‘We hope tensions will lift’ – Diana superfans gather to mark birthday, new statue
01 July 2021 |
2:24 pm
British Princes William and Harry will put their differences aside on Thursday (July 1) to unveil a statue to their late mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. The statue in honour of Diana, who was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997, will be revealed in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace in central London, her former home.
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