Time for 20th anniversary of her death
Time to ease boys’ pain
Althorp, N Northants, was the focus of a row in 2014 when her brother Earl Spen Spencer was accused of allowing h her memorial stone to become ov overgrown. In 2015,2015 a statue of Diana caused up uproar after it was left neglected and turned green. Andrew Walsh sculpted the granite ar artwork in 2000 with the aim of d displaying it his hometown of W Walsall, West Midlands. But its official unveiling was scrapped after the town’s mayor branded it bizarre and a local MP said it “looked more like Diana R Ross”. It was l later placed at the local bus stati station and Buckingham Palace re refused permission for Diana’s na name to be used on its plaque. Th The Flame of Liberty sculpture at the Pont de L’Alma in Paris, near where Diana died, became the unofficial memorial after her funeral.
But the replica gold torch now bears many scratches – and the wall behind, once covered in tributes, has been daubed with graffiti.
In London, the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, Hyde Park, was opened by the Queen in 2004.
The stream was designed to reflect Princess Diana’s love of children and intended to allow paddling, but several people were injured after slipping over.
Alterations were also carried out to prevent surrounding grass from becoming “a bedraggled and unsightly mess”.
Speaking about his mother last year, Harry said: “We will do everything we can to make sure she’s never forgotten.”