Meghan Markle films herself near Princess Diana Paris crash tunnel with legs on chair

Meghan Markle has filmed herself cruising through Paris with her feet up on the chair, just moments from the Pont d'Alma tunnel, where Prince Harry's mother Princess Diana sadly lost her life.

The Duchess of Sussex posted a video on her Instagram account of herself travelling in the back of a car. In the clip, she had her feet up on the seat and then she showed off the nearby sights, which some noted was bridges including Pont Alexandre III and the Pont des Invalides, which are on the iconic River Seine.

Meghan is in Paris for Fashion Week and in the clip, it seems she is heading towards the Pont d'Alma, which is next to the Pont d'Alma tunnel where Princess Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul died in August 1997.

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Her surprise appearance in Paris is thought to be her first trip to Europe since the Invictus Games in 2023, where she attended the event organised by her husband, the Duke of Sussex, in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Meghan was at the show for fashion line Balenciaga, where she was seen with Vogue's global editorial director Anna Wintour, actress Anne Hathaway and film director Baz Luhrmann among others

Prince Harry has previously spoken about how the death of his mother had a profound effect on him. Harry explained in his book the moment that his father, now King Charles, woke him up to tell him about his mum's death.

Asked if he cried on receiving the news, he said: "No. No. Never shed a single tear at that point. I was in shock, you know? Twelve years old. Sort of - 7, 7:30 in the morning, early. Your father comes in, sits on your bed, puts his hand on your knee and tells you, 'There's been an accident.' I couldn't believe."

In the book, Harry added: 'Pa didn't hug me. He wasn't great at showing emotions under normal circumstances. But his hand did fall once more on my knee and he said, 'It's going to be OK.' But after that, nothing was OK for a long time.'"

Following Diana's death, the country was in mourning and Harry and his older brother William had to do their duty and greet some of the mourners, all whilst smiling despite their mum's tragic death.

"I think it's bizarre, because I see William and me smiling. I remember the guilt that I felt ... the fact that the people that we were meeting were showing more emotion than we were showing, maybe more emotion than we even felt," he explained.

Harry later admitted it took him years to accept that his mother had died.

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