India, Aug. 31 -- Princess Diana, only 36, died after a car crash inside Paris' Pont de l'Alma tunnel on August 31, 1997, and is remembered as one of the darkest mornings in royal history. According to PEOPLE, she and Dodi Fayed, son of Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, had been trying to leave the Ritz Hotel while the Paparazzi were waiting. Even with decoy cars, the two could not slip away unnoticed.

Their Mercedes, driven by Henri Paul, shot into the tunnel at high speed. Paul and Fayed died on the spot. Diana was rushed to Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, but doctors could not stop the internal bleeding, and she was pronounced dead around 4 a.m.

PEOPLE report that firefighter Xavier Gourmelon, who was first on the scene, pulled Diana from ...