Grief Shared Across the World Wide Web
People around the world are busy constructing their own websites in order to express their grief at the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Internet users in the USA, Europe and Russia have posted personal homepages in a spontaneous display of grief, and even some companies have put up pages to pay their last respects.
Condolences are also pouring in to the official Royal website where people are able to write directly to the Royal family via email.
Messages from around the world are also being sent to the BBC's own website.
Mourners from as far a field as Australia and the USA, Pakistan and Malaysia are sharing their grief on the World Wide Web.
Some of the messages come from people who met the Princess on one of her many trips on behalf of good causes or charities as well as from those who benefitted directly from her work.
One mourner writing from Lahore, Pakistan, where Diana worked for the construction of a cancer hospital, said, "I wish to send my condolence message as a Pakistani. . . We were all deeply shocked when we heard the news."
Other messages have come from people who never met her but who were touched by the Princess's dedication to helping those in need.
One message from India read, "I share the shock and pain that this event has created...with utmost regret. The world has lost a true ambassador...... "
Many blame the paparazzi for the Princesses death, while others talk of the loss felt by the international community now that one of the world's most famous ambassadors for good causes is no longer with us. Many people simply extend their condolences to the Princess's two young sons.
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