Parade reports that more than a million people stood on the streets between Kensington Palace and Westminster Abbey to pay their respects to the People's Princess. On the day of her funeral, Diana was buried on her family's estate, Althorp Park. According to Parade , "She was wearing a black woolen long-sleeved cocktail dress by Catherine Walker that she had ordered only weeks before she died, and holding a set of rosary beads that were a gift from Mother Theresa.
With the death of Prince Philip on April 9, , there has been renewed interest in Diana's grave, leading many to wonder if they can visit. The short answer: No. Read on to find out. In , Diana's brother, Earl Charles Spencer notably said that the lake would "act as a buffer against the interventions of the insane and ghoulish, the thick mud presenting a further line of defence.
Located right off the M1 motorway, and roughly an hour and a half from London, Althorp is best accessed by car. The home provides more detailed driving directions and parking information at this link. The price of admission includes access to the grounds, the state rooms within the house, and the seasonal exhibit, which currently centers around animals at Althorp.
Book Now. The Scene. Type keyword s to search. Princess Diana is buried at the grounds of her childhood home, the Spencer family estate at Althorp. It has been reported that the exact spot the princess was buried was an island at the centre of an ornamental lake known as The Oval within Althorp Park's Pleasure Garden.
Althorp House, surrounded by 15, acres of Northamptonshire countryside, is around a mile away. The People's Princess's resting place is off limits to the public, but the small island can be viewed from a distance.
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