Conspiracy Theories That Still Secretly Haunt Society

The death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997, was followed by grief on a scale that many people still remember vividly. The images of flowers outside Kensington Palace, the televised funeral, and Elton John singing “Candle in the Wind 1997” became part of a shared public memory. The official investigations concluded that Diana, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul died because of a high-speed crash in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris, with paparazzi pursuit and Paul’s impairment playing major roles. Still, theories about Princess Diana took hold because many people felt uneasy about the circumstances, the royal family’s tensions, and the public pressure surrounding her life.