Bedding down where Napoleon, Hitler and Diana did
It was a Saturday evening like any other. And as the crepuscular light fell on Paris, a pair of lovebirds dined on what would soon be their last meal at the legendary Ritz Hotel. The evening was, of course, August 30, 1997 and just after midnight the couple-Dodi Al Fayed and Diana, Princess of Wales-would perish in a car crash in a tunnel along the Seine.
The Ritz, which for more than a century had cultivated a devoted following among the world's elite and well-known including the likes of Marcel Proust, the Shah of Iran and Coco Chanel, was suddenly thrust into the public consciousness and became synonymous with the death of a larger-than-life royal: Diana Spencer.
It wasn't images of lavishly decorated interiors that the world would get to know the Ritz by, but those few seconds of closed circuit TV frames showing her sidling through the revolving doors. Even today, the hotel is weary of the event, when asked how they dealt with it on a PR level at the time a spokeswoman tersely responded, 'I'm sorry, we're not allowed to make any comment about Diana, none whatsoever, that's our policy, so no comment.'
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