White lines, white crosses: the controversy of roadside memorials
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After the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Pont de L’Alma road tunnel in Paris (the site of her death) became a roadside memorial to the People’s Princess. An avalanche of flowers and wreaths soon became an auspicious sight at both Kensington and Buckingham Palace as the public showed the outpour of their grief for a woman whom they held in high-esteem – the Flame of Liberty located at the Pont de L’Alma’s north end became the unofficial memorial to her legacy and a roadside memorial ma...
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