Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales Althorp. Two thousand people attended the ceremony in Westminster Abbey while the British television audience peaked at 32.10 million, one of the United Kingdom's highest viewing figures ever. An estimated 2.5 billion people watched the event worldwide, making it one of the biggest televised events in history. Diana's coffin, draped with the royal standard with an ermine border (i.e. the Other Members' standard), was brought to London from the Salpêtrière Hospital, via Vélizy – Villacoublay Air Base, Paris, by Diana's former husband Charles, Prince of Wales and her two sisters on 31 August 1997. After being taken to a private
Diana, Princess of Wales on ITV and HBO on 24 July 2017. This film focuses on Diana's legacy and humanitarian efforts for causes such as AIDS, landmines, homelessness and cancer. The second documentary, "Diana, 7 Days", aired on 27 August on BBC and focused on Diana's death and the subsequent outpouring of grief. Actresses who have portrayed Diana include Serena Scott Thomas (in ""), Julie Cox (in "Princess in Love"), Amy Seccombe (in ""), Genevieve O'Reilly (in ""), Nathalie Brocker (in "The Murder of Princess Diana"), and Naomi Watts (in "Diana"). Posthumously, as in life, she is most popularly referred to as "Princess Diana",