(31 Aug 1997) English/Nat British Prime Minister Tony Blair has paid tribute to Diana as “a wonderful and warm human being although her own life was sadly often touched by tragedy. “She touched the lives of so many others in Britain and throughout the world with comfort,“ he said. SOUNDBITE: (English) “(Q Prime Minister, can we have your reaction to the news?) I feel like everyone else in this country today - utterly devastated. Our thoughts and prayers are with Princess Diana's family, particularly her two sons, the two boys. Our thoughts are with them. We are today a nation in Britain in a state of shock, in mourning, in grief that is so deeply painful for us. She was a wonderful and a warm human being. Though her own life was often sadly touched by tragedy, she touched the lives of so many others in Britain and throughout the world with joy and with comfort. How many times shall we remember her in how many different ways with the sick, the dying, with
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