31st August 1997. Everyone, world-wide, literally stopped. The news was unbelievable. Diana, Princess of Wales had died in a car crash, in a tunnel in Paris, whilst being pursued by the paparazzi.

“The news hit our TV screens in Australia at around 1pm on that Sunday”, Said songwriter Andrew Starr. “I was, as we all were, completely shocked and overwhelmed”. Later that evening, I retreated to my studio, picked up my guitar and started picking out a few chords. I stumbled upon a little riff that seemed to capture the emotion I was feeling. (It set the mood and became the opening phrase to the song). “It was like a kind of requiem” said Starr. “Some lyrics came, and after a while, the song literally just fell out. A few hours later and the song was virtually complete. I demo’d the tune over the next couple of days and the version you hear above, is identical in lyrics and song structure to the first demo. Even now every time I watch this video, I get emotional”.