Dermot Murnaghan has relived the chilling moment 25 years ago when he had to announce live on air that Princess Diana had died, after initially being told she'd survived the Paris car crash that killed her.
Today, August 31, marks a quarter of a century that the most famous woman in the world died when the Mercedes she was travelling in with rumoured love interest Dodi Fayed struck a pillar in an underpass, killing her, Dodi and the car's driver, Henri Paul. Initially, after being treated at the scene, it was reported across the world that Diana had escaped with non-life threatening injuries, before the tragic news was received that she'd lost her life.
Dermot was on-air hosting ITN News for ITV at the time and, recalling the shocking way events unfolded in the early hours of the morning in 1997, in an interview with Christine Lampard on Wednesday's Lorraine, he explained how he was just told to read statement that had suddenly come in, confirming Diana had died.
