Friends shocked to learn Princess Diana is dead (Historic 1997 video)

Historic event - The unexpected death of Princess Diana. Friends playing cards learn that Princess Diana was injured in a car accident, then react when TV news says she has died. I recorded this home video in 1997 and it sat in a box for many years. This is the full, unedited version as I recorded it that night, from the original videotape. To answer some questions that have popped up - Why was I recording? I was trying out a new camcorder by recording friends playing the card game UNO. We had been having a great time, laughing and joking, for more than an hour when my mom called me to say that Diana was in a car crash and we should turn on the TV. We kept playing UNO and joking around as usual - Ken made fun of how the TV announcer kept repeating himself - and gradually the seriousness of the situation began to sink in. It took a few minutes to transition from our upbeat party mood to serious. When the screen text changed to “Diana dead“ the true reality of the situation hit