By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

It is hard to believe that it is 15 years since Princess Diana died in a tragic car crash in Paris, and the anniversary of her death has prompted an outpouring of tributes to the beloved royal across the world.

The date August 31, 1997, has been compared to the assassination of JFK decades before because everyone remembers where they were when they heard the devastating news that the 'People's Princess' was killed when the Mercedes she was traveling in with boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed plowed into a pillar in the Alma Tunnel.

The images of young Prince William and Harry, who were just boys when they lost their beloved mother, somberly walking alongside her coffin at the funeral at Westminster Abbey broke the hearts of everyone who saw it.

On Friday, tourists in France prayed in front of the Flame of Liberty monument to Diana that was erected above the tunnel's crash site, where countless flowers, photos and messages have been laid in her honor.

Back in England, the gates of her former home, Kensington Palace, were also buried under a mass of bouquets, photos and British flags. The palace is now home to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, better known as Prince William and Kate Middleton, but the young royals are expected to stay away from the public eye on the anniversary and remember Diana in private as there is no official ceremony planned.

Born Diana Spencer on July 1, 1961, to an English aristocratic family with royal ances