Editing Diana, Princess of Wales (section)

===Later events===
====Finances====
Following her death, Diana left a £21&nbsp;million estate, "netting £17 million after estate taxes", which were left in the hands of trustees, her mother, and her sister Sarah.<ref name="Forbes-Estate">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/trialandheirs/2014/09/16/as-remainder-of-princess-dianas-estate-passes-to-harry-troubling-questions-remain/#70c54e85f052|title=As Remainder Of Princess Diana's Estate Passes To Harry, Troubling Questions Remain|magazine=Forbes|first1=Danielle|last1=Mayoras|first2=Andy|last2=Mayoras|access-date=3 December 2023|archive-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904091211/https://www.forbes.com/sites/trialandheirs/2014/09/16/as-remainder-of-princess-dianas-estate-passes-to-harry-troubling-questions-remain/#70c54e85f052|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CNN-Will">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9803/04/diana.will/|title=Diana's will: The full text|work=CNN|date=4 March 1998|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=8 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608182624/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9803/04/diana.will/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The will was signed in June 1993, but Diana had it modified in February 1996 to remove the name of her personal secretary from the list of trustees and have Sarah replace him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebalance.com/what-does-princess-diana-s-will-say-3505096|title=What Does Princess Diana's Will Say?|work=The Balance|first=Julie|last=Garber|date=31 May 2018|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=4 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504004214/https://www.thebalance.com/what-does-princess-diana-s-will-say-3505096|url-status=live}}</ref> After applying personal and inheritance taxes, a net estate of £12.9&nbsp;million was left to be distributed among the beneficiaries.<ref name="BBC-Finances">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/61285.stm|title=Diana leaves £21m|work=BBC News|date=2 March 1998|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001161318/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/61285.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Her two sons subsequently inherited the majority of her estate. Each of them was left with £6.5 million which was invested and gathered substantial interest, and an estimated £10 million was given to each son upon turning 30 years old in 2012 and 2014 respectively.<ref name="Tel-Estate">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/11069069/What-will-Prince-Harry-and-Prince-William-inherit-from-Princess-Diana.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/11069069/What-will-Prince-Harry-and-Prince-William-inherit-from-Princess-Diana.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=What will Prince Harry and Prince William inherit from Princess Diana?|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=1 September 2014|access-date=2 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/08/princess-diana-foresaw-prince-harrys-departure-royal-family/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/08/princess-diana-foresaw-prince-harrys-departure-royal-family/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Princess Diana foresaw Prince Harry's departure from Royal family, Duke claims|work=The Telegraph|first=Josie|last=Ensor|date=8 March 2021|accessdate=8 March 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Many of Diana's possessions were initially left in the care of her brother, who put them on show in Althorp twice a year until they were returned to Diana's sons.<ref name="Tel-Estate"/><ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> They were also put on display in American museums and {{as of|2011|lc=y}} raised two million dollars for charities.<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> Among the objects were her dresses and suits along with numerous family paintings and jewels.<ref name="Tel-Estate"/> Diana's engagement ring and her yellow gold watch were given to William and Harry, respectively. William later passed the ring to his wife, [[Catherine Middleton]]. Her wedding dress was also given to her sons.<ref name="Tel-Estate"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/princess-diana-wedding-dress-exhibition-scli-intl-gbr/index.html|title=Princess Diana's wedding dress to go on display after William and Harry agree to loan|work=CNN|first=Rob|last=Picheta|date=27 April 2021|accessdate=28 April 2021|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427142221/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/princess-diana-wedding-dress-exhibition-scli-intl-gbr/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Vogue-ring">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/british-royal-family-engagement-rings#5|title=A Close Look at the British Royal Family's Engagement Rings|date=13 March 2017|magazine=Vogue|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819124907/https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/british-royal-family-engagement-rings#5|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to her will,<ref name="CNN-Will"/> Diana had also written a letter of wishes in which she had asked for three-quarters of her personal property to be given to her sons, and dividing the remaining quarter (aside from the jewellery) among her 17 godchildren.<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> Despite Diana's wishes, the executors (her mother and sister) "petitioned the probate court for a 'variance' of the will", and the letter of wishes was ignored "because it did not contain certain language required by British law".<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> Eventually, one item from Diana's estate was given to each of her godchildren, while they would have received £100,000 each if a quarter of her estate had been divided between them.<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/> The variance also delayed the distribution of her estate to her sons until they reached age 30.  (It had originally been set at age 25.)<ref name="Forbes-Estate"/><ref name="CNN-Will"/>   Diana also left her butler Paul Burrell around £50,000 in cash.<ref name="BBC-Finances"/><ref name="CNN-Will"/>

