Hers was a story that captivated a generation.<br/> <br />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.<br/> <br />But it was not to be happily ever after.<br/> <br />Cracks in the marriage soon showed with Diana increasingly going her own way - until the inevitable divorce in 1996.<br/> <br />A defiant Diana continued her charity work while her love life also came under the spotlight.<br/> <br />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.<br/> <br />In Paris today, a small crowd gathered at a makeshift memorial to pay their respects.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH TOURIST KEITH HEADLAND SAYING:<br/> <br />"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."<br/> <br />Had she lived, Princess Diana would have been 51 this year.