Celebrities and fans honor Princess Diana's memory, more than two decades after her death

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(CNN) - Humanitarian leader, fashion icon, practical mother, standards breaker. Diana, princess of Wales.

This Saturday marks 22 years since “the princess of the town” died young and tragically. Around the world, fans honor the anniversary of the death of Diana, princess of Wales, and remember the legacy she left after a car accident in Paris in 1997, which took her life and shocked the planet.

"22 years ago today ... remembering the beautiful mother and the global icon," wrote the judge of 'Dancing with the Stars' Bruno Tonioli on Twitter.

22 years today… Remembering the beautiful mother and global icon #princessdiana. pic.twitter.com/pv3WnFIrYC

- Bruno Tonioli (@BrunoTonioli) August 31, 2019

Born as Lady Diana Spencer in 1961, she became an influential force in the royal family when she married Prince Charles at age 20.

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Diana left her mark with many “first times” for the royal family, breaking the royal protocol, often making bold fashion choices, fiercely handling media attention, talking about mental illnesses and being a practical mother for her two children, Prince William and Prince Henry. She was known for her frequent criticism of the royal family, but her fans loved her for that. Diana became a name known throughout the world.

The friends who met her and the fans who love her are not the only ones who remember Diana on August 31, 2019.

The British Red Cross honored Diana's death with a video commemorating her extensive work with the organization for 14 years.

22 years after her death, we pay tribute to # PrincessDiana's humanitarian work with the Red Cross both in the UK and abroad. pic.twitter.com/sNkhMKihD6

- British Red Cross (@BritishRedCross) August 31, 2019

After being married for 15 years, Diana and Prince Charles divorced. A year later, a car carrying the princess and her boyfriend, the Egyptian socialite Dodi Fayed, crashed into a tunnel near the Eiffel Tower. After the conspiracy theories and rumors about his death were disseminated, an investigation conducted in 2006 by the British police considered that the incident was an accident and that the driver of the car, Henri Paul, was intoxicated.

The anniversary of his death is being commemorated on social networks by people from all over the world.

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Princess Diana - always in our hearts - we were lucky enough to have the pleasure of spending some time with this amazing woman. She will always be missed.

A post shared by Gary Barlow (@officialgarybarlow) on Aug 31, 2019 at 6:39 am PDT

Gary Barlow, former lead singer of the British group Take That, posted a photo on Instagram when his group met Diana at a charity AIDS concert at Wembley Arena in 1994.

“Princess Diana, always in our hearts, we were lucky to have the pleasure of spending time with this amazing woman. We will always miss her, ”the publication said.

The remains of the car are lifted to a truck.

Also, the American actress Jamie Lee Curtis recalled her almost encounter with Diana a few months before her death in 1997. She missed the princess's short visit to her movie set because she was in the bathroom. But she says she wrote to Diana the next and received a handwritten response from Kensington Palace saying she hoped they could meet in the future.

"I thought about her and her life, about the decisions she made and how brave she was," Curtis wrote on Instagram. “It gave me comfort that, although his life was short, it was complete. It was a great role model for me. An example to live. I honor her today. ”

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I met her Royal Highness, Princess Diana when I was shooting the sequel to A Fish Called Wanda. The truth is I didn't meet her. She was to visit our set deep in the gardens of Pinewood Studios with her children and we waited for her all morning and then when we took a break midday, I raced via golf cart to my dressing room to use the restroom. While I was in there someone came knocking on my door saying that Princess Diana and her children had arrived on set and as I raced back in the golf cart, they were already walking away. The next day I wrote her a note explaining my nature break and how disappointed I was not to tell her, in person, how much I admired her. A hand delivered letter from Kensington Palace, on her stationary, came the next day thanking me for mine and understanding completely the need for nature to take it's course. We exchanged a hope that we would get to meet in the future. Later that summer I heard about her shocking death. I remember turning off the television knowing what the media was going to do. I picked up a book on meditation which was next to my bed by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfeld. In it it said that at the time of death, people who try to live mindfully, ask themselves only two questions. Did I learn to live wisely? Did I love well? I thought about her and her life and the choices she made and how brave she was, how she reached out to that young man with AIDS before anyone did, the mine fields, mental health and so much more and how much she loved her children, the image of them running into her outstretched arms after a long trip. It gave me comfort that although her life was short, it was complete. She was a great role model for me. An example to live by. I honor her today.

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His humanitarian work with dozens of charities humanized the royal family and called the attention of the world. He shook hands with a man with AIDS to help break the stigma surrounding the disease. He worked on numerous campaigns against landmines in Angola and Bosnia, and also traveled to other countries to visit patients suffering from leprosy and cancer.

Princess Diana, visiting the AIDS clinic, Broderip Ward, Middlesex Hospital, London, England, April 1987.

"22 years after his death, we pay tribute to the humanitarian work of # PrincessDiana with the Red Cross, both in the United Kingdom and abroad," the British Red Cross wrote on Twitter.

Today we remember the very wonderful Princess Diana who did so much for so many ♥ ️

We were honored to have our first hospice opened by Diana in 1988 #PrincessDiana pic.twitter.com/6YhYldysNE

- Acorns Hospice (@AcornsHospice) August 31, 2019

Acorns Hospice, a charity that provides care for children in the United Kingdom, wrote: "Today we remember the wonderful Princess Diana who did so much for so many." Diana opened the first Acorn Hospice in 1988.

Diana's humanitarian work has spread to her royal successors, including her son Enrique, who has followed in her mother's footsteps in the fight against HIV / AIDS and work in Angola.

In this brochure image provided by The HALO Trust, Prince Harry is seen with a deminer from The HALO Trust, a British charity dedicated to the extraction of land mines, on June 21, 2010 in Cahora Bassa, Mozambique. Prince Harry follows in the footsteps of his late mother, Princess Diana, who visited the same charity in Angola eight months before his death. (Credit: The HALO Trust / Getty Images)

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