Fans' anniversary tribute to Diana

12 April 2012

Flowers have been left in memory of Diana Princess of Wales at her former home on the ninth anniversary of her death.

Tributes to the Princess were tied to the iron gates of Kensington Palace by fans who gathered to pay their respects.

Princes William and Harry were remembering their mother in private.

This year William, 24, was on his summer break from Sandhurst, while Harry was continuing his training at Bovington in Dorset.

The Prince of Wales was at Birkhall in Scotland with the Duchess of Cornwall.

Members of the public took bouquets and photographs of the Princess as they made their annual pilgrimage to the palace in central London.

Kathleen Edmonds, 62, was one of the first to arrive. Ms Edmonds, originally from Clifton in County Galway in Ireland, said: "I loved Diana and I come here every year. She was a nice person and I think there was a conspiracy because people used her.

"I think more needs to be done to remember her. There needs to be a statue of her or something. I'd like to see a memorial service for the 10th anniversary."

Some Diana fans came dressed head to toe in the colours of the Union Flag and tied bunting to the palace railings.

Diana, 36, and her lover, Dodi Fayed, 42, were killed, with their chauffeur Henri Paul, when their Mercedes crashed in the Pont d'Alma tunnel in Paris on August 31 1997. The long-awaited inquest into the Princess's death suffered a major setback this summer when the coroner withdrew from the case.

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