DIANA - 10 YEARS ON

They'll be a lot written around the world to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. I can remember the events vividly; I was laying in bed, half sleeping with the radio on, when the National Anthem was broadcast. That brought me quickly to my senses, and from then on I was wide awake.
At the time I was working for a small, weekly newspaper, and although this happened at the weekend I knew we would have to do something for our edition the following Tuesday. Early the following morning Janis (a reporter, and still a good friend) and I were in the office working on our own coverage.
I was a photographer at the time, and one of the immediate impacts was that I was told that it would be inappropriate for me, as a press photographer, to attend a local council-organised children's picnic that very same afternoon. The immediate backlash against the press even extended to us, and the vast majority of people could not distinguish between a local, community newspaper and the paparazzi who trailed Diana's every move.
It's amazing to think all this happened ten years ago. Time really has flown but I don't think Diana will ever be forgotten.