Royals and celebrities joined Princes William and Harry to honor their mother Princess Diana on Friday, the 10th anniversary of her death in a high-speed limousine crash in Paris.

Hundreds of mourners lined the streets outside a chapel near Buckingham Palace where the Queen, Diana's ex-husband Prince Charles, her brother Charles Spencer and other royals and celebrities gathered for the memorial service.

Paying their own tribute, members of the public attached flowers, photographs and messages to the gates of Kensington Palace, her London residence, although in far fewer numbers than a decade ago.

Then a vast outpouring of grief stunned Britain almost as much as her death whereas now, many Britons feel the public display of sorrow 10 years ago was over-the-top.

Both Princes William and Harry addressed the congregation, recalling their mother's warmth and charisma.

Harry said: "She will always be remembered for her amazing public work. But behind the media glare, to us, just two loving children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world."

In Paris, where she died in the early hours of August 31, 1997, alongside her boyfriend, Dodi al-Fayed, following a crash in a tunnel, small crowds of mourners gathered to lay flowers and leave wreaths at the scene of the incident.

Prince Charles' second wife, Camilla, did not attend the memorial service, although she was invited.

(Xinhua News Agency via agencies September 1, 2007)