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BBC donates profits from Diana interview to seven of her favourite charities

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3rd September 2022
The British Broadcasting Corporation has donated £1.42 million to charities once supported by the late Diana, Princess of Wales in the aftermath of the controversy surrounding the infamous 1995 Panorama interview. In a statement on Friday, the BBC wrote: “The BBC had indicated its intention to donate to charity the sales proceeds derived from the 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess…
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Flag flies at half mast at Diana's ancestral home on the 25th anniversary of her death

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31st August 2022
The flag at the ancestral home of Diana, Princess of Wales was lowered to half mast on August 31st 2022, the 25th anniversary of her death. Exactly a quarter of a century after Diana died, following a car crash in Paris, the flag at Althorp House, Northamptonshire was lowered. Diana is buried on an island in the Oval Lake at Althorp. The estate has been the ancestral home of the Spencer…
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Diana’s Ford Escort Rs Turbo is going up for auction

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7th August 2022
A car previously owned by Diana, Princess of Wales, is hitting the auction block later this month. The former Princess of Wales’s 1985 Ford Escort RS Turbo Series 1 will be auctioned by Silverstone Auctions over the weekend of 26-27 August and is expected to go for around £100,000. According to the Silverstone Auctions listing, “It’s said that the Ford Escort 1.6i Cabriolet in…
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Rare portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales on exhibit for the first time in London

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3rd July 2022
A rare portrait of the late Princess of Wales is currently on display this summer in London. The portrait is an oil sketch done as a preliminary piece for Nelson Shanks’ full-length portrait. In it, Diana is wearing a dark green, velvet military-style Catherine Walker evening gown, but she wore a different ensemble for the final portrait. The green Catherine Walker dress has gone on…
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