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The Oval at the Spencer family seat at Althorp in Northamptonshire where the body of Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest after her funeral

The Oval at the Spencer family seat at Althorp in Northamptonshire where the body of Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest after her funeral
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The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales took place at Westminster Abbey on 6 September 1997. It was watched by millions of people on television world-wide, as well as by thousands of mourners along the route.

The Princess's coffin was interred on the same day in a private ceremony at Althorp in the afternoon of the same day as the funeral. 

 

 

 

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