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
Princess Diana Memorial Princess Diana Memorial The Princess Diana Memorial Austria is the first memorial dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales in a German-speaking country. It is placed in a public park of Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna. Ewald Wurzinger, an Austrian radio journalist at ORF is behind the private financed memorial. The white marble bust of the former royal boasts a dedication to the "Queen of Hearts". Diana's close friend Rosa Monckton has supported the memorial project. In 2014 the tribute was presented for the first time at Kensington Palace in London. The white bust and the memorial plaque were created by the