An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide watched the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, on television.

Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales

1997 funeral ceremony in London

The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, started on Saturday 6 September 1997 at 9:08 am in London, when the tenor bell of Westminster Abbey started tolling to signal the departure of the cortège from Kensington Palace. Diana's coffin was carried from the palace on a gun…