Editing Diana, Princess of Wales (section)

===Tribute, funeral, and burial===
{{further|Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales|Althorp#Diana grave, memorial, and exhibition}}
[[File:Flowers for Princess Diana's Funeral.jpg|thumb|left|Flowers outside [[Kensington Palace]]]]
The sudden and unexpected death of an extraordinarily popular royal figure brought statements from senior figures worldwide and many tributes by members of the public.<ref>{{cite news|title=World Reaction to Diana's Death|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/worldreax.html|access-date=26 May 2015|newspaper=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041126033518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/worldreax.html|archive-date=26 November 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/world.html|title=World Remembers Diana|work=BBC News|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-date=22 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822012540/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/world.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/feedold35.html|title=Your Thoughts|work=BBC News|access-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227173152/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/feedold35.html|archive-date=27 February 2017}}</ref> People left flowers, candles, cards, and personal messages outside Kensington Palace for many months. Diana's coffin, draped with the royal flag, was brought to London from Paris by Charles and her two sisters on 31 August 1997.<ref name=cnn31aug>{{cite news|title=Princess Diana's body comes home|url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/31/diana.8pm.update/|access-date=23 July 2013|newspaper=CNN|date=31 August 1997|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110183215/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/31/diana.8pm.update/|archive-date=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Prince Charles Arrives in Paris to Take Diana's Body Home|url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/diana/uk-diana-crash-updated.html|access-date=5 May 2014|date=31 August 1997|newspaper=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206170457/http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/diana/uk-diana-crash-updated.html|archive-date=6 December 2013}}</ref> The coffin was taken to a private mortuary and then placed in the Chapel Royal, [[St James's Palace]].<ref name=cnn31aug/>

[[File:Diana's funeral.jpg|thumb|Diana's coffin, draped in the [[Royal Standard of the United Kingdom|royal standard]] with [[Ermine (heraldry)|ermine]] border, borne through London to [[Westminster Abbey]]]]
On 5 September, Queen Elizabeth II paid tribute to Diana in a live television broadcast.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> The funeral took place in Westminster Abbey on 6 September. Her sons walked in the funeral procession behind her coffin, along with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, Diana's brother Lord Spencer, and representatives of some of her charities.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> Lord Spencer said of his sister, "She proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/may/04/greatspeeches|title=The most hunted person of the modern age|date=4 May 2007|access-date=27 June 2011|work=The Guardian|location=London|first=Earl|last=Spencer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227062140/http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/may/04/greatspeeches|archive-date=27 December 2013}}</ref> Re-written in tribute to Diana, "[[Candle in the Wind 1997]]" was performed by Elton John at the funeral service (the only occasion the song has been performed live).<ref name="Live performance"/> Released as a single in 1997, the global proceeds from the song have gone to Diana's charities.<ref name="Live performance">{{cite magazine|last=Lynch|first=Joe|title=17 Years Ago, Elton John's 'Candle In the Wind 1997' Started Its 14-Week No. 1 Run|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6281519/elton-john-candle-in-the-wind-1997-no-1-anniversary|magazine=Billboard|date=11 October 2014|access-date=24 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118232145/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6281519/elton-john-candle-in-the-wind-1997-no-1-anniversary|archive-date=18 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/09/world/millions-of-dollars-pouring-in-to-diana-s-favorite-charities.html|title=Millions of Dollars Pouring In To Diana's Favorite Charities|work=The New York Times|last=Ibrahim|first=Youssef M.|date=9 September 1997|access-date=4 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162857/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/09/world/millions-of-dollars-pouring-in-to-diana-s-favorite-charities.html|archive-date=4 January 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9711/19/showbuzz/|title=Elton John delivers proceeds to Diana charity|work=CNN|date=19 November 1997|access-date=4 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041201061646/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9711/19/showbuzz/|archive-date=1 December 2004}}</ref>

[[File:The Lake at Althorp with the Diana memorial beyond - geograph.org.uk - 1174863.jpg|thumb|Round Oval lake at [[Lake Round Oval|Althorp]] with the Diana memorial beyond]]
The burial took place privately later the same day. Diana's former husband, sons, mother, siblings, a close friend, and a clergyman were present. Diana's body was clothed in a black long-sleeved dress designed by [[Catherine Walker (fashion designer)|Catherine Walker]], which she had chosen some weeks before. A set of [[rosary]] beads that she had received from Mother Teresa was placed in her hands. Diana's grave is on an island within the grounds of Althorp Park, the Spencer family home for centuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/althorp.html|title=Diana Returns Home|work=BBC News|access-date=29 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202150815/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/althorp.html|archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref>

The burial party was provided by the 2nd Battalion [[the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]], who carried Diana's coffin across to the island and laid her to rest. Diana was the Regiment's [[Colonel-in-Chief]] from 1992 to 1996.<ref name=army/> The original plan was for Diana to be buried in the Spencer family vault at the local church in nearby [[Great Brington]], but Lord Spencer said he was concerned about public safety and security and the onslaught of visitors that might overwhelm Great Brington. He decided Diana would be buried where her grave could be easily cared for and visited in privacy by William, Harry, and other relatives.<ref name=sht6sep>{{cite news|title=Burial site offers princess a privacy elusive in life|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=doAfAAAAIBAJ&pg=6658,1380599&dq=burial+of+princess+diana|access-date=29 June 2015|newspaper=Sarasota Herald Tribune|date=6 September 1997|archive-date=20 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820221636/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=doAfAAAAIBAJ&pg=6658,1380599&dq=burial+of+princess+diana|url-status=live}}</ref>