Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales The public funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales started on 6 September 1997 at 9:08am in London, when the tenor bell sounded to signal the departure of the cortège from Kensington Palace. The coffin was carried from the palace on a gun carriage, along Hyde Park to St. James's Palace, where Diana's body had remained for five days before being taken to Kensington Palace. The Union Flag on top of the palace was lowered to half mast. The official ceremony was held at Westminster Abbey in London and finished at the resting place in
Funeral directors to the Royal Household 1888, the business moved to Eversholt Street in Camden, north London, where its headquarters remain. In 2007 company director Clive Leverton explained the mode of appointment to "The Telegraph". "'There is no written contract,' he said. 'It is just a handshake really.'" In 1997 Leverton & Sons repatriated the body of Diana, Princess of Wales. The company also organised the funerals of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002, Princess Margaret in 2002 and Baroness Thatcher in 2013. Funeral directors to the Royal Household The Funeral directors to the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom are selected