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This is what the
world said
Diana’s
mother, Frances Shand Kydd:
“I
thank God for giving me Diana. My heart says thanks to all for their
prayers, flowers and letters and for the endless thoughtful kindness
towards Diana.
I
pray for her and for the two men that died with her. I thank God
that he gave me Diana as a gift and for her personality that was
able to love and give. I give her back to God with my love, my pride
and my admiration. Rest in peace.”
Prince
Charles:
“It
took me 3 ½ hours to take in what has happened, to sort my thoughts.
Then I went to my sons and told them, as cautiously as possible,
that their mother will never come home.”
Queen
Elizabeth II:
“Since we heard the sad news,
we all tried on Balmoral to help William and Harry to cope with this
horrible loss. Nobody who knew Diana will ever forget her.”
Sarah,
Duchess of York:
“I
have lost a sister. Diana was my best friend. Her personality will
never be replaced.”
Mohamed
Al Fayed:
These
deaths are horrible and they are senseless. The world has lost a
princess who is simply irreplaceable.”
Mother
Teresa who died on 05/09/1997:
“Diana
was a wonderful woman and mother. She helped wherever there was
poverty and suffering. All nuns will pray for her and her children.
I am in deep grief.”
President
of the British Red-cross Cornelio Sommaruga:
“Diana’s
commitment for the abolishment of anti-personnel landmines has
helped the campaign to greater attention worldwide.
“
Pope
Johannes Paul II:
“I
feel deep grief and sadness about the sudden death of Princess
Diana.”
The
Dutch Queen Beatrix:
“I
am profoundly shocked. My thoughts are with the relatives.”
King
Carl Gustaf XVI. and Queen Silvia of Sweden:
“We
are deeply sorry about what has happened and the horrible
circumstances the princess has lost her life in. The Princess of
Wales has brought light into an often dark world.”
Albert,
Prince of Monaco:
“This
is a horrible tragedy, not only for her family and for Great Britain,
but also for rest of the world. She was such a generous
human-being.”
England’s
prime minister Tony Blair:
“I
have cried. She was a people’s princess, and that’s what she
will remain- in our hearts and in our memory forever. But without
her smile, the world is a darker place. The whole country is in
shock. Diana had a sympathetic, wonderful personality.”
Former
US president Bill Clinton:
“Hillary
and I are deeply saddened about Diana’s death. We liked her
particularly much. Our thoughts are with her family and her two sons.”
Former
first lady Hillary Clinton:
“I
will miss the pride in her voice, when she discussed her sons. I
will miss how she talked about people whom she was trying to help.
And I will miss admiring her how she tried to live an upright life
with her own rules. The shadows are long today, since we lost a
light that was shining brightly and softly.”
Former
German chancellor Helmut Kohl:
„With
shock and grief I heard of the tragic death of the princess. Many
people in Germany liked her because of her open personality and her
humanitarian commitment.”
The
French president Jacques Chirac:
“With
great shock, I heard of the cruel death of Princess Diana. She was a
young woman of our time, warm-hearted and full of life.”
The
former Russian president Boris Jelzin:
“I
offer my deepest condolences to the whole British nation. The
humanitarian work of the Princess of Wales is unique. She
was one of the most active in this field.”
Australia’s
former president John Winston Howard:
“The
death of Princess Diana under such tragic circustances shocks and
saddens all Australians.”
South-Africa’s
former president Nelson Mandela:
“Princess
Diana will be missed as a warm and sympathetic personality who
always had a heart for others.
The
official statement of the Chinese government in Peking:
“We
are shocked about the death of Lady Diana and express the relatives
our condolences.”
Madonna:
“When
I heard of the accident, I cried: God, let her live!”
Michael
Jackson:
“I
am devastated by the death of Diana. I offer my deepest condolences
to her family as well as to her two sons William and Harry.”
Elton
John:
“She
was a “Princess next door”, a human-being in the midst of the
people. I have already known her before her marriage to Prince
Charles. She was a wonderful human-being.”
Opera
singer Luciano Pavarotti:
“I
am sitting her and I am crying the whole day long.”
Elizabeth
Taylor:
“I
am shocked. I feel deepest grief. Why could they not let Diana live?
Nobody was so convinced of our good purpose as Diana.”
Cindy
Crawford:
“Dodi
was the boyfriend, Diana had been looking for all her life. I have
known Diana for a long time. I have never seen her so relaxed and
happy as in the last months.”
Giorgio
Armani:
“With
the death of the princess we have lost a huge icon for fashion and
style of our time, but also a woman who had the rare capability to
make people dream. But she also had the ability to use her image and
her popularity to help other people. I am deeply saddened by her
death.”
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