Editing Diana, Princess of Wales (section)

====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"/>