Hers was a story that captivated a generation.

The shy nursery school teacher who married her prince - with images like these that went around the world and turned Princess Diana into a global icon.

But it was not to be happily ever after.

Cracks in the marriage soon showed with Diana increasingly going her own way - until the inevitable divorce in 1996.

A defiant Diana continued her charity work while her love life also came under the spotlight.

Her untimely death with her last partner Dodi al-Fayed in this Parisian tunnel fifteen years ago, while being followed by paparazzi, sparked a huge outpouring of public grief with thousands lining London's streets for her funeral.

In Paris today, a small crowd gathered at a makeshift memorial to pay their respects.

SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH TOURIST KEITH HEADLAND SAYING:

"I think they'll still be coming in 5, 10, 15 years or more. They're so besotted by her, she was so lovely, that they'll keep coming. And I think we'll be back."

Had she lived, Princess Diana would have been 51 this year.