If It Happened at Home, She Would Have Been Alive
She said that their mother was in a “complete panic.” Stephanie then grabbed the hand brake, but it wouldn’t stop. “I tried but I just couldn’t stop the car,” she said. Stephanie revealed in an interview that her mom had a headache during their car trip and seemed to black out for a moment.
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They started to swerve before going full speed over the cliff. Days later, doctors confirmed that the princess had a “cerebral vascular incident.” Dr. Jean Chatelain, chief surgeon, told The Times: “It was an incident which, if it occurred at home — well, she might have sat down and perhaps felt better soon,” he said.