I was at home watching the news but figured she'd died a few hours earlier, like others have said.
Like SharonA, I was also on the way to the airport when I heard about Princess Diana, but it was Manchester Airport.
They were sad events but I never felt any sort of outpouring of grief, or any of the other gubbins that was spouted by people. No queueing to see the Queen lying in state, although just by coincidence, we were in London at the time visiting friends in Greenwich. That was a bit disruptive for us. How dare Her Maj cause such trouble. The queues weren't as long as was made out folks. Well they were, but if people had queued more orderly they would only have been half of what was said. They were well spread out. But it's good for media if they say the queue went for miles.