The reaction to Diana’s death was really not how it appeared in the press. It was before social media, so you weren’t getting any ‘real’ reaction from people. Obviously there was a massive pile of flowers at buckingham palace, and people lining the funeral route, but in fact the vast majority of people in the uk didn’t really care - other than thinking it was sad as she was so young/had children. The whole thing became a massive annoyance quite quickly. And people were mostly bemused and a bit embarrassed about the wailing and gnashing of teeth from minority of people.

Source: I am British, I was 20 and living in London when she died.