====Subject of US government surveillance====
In 1999, after the submission of a [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information]] request by the Internet news service ''apbonline.com'', it was revealed that Diana had been placed under surveillance by the [[National Security Agency]] until her death, and the organisation kept a [[Classified information#Top Secret (TS)|top secret]] file on her containing more than 1,000 pages.<ref name="wapodiana">{{cite news|first=Vernon|last=Loeb|title=NSA Admits to Spying on Princess Diana|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/dec98/diana12.htm|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=29 January 2018|date=12 December 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109051540/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/dec98/diana12.htm|archive-date=9 November 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="nsa-guardian">{{cite news|title=Top secret US files could hold clues to death of Diana|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/11/monarchy.jamiedoward|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 January 2004|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062410/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/11/monarchy.jamiedoward|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The contents of Diana's NSA file cannot be disclosed because of [[national security]] concerns.<ref name="wapodiana"/> The NSA officials insisted Diana was not a "target of [their] massive, worldwide electronic eavesdropping infrastructure."<ref name="wapodiana"/> Despite multiple inquiries for the files to be declassified—with one of the notable ones being filed by Mohamed Al-Fayed—the NSA has refused to release the documents.<ref name="nsa-guardian"/>

In 2008, Ken Wharfe, a former bodyguard of Diana, claimed that her scandalous conversations with James Gilbey (commonly referred to as  Squidgygate) were in fact recorded by the [[GCHQ]], which intentionally released them on a "loop".<ref name="gchqdiana">{{cite news|first=Nick|last=Allen|title=Diana's Squidgygate tapes 'leaked by GCHQ'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575117/Dianas-Squidgygate-tapes-leaked-by-GCHQ.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=29 January 2018|date=9 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903193451/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575117/Dianas-Squidgygate-tapes-leaked-by-GCHQ.html|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> People close to Diana believed the action was intended to defame her.<ref name="gchqdiana"/> Wharfe said Diana herself believed that members of the royal family were all being monitored, though he also stated that the main reason for it could be the potential threats of the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]].<ref name="gchqdiana"/>

====Anniversaries, commemorations, and auctions====
On the first anniversary of Diana's death, people left flowers and bouquets outside the gates of Kensington Palace and a memorial service was held at Westminster Abbey.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161493.stm|title=Diana: the people pay tribute|work=BBC News|date=31 August 1998|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612113904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161493.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161283.stm|title=Prayers for Diana|work=BBC News|date=30 August 1998|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612115451/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161283.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The royal family and Tony Blair and his family went to [[Crathie Kirk]] for private prayers, while Diana's family held a private memorial service at Althorp.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161464.stm|title=Princes say thank you|work=BBC News|date=31 August 1998|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612114428/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161464.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161058.stm|title=Commemorating Diana|work=BBC News|date=30 August 1998|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612114241/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/161058.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> All [[flags at Buckingham Palace]] and other royal residences were flown at [[half-mast]] on the Queen's orders.<ref name="BBC-flags">{{cite news|title=Flags at half mast for Diana|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/138289.stm|date=23 July 1998|work=BBC News|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-date=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729233907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/138289.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Union Jack]] was first lowered to half-mast on the day of Diana's funeral and has set a precedent, as based on the previous protocol no flag could ever fly at half-mast over the palace "even on the death of a monarch".<ref name="BBC-flags"/> Since 1997, however, the Union Flag (but not the [[Royal Standard of the United Kingdom|Royal Standard]]) has flown at half-mast upon the deaths of members of the royal family, and other times of national mourning.<ref>{{cite book|title=Constitutional and Administrative Law: Text with Materials|author=David Pollard, Neil|page=22|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-199-28637-9}}</ref>

