Princess Diana honoured with blue plaque at former London flat By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – The late Princess Diana has been honoured with a “blue plaque” at her former flat in west London the place she lived earlier than she grew to become engaged to British heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles.

The plaque is on the constructing that was her house between 1979 and 1981 – 60 Coleherne Court docket – a property near the King’s Highway in Chelsea.

Diana, who died aged 36 in a Paris automotive crash in 1997, shared the residence with three mates, together with Virginia Clarke, who helped to unveil the plaque at a ceremony on Wednesday.

“These have been joyful days for all of us and the flat was at all times filled with laughter,” Clarke mentioned. “Diana went off to grow to be a lot to so many. It’s great that her legacy can be remembered on this means.”

Diana described her years on the property as “the happiest time of her life”, in response to Andrew Morton’s e book Diana, In Her Personal Phrases.

London’s blue plaque scheme, run by English Heritage, highlights buildings the place well-known figures from the previous lived and labored.

Princess Diana’s blue plaque reads: “Woman Diana Spencer later Princess of Wales 1961-1997. Lived right here 1979-1981.”

“Diana had, and nonetheless has, a really particular place within the hearts of Londoners and we’re thrilled to see her blue plaque formally positioned as a monument to her work for others,” mentioned Andrew Boff, chairman of the London Meeting.