Diana, the Princess of Wales and enstranged wife of Prince Charles, diedin a Paris car crash aged 36 five years ago today
In Britain, the mother of Princess Diana has spoken of her continuing grief on the fifth anniversary of her daughter's death.
Ms Frances Shand Kydd said she was still hurt at being denied the opportunity to see Diana's body before she was buried.
She attacked the "commercialisation" of her daughter's death and those who had betrayed Diana's trust by selling stories about her.
"I think memories are kept in the heart and I think the commercialisation of my daughter Diana's death has gone way beyond limits of decency and sensitivity.
One has to look forward not backward," she said.
Ms Shand Kydd said she was saddened that Diana's trust had been betrayed by so many: "Diana was very open. One of her difficulties was trusting too many people, people who didn't feel able to hold the trust.
"I am certainly disappointed that since her death so many people who she trusted have broken the trust and for financial gain have spilled the beans, so to speak.
"I believe that trust is for life, natural life. Even if one half goes to the grave, it doesn't release you from the bond of trust.
"It's sad for her that so many people failed her in that department."
Ms Shand Kydd was speaking on ITV1's My Favourite Hymns, which will be screened tomorrow morning.
Her comments will be broadcast in the week after Princess Diana's former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe, defended his decision to write a controversial book, Diana: Closely Guarded Secret, about her private life.
In the programme, Ms Shand Kydd recalled the moment she was told of Diana's death in the Paris car crash on August 31st, 1997.
She was telephoned by a friend in the early hours of the morning to say she had seen news reports that Diana had been injured in the crash.
Ms Shand Kydd said: "I spent the night packing to go to Paris and then when I heard she'd died I unpacked.
"I wasn't allowed to tell anyone for about an hour during which time heads of state will be told.
"That seemed to me very odd, if not insensitive, that I - her mother - couldn't tell anyone she was dead because of a rule book from somewhere else."
A devout Catholic, she was dismayed that she was not asked to identify Diana's body or see her before the burial.
"I do remember being very surprised and rather hurt that I was not consulted about collecting her body or asked to go to Paris to do so. That seemed very tough," she said.
"It meant that I never saw her when she had died and for a member of the Catholic Church you are encouraged to see dead people, your dear ones, so it was a bit harsh."
Ms Shand Kydd also spoke of her pride at her son Charles's funeral speech, in which he asserted that Diana's "blood family" should have as much influence on the upbringing of Princes William and Harry as the British royal family.
"I thought it was the finest expression of articulate brotherly love. He spoke brilliantly from the heart and I don't believe he either spoke, or was interpreted as being, controversial at any time. He was honest, raw honest." - (PA)