rooster59 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 UK Princes William and Harry say they will erect statue to late mother Princess Diana By Michael Holden Princess Diana arrives at the Royal Geographical Society in London for a speech on the dangers of landmines throughout the world June 12, 1997. REUTERS/Ian Waldie LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his younger brother Harry have commissioned a statue in honor of their mother Princess Diana who died in a Paris car crash 20 years ago to be erected outside their official London home, their office said on Saturday. Diana, the first wife of the brother's father the heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, was killed when the limousine carrying her and her lover Dodi al-Fayed crashed in a Paris tunnel in August 1997. William was 15 and Harry was 12 at the time. "It has been 20 years since our mother's death and the time is right to recognize her positive impact in the UK and around the world with a permanent statue," William, 34, said in a statement. The princes have formed a committee to advise on the sculptor and to raise private funds to pay for the statue which will be located in a public garden at Kensington Palace. Work on the statue will begin soon and it is hoped that the statue will be unveiled before the end of the year, the statement from their office said. The first permanent memorial to her, a 210-metre (689-foot) long fountain was unveiled in Hyde Park in 2004 after years of bureaucratic wrangling and squabbling over the design. It had to be closed down a number of times after its opening and a committee of lawmakers later said it was "ill-conceived and ill-executed". William announced earlier this month that he would move into Kensington Palace with his wife Kate and children, George and Charlotte, from his current home in eastern England when he gives up his job as an air ambulance pilot to focus on royal duties full-time later this year. -- © Copyright Reuters 2017-01-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 About time too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 A troll post has been trashed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helloagain Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Good for them. Much loved lady even now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex8912 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 If those two children of hers reflect what she was like, then she had to be one great woman that deserves such a nice tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanukjim Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Will the statue include any reference to her lover groom at the horse stables ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavidovsky Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 A good business decision to bring more tourists to the premises. A better idea in any case than the glorified gutter that is the Diana Fountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biplanebluey Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 6 hours ago, sanukjim said: Will the statue include any reference to her lover groom at the horse stables ? What do you mean "include any reference"-----and in what way ? I think you are a born stirrer and trouble maker.That remark was completely un called for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 As long as they pay for it and not the tax payers. Yes I am one before anyone jumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrens54 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Hope no one wants to build a statue of Charley's current wife.... wouldn't be enough concrete in the UK to even sculpt her backside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 On 29/01/2017 at 0:42 PM, sanukjim said: Will the statue include any reference to her lover groom at the horse stables ? Stupid comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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