FILMING of scenes leading up to Princess Diana's tragic car crash have reportedly taken place in Barcelona this weekend. The Catalan city’s Francesc Macia Square was given a French makeover ahead of Netflix’s return to Barcelona for filming of the sixth series of The Crown.
Filming was halted in Barcelona on September 9 following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Local press reported in the run-up to the weekend and yesterday/on Saturday that series chiefs would be recording the events leading up to Diana’s ill-fated 1997 trip to Paris when she died in an underpass crash.
Respected Catalan daily El Periodico said on Saturday: “The scene filmed is the fatal car accident Lady Di suffered.” Catalan online news website NacioDigital, claiming the September 9 suspension had led to a change of venue from an elegant avenue of gardens called the Jardinets de Gracia, said: “The producers of the series wanted to carry out one of the most critical moments in the history of the British monarchy in the Jardinets de Gracia, the death of Diana in a traffic accident.
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