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Diana grave, memorial, and exhibition Round Oval lake with the Diana memorial beyond Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial. Diana, Princess of Wales, was interred on a small island in the middle of the ornamental Round Oval lake, which was created by Teulon in 1868.
Oct 5, 2023 · Althorp House hosted an exhibition featuring 150 artifacts from Diana's life, including her wedding dress, for 15 years before closing in 2014.
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Jul 2, 2019 · Diana's grave is on an island in the lake, known as The Round Oval. It is private and cannot be visited. A funerary urn perched on a column on one end of the lake indicates that the island is a burial place. Visitors can, however, contemplate the Princess at the lakeside Temple which is dedicated to her memory.
- A Family Home for More Than 500 Years. Althorp House, begun in the early Tudor period and then added to and adapted over five centuries, sits in about 500 acres of parkland and gardens, surrounded by an estate of 13,000 acres.
- The Wootton Hall. Visitors enter Althorp through what is known as The Wootton Hall. It's named for the artist John Wootton who painted the country scenes that cover the walls of this room.
- The Picture Gallery. This long, narrow gallery (115 feet by 20 feet) was created by Robert Spencer in the 17th century and is based on an original Elizabethan gallery elsewhere in the house.
- The South Drawing Room. The South Drawing Room is used as a reception room for the Spencer family. It's particularly notable for the family portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds that line the walls.
May 22, 2023 · Althorp, Princess Diana’s childhood home, is excavated to uncover secrets of a Roman villa in the grounds. Althorp, in Northamptonshire, has undergone significant excavations in recent weeks as Earl Spencer delves deeper into a 1920s discovery of a Roman villa. By Natasha Leake. 22 May 2023. Tim Graham/Getty Images.
Dec 14, 2023 · An aerial view of Princess Diana’s gravesite at Althorp, which is off-limits to the public. In addition to being Princess Diana's childhood home, Althorp is also her final resting...
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Mar 20, 2023 · Althorp House: Diana’s grave. When Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash in 1997, her remains were interred on a small island on the Althorp estate.
