When you think of the death of the emperor, what comes to mind?
Extravagant, grand funerals? A high-class coffin that hundreds of people can't lift? Indeed, the death of the royal family is more spectacular than life, and it is for the whole world to see.
But for the late Princess Diana of the British royal family, it seems that the first condition was met, but the second condition was not met.
On August 31, 1997, the news of Diana's death in a car accident in Paris, France spread around the world.
She died so suddenly that the British royal family did not expect it.
After all, a member of the royal family, even if Diana is no longer the queen's daughter-in-law, not Charles's wife, she is still a princess, or the mother of William and Harry.
This is the relationship between "broken bones and tendons", and she and the royal family are doomed to be unable to get rid of it.
After all, the queen was the queen, and after being surprised, she quickly returned to calm, thinking that Diana was no longer a princess, as long as the funeral was held according to the usual operation that matched her identity.
But at this time, Charles seems to have been greatly shaken, or, after 15 years of mutual tearing together, he has already established a friendship in the "war"?
So Charles was determined to hold a royal funeral for Diana and, despite his mother's objections, used the royal plane to take Diana's body back to England.
The Queen made a modest concession on the matter, taking out operation "River Tay Bridge" to organize a funeral for Diana.
Why the "River Tay Bridge"? In fact, this is the "death code" of the British royal family members: when each member dies, the death news will be announced in the name of "Bridge".
The "River Tay Bridge" is a special code word for the Queen's mother, Queen Elizabeth, and the plan was also rehearsed at that time, when the Queen Was old.
But no one expected that before the empress dowager could use the code word "TaiHe Bridge", Diana actually died. For emergency operations, the code name became Diana's funeral specifications.
Speaking of which, Diana's use of the code name "River Bridge" was promoted.
According to the rules of the royal family, although everyone has their own code name, it is definitely not random, but to be named in order of identity and status, and the queen is the highest status, followed by Prince Philip, Crown Prince Charles, and so on.
However, Diana obviously held a funeral in the face of the fame of being promoted, but in fact it was not worth it.
Because she died suddenly, she was temporarily put into a "call coffin" and transported back to England.
This "call coffin" is the sealed coffin used by the official funeral agency of the British royal family, which is a coffin specially reserved for the accidental death of royal family members.
However, because Diana died abroad at that time, and the time was hurried, her body was not sealed after it was placed in a call coffin.
It was the height of summer and the weather was hot.
When Diana's body was transported back to England, there was already a smell coming out. Obviously, this is a very unacceptable thing for those who have passed away, as well as for mourners.
Think of Diana's life as if she had an image as her destiny: wearing beautiful clothes, showing people in a good image, and ending in a coffin after death, I am afraid it is unacceptable, right?
But although the royal family is noble, it still can't stop the decay of Diana's body.
Eventually, her body was placed in a huge lead coffin, weighing 635 pounds.
We are all well aware that lead coffins are particularly good in quality and have good radiation protection.
At the same time, it will not affect the environment, but also play a certain role in preventing odor leakage.
Some people wonder, the weather is so hot, why not cremate Diana's body?
Diana is said to be a wesleyan member of the New Christian religion, which does not allow cremation of remains.
Although we do not know much about religion, it is clear that cremation will not be taken from the funerals of the deceased members of the British Royal Family.
At that time, only Princess Margaret left a will to cremate the body, while the rest were put in coffins and sent to the crypt of the church.
And, no matter what religion Diana is, as the princess of the people, her fans can't accept the reality that she was cremated, right?
Of course, because of Diana's special status, naturally she cannot be casually placed in the morgue. Her body had to be placed in Kensington Palace for mourners to see, and then her coffin had to be carried to church.
After so many days, it is conceivable that Diana's body was corrupted. Out of the prevention of odor, the preservation of the image of Diana and the royal family, in the end, only a lead coffin can be chosen to hold her.
Speaking of which, this result is somewhat helpless. After all, Diana, who loves beauty, wouldn't like such a coffin? Cold, airtight, and with a special smell.
But there is no other choice, and the helplessness of being a public figure is here: to live to be bound by rules, and to be bound by rules after death.
Diana was put into a lead coffin weighing several hundred pounds, carried by 8 people on the road, allowing fans and people to watch and mourn.
Carrying such a coffin is very heavy, and the 8 royal guards walk "firmly" and heavily.
And the people who mourn Diana are also in tears, for her unbearable marriage, for her unfortunate life, but also for her soul to leave the haste of hate.
In fact, Diana not only did not have a wooden coffin, but she could not even enter the royal morgue church. Because she is no longer a member of the royal family, she has no "relationship" with the royal family after the divorce.
For this reason, a daughter who married out was eventually taken back to her family by her brother.
Although the Spencer family also had an underground morgue, for safety reasons, Diana was eventually buried at Orthorpe Manor, a place she was intimately familiar with.
Diana's coffin was placed on the manor's island, which is surrounded by water and beautiful scenery.
Of course, there is also a permanent "isolation" of Diana because of the obstruction of the waters, a person, a small island, eternal life.
Because of Diana's fame, every year someone will come to pay tribute to her from different places, even if it can only be seen from a distance. Unfortunately, not many of these people actually had a relationship with Diana.
William and Harry rarely went over, wondering why they didn't want to visit their mother or what conditions they were under.
And Charles? Not once since Diana was buried. Retrieving Diana's body and sending her a funeral was the last condition for the two of them to shoot and scatter.