Diana, 10th Anniversary: Thousands still visit site where Diana died

NO PLAQUE, no memorial. Just three wilted roses, a curled photograph and a wall scribbled with graffiti from loyal fans mark the site in Paris where Princess Diana died and the legend took over.

Ten years on, the Pont de l’Alma is still a must-see spot for dozens of tourists, both appalled by, and drawn to, the spot where Diana’s life came to a violent end on August 31, 1997.

On a cloudy August afternoon a steady stream of people file past the nondescript junction north of the river, pausing to snap a picture, read the multilingual tributes scrawled on the bridge’s wall and peer down into the mouth of the dim underpass where her limousine crashed.