Princess Diana’s Grave In Photos 22 Years After Burial: How’s The Place?

Princess Diana’s grave has been revisited after over two decades since she died.

Today is Princess Diana’s 22nd death anniversary. The late Princess of Wales died in a car crash in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997. She was laid to rest at her childhood home of Althorp House in Northampton, which was a place of tranquility and peace.

The Sun shared photos of Princess Diana’s final resting place. Her grave is on an island in the middle of a lake at Althorp. It is surrounded by plants and tress on an island nicknamed the Oval.

The photos feature stunning shots of the crystal clear lake surrounding the royal’s grave. It was reportedly not the original burial site intended for the princess, but her brother, Earl Spencer, said that it was the “safest place” for her to be rested.

The water “act as a buffer against the interventions of the insane and ghoulish with the thick mud presenting a further line of defence.”

“We all agreed that, with its beauty and tranquillity, this was the place for Diana to be,” Spencer said.

Despite the spot, Spencer said that there have been four attempted break-ins over the past 20 years. Well-wishers who want to pay respect to Princess Diana can visit the place from July 1 to Aug. 31. The opening hours are from noon until 5 p.m. The grave is inaccessible as it is on an island in the middle of the lake. However, there is a separate memorial site for the guests to pay their respects.

Princess Diana’s graveyard was renovated a few years back. It was re-opened two years ago.

“The Oval Lake where Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest on September 6, 1997, is undergoing an extensive redesign to honour her memory,” Althorp House announced in 2016. “It will be completed in time for the 20th anniversary of her death, in August 2017.”

In related news, Prince William was reportedly not on great terms with Princess Diana when she died. At the time, the Duke of Cambridge was “starting to chafe at being Mama’s boy.” Suddenly, the accident happened and Prince William never resolved the issue.