Complex sentence: Charles and Diana's divorce was made absolute on 28 August 1996, and Diana was killed with Dodi Fayed in a road accident in Paris on 31 August 1997.
Split into simpler sentences: Charles and Diana's divorce was made absolute on 28 August 1996. One year later, Diana was killed with Dodi Fayed in a road accident in Paris on 31 August 1997.