[[File:EltonJohnDianaConcert.JPG|thumb|Elton John performing at the Concert for Diana, 2007]]
The [[Concert for Diana]] at [[Wembley Stadium]] was held on 1 July 2007. The event, organised by Princes William and Harry, celebrated the 46th anniversary of their mother's birth and occurred a few weeks before the 10th anniversary of her death on 31 August.<ref name="Diana Concert">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6257986.stm|title=Diana concert a 'perfect tribute'|work=BBC News|access-date=25 August 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825150220/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6257986.stm|archive-date=25 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/ |title=Concert for Diana |work=BBC News |access-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330170353/http://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/ |archive-date=30 March 2015 }}</ref> The proceeds from this event were donated to Diana's charities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/features/about.shtml |title=What is the Concert for Diana? |work=BBC News |access-date=23 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017214644/http://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/features/about.shtml |archive-date=17 October 2015 }}</ref> On 31 August 2007, a service of thanksgiving for Diana took place in the [[Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks|Guards' Chapel]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1561780/Princes-lead-Diana-memorial-service-tributes.html|title=Princes lead Diana memorial service tributes|work=The Telegraph|access-date=18 May 2015|date=31 August 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519100046/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1561780/Princes-lead-Diana-memorial-service-tributes.html|archive-date=19 May 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Among the 500 guests were members of the royal family and their relatives, members of the Spencer family, her godparents and godchildren, members of her wedding party, her close friends and aides, representatives from many of her charities, [[Gordon Brown]], Tony Blair and John Major, and friends from the entertainment world such as [[David Frost]], Elton John, and [[Cliff Richard]].<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/princes-lead-service-thanksgiving-diana-princess-wales|title=Princes to lead Service of Thanksgiving for Diana, Princess of Wales|work=The Royal Family|date=28 August 2007|accessdate=11 April 2022|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525014156/https://www.royal.uk/princes-lead-service-thanksgiving-diana-princess-wales|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2017, a series of letters that Diana and other members of the royal family had written to a Buckingham Palace steward were sold as a part of a collection.<ref name="Steward-letters">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38508089|title=Handwritten Diana letters sell for £15,100 at auction|work=BBC News|date=5 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207040334/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38508089|archive-date=7 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph-StewardLetters">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/06/princess-diana-letters-prince-harry-getting-trouble-school-sell/|title=Princess Diana's letters about Prince Harry getting into trouble at school sell for five times more than expected|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=6 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113192751/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/06/princess-diana-letters-prince-harry-getting-trouble-school-sell/|archive-date=13 January 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The six letters written by Diana raised £15,100.<ref name="Steward-letters"/><ref name="Telegraph-StewardLetters"/> Another collection of 40 letters written by Diana between 1990 and 1997 were sold for £67,900 at an auction in 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-56435673|title=Princess Diana's handwritten letters fetch £67,900|work=BBC News|date=18 March 2021|accessdate=27 March 2021|archive-date=22 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322174315/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-56435673|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, two of Diana's friends put 32 highly personal letters and cards written by her while she was going through her divorce up for auction, announcing that proceeds of the sale would be donated to charities associated with them or Diana.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/dianas-letters-reveal-strain-of-her-divorce-with-charles-09tcnsbld|title=Diana's letters reveal strain of her divorce with Charles|work=The Times|first=Kieran|last=Gair|date=1 February 2023|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206220034/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dianas-letters-reveal-strain-of-her-divorce-with-charles-09tcnsbld|url-status=live}}</ref>

"Diana: Her Fashion Story", an exhibition of gowns and suits worn by Diana, was announced to be opened at Kensington Palace in February 2017 as a tribute to mark her 20th death anniversary, with her favourite dresses created by numerous fashion designers being displayed until the next year.<ref name="Guardian-Ex">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/nov/16/princess-diana-fashion-exhibition-to-feature-classic-outfits-from-80s-and-90s|title=Princess Diana fashion exhibition to feature classic outfits from 80s and 90s|work=The Guardian|date=16 November 2016|access-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129200104/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/nov/16/princess-diana-fashion-exhibition-to-feature-classic-outfits-from-80s-and-90s|archive-date=29 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph-Ex">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/15/princess-dianas-most-iconic-dresses-being-brought-back-to-kensin/|title=Princess Diana's most iconic dresses being brought back to Kensington Palace to mark 20 years since her death|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 November 2016|access-date=31 January 2017|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129034439/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/15/princess-dianas-most-iconic-dresses-being-brought-back-to-kensin/|archive-date=29 January 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/visit-us/top-things-to-see-and-do/diana-her-fashion-story/|title=Diana: Her Fashion Story|work=Historic Royal Palaces|access-date=16 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606030033/http://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/visit-us/top-things-to-see-and-do/diana-her-fashion-story/#gs.v2I22bw|archive-date=6 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-diana-idUSKBN1611CU|title=Princess Diana's dresses go on display in London, 20 years after her death|work=Reuters|date=22 February 2017|access-date=10 March 2017|first1=Alistair|last1=Smout|first2=Stephen|last2=Addiso|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312052616/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-diana-idUSKBN1611CU|archive-date=12 March 2017}}</ref> Other tributes planned for the anniversary included exhibitions at Althorp hosted by Diana's brother, Earl Spencer,<ref name="BBC-Statue">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38785218|title=Princess Diana: Princes commission statue 20 years after her death|date=29 January 2017|access-date=29 January 2017|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129000209/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38785218|archive-date=29 January 2017}}</ref> a series of commemorating events organised by the [[Diana Award]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/28/princes-william-and-harry-plan-statue-of-their-mother-diana|title=Princes William and Harry plan statue of their mother, Diana|work=The Guardian|date=28 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131034141/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/28/princes-william-and-harry-plan-statue-of-their-mother-diana|archive-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> as well as restyling [[Kensington Gardens]] and creating a new section called "The White Garden".<ref name="Guardian-Ex"/><ref name="Telegraph-Ex"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41091477|title=William and Harry visit Princess Diana memorial|work=BBC News|date=30 August 2017|access-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909171926/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41091477|archive-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>