I remember being with my dad in the morning when we found out (Soccer AM was on and they kept announcing it) and me not really caring because I wanted to see the midweek goals from Spain or whatever and him being a bit surprised by it. Anyway, my nan comes round a few minutes later, and she asks why the royal family are on every channel and my dad explains to her that Diana's snuffed it, and her being an old girl, she reacts with total horror: 'no... that's horrible. that's awful. wow...'
She then turned to me five minutes later and confessed that her hearing aid had been playing up and she hadn't heard a word my dad had said but she'd gauged something bad had happened by his face. I told her, and she seemed quite relieved! I wonder if she thought the cat had died or something...
Anyway, that's a lot of text for a not particularly exciting anecdote, sorry. Matt b's post earlier was much better.