Although she was the 'people's princess,' Diana was not a Royal at the time of her death and so she was not eligible to be buried in the Royal Vault. Instead of being laid to rest in the Royal Vault, it was decided that Diana would be buried at Althorp House, the Spencer family home in Northamptonshire.
The death of Lady Di shook the whole United Kingdom, millions of people came to say their last goodbye to her at Buckinham Palace, although the funeral was held privately in the royal chapel of St. James's Palace, as Diana did not belong to the royal family since her divorce with Prince Charles.
Princess Diana's final resting-place is in the grounds of Althorp Park, her family home. The original plan was for her to be buried in the family vault at the local church in nearby Great Brington, but this was changed by her brother, Earl Spencer.
They also worried that the local church and Brington would be overwhelmed by the number of visitors wanting to see the late Princess' grave. Whilst Diana did have a public funeral, it was a royal ceremonial funeral rather than a state funeral, and her burial was a private affair with family members only.
The royal vault houses the remains of 24 royal family members and former monarchs beneath St George's chapel. The gothic-style stone mausoleum is the final resting place of King George III, King George IV and King William IV.
She will be buried in the castle's King George VI Memorial Chapel, alongside her father, her mother, and her sister's ashes.
Following royal tradition, which dates back as far as the 1600s, the queen's coffin was lined with lead, which ensures that her remains stay intact for up to a year. This is because the lead makes the coffin airtight, stopping moisture from getting in and therefore slowing down the decomposition of the body.
Margaret chose not to bow her head in respect. Instead, she gave a lazy salute to the casket. that has been compared to shooting away a fly. According to royal experts, Princess Margaret felt as though Princess.
Prince William and Prince Harry have attended a private service to rededicate the grave of their mother, Princess of Wales, almost 20 years after her death. The service was held at Diana's family home in Northamptonshire on what would have been her 56th birthday.
The week the Queen died, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had traveled to Europe for a series of events to support charities, but before they appeared in Manchester and then Düsseldorf, Prince Harry reveals, the Sussexes took a trip to Althorp, Princess Diana's childhood home and her final resting place.
Two months before Diana's untimely death in a car crash in Paris in 1997, at the urging of Prince William, she put 79 of her dresses up for auction at Christie's in New York City with the funds raised benefitting cancer and AIDS-related charities.
Camilla may have been at Diana's wedding but she was not welcome at her funeral, which was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world. Still, to many her absence echoed around the ancient hall. The Queen made it clear to Charles that he could not take his paramour to the service.
But the princes attended her funeral in London, and they chose to walk behind Diana's casket during its one-mile procession to Westminster Abbey on September 6, 1997. William was 15 at the time, and Harry was just 12.
The Queen did not cry at Princess Diana's funeral, the late British monarch has only cried in public on a number of occasions.
The queen, her private secretary, Sir Robert Fellowes, and her advisers reportedly told Prince Charles that they wanted Diana's body to rest in a private mortuary and not in a royal palace before the funeral.
Kate and William couple took an emotional trip to Diana's final resting place at her family estate of Althorp in Northamptonshire, Central England. Kate Middleton has visited Princess Diana's grave ahead of her wedding to Prince William.
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Phil Bartlett, who was serving with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, was part of the funeral procession on the four mile journey from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey as the two young princes walked behind the gun carriage carrying their mum's coffin.
The loss officially obliged Diana to curtsy to others with an HRH — including her ex-husband and even her own children, Prince William and Prince Harry. Whether this rule was enforced or not is unknown.
10 years ago on September 6, 1997, horses of the King's Troop were called on to carry out a final and solemn royal duty, conducting Princess Diana's casket from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey for her funeral. London's Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch also accompanied the cortege.
Prince Harry says there was 'absolutely no way' that he or his brother would have let each other walk behind their mother Princess Diana's coffin alone on day of her funeral. Prince Harry has said there was 'absolutely no way' he have let his brother walk behind his mother Princess Diana's coffin alone.
Lead-lined coffins slow the body's decomposition by keeping moisture out of the casket. Lead does not decay and so remains airtight, preventing decomposition, but also any smells and gases from being released; not something you want if multiple Royals are sharing a vault or may be moved in the future.
When a concrete vault comes with plastic, it can take even 500 years until the body start gets to dirt. Anyone looking to come back to earth, should go with a biodegradable casket/wood caskets and not use embalming.
It can even preserve the body for up to a year. The first royal to be laid to rest in the Royal Vault was Princess Amelia, daughter of King George III, in 1810. According to Windsor Castle, the Royal Vault contains around 15 princes and princesses, as well as three kings and several queens, among other royals.