On 31st August 1997 while attempting to evade the paparazzi in Paris, the car Diana was travelling in crashed in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel. After being transferred to hospital in the early hours of the morning, Diana Frances Spencer was declared dead at 04:00, aged just 36. Diana's public funeral took place at Westminster Abbey on 6th September with the private burial taking place on the grounds of her childhood home at Althorp, Northamptonshire. The grave is not accessible to the public.