The Most Unsettling Historical Photos Taken Moments Before Disaster
Princess Diana Getting Into the Car in Paris

This blurred, grainy photograph is believed to be the last one taken of Diana, Princess of Wales, as she entered the back seat of a Mercedes S280 on August 31, 1997, in Paris. She is sitting alongside her companion, Dodi Fayed, with bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones and driver Henri Paul in the front. The picture captures the intense media scrutiny and the rush to evade pursuing paparazzi. Moments later, the car sped into the Pont de l’Alma tunnel and crashed, killing Diana, Fayed, and Paul.