Diana complained about the media’s intrusion, accusing photographers and journalists of making normal life impossible for her and several times she appeared to be driven to tears.

On the evening of Diana’s car crash, around 30 photographers had gathered outside the Ritz Hotel in Paris, where she was meeting her friend, Dodi Fayed.

The couple tried to evade their attention by leaving through the hotel’s back door. But some of the photographers discovered their exit and gave chase.

After the accident, the police arrested seven French photographers.

Lady Diana Spencer first met Charles, Prince of Wales, when she was 16 in November 1977; he was dating her older sister, Lady Sarah.

Diana’s wedding to the Prince of Wales took place at St Paul’s Cathedral on 29 July 1981 and reached a global television audience of over 750 million people.

Diana remained the object of worldwide media scrutiny during and after her marriage, which ended in divorce on 28 August 1996.