd sit up talking & the night Princess Diana died. All as I can say to you youngsters is, make happy memories & cherish every moment you have with your loved ones🥰🥰