Princes re-dedicate Diana’s grave
Princes William and Harry will attend a private service to re-dedicate the island grave of their mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 56th birthday.
The service will be at Diana’s resting place on the Althorp Estate, her family’s ancestral home in central England, where the princes will be joined by William’s wife Kate and members of Diana’s family.The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will conduct the ceremony.
Diana, first wife of Prince Charles, died aged 36 in Paris on August 31, 1997, after the limousine carrying her and lover Dodi al-Fayed crashed in a tunnel as it tried to escape paparazzi chasing them on motorbikes.
She was buried on a leafy oval island in the grounds of Althorp.
With the 20th anniversary of her death approaching, both William, 35, and Harry, 32, have spoken publicly about the impact that losing their mother has had on lives.
In an interview published last week, Harry said the decision to make him walk behind her coffin as the funeral cortege slowly made its way through the packed streets of London when he was a child had had a lasting impact.
“My mother had just died, and I had to walk a long way behind her coffin, surrounded by thousands of people watching me while millions more did on television,” he said.
“I don’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances. I don’t think it would happen today.”