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	Memorial Sites > Diana, Princess of Wales > Commemoration of the Princess
		In the wake of the Princess of Wales's premature death, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was established to receive charitable donations from members of the public.
		The six causes of which the Princess of Wales was either patron or president at the time of her death each received grants of about £1 million ($1.6 million).
		The Memorial Committee was established in December 1997 to advise the government as to how the life of the Princess of Wales can best be commemorated, complementing the work of the Memorial Fund.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page259.asp (579 words)

	Sixth Anniversary, Princess Diana's death
		The foundation stones for the memorial to the late Princess of Wales were laid on Wednesday, with the three million pound ($4.76 million) fountain and surrounding garden, designed by U.S. architect Kathryn Gustafson, due to be formally opened in the summer of 2004.
		The family of the late Princess Diana, the Spencers, is reflected in the crest in the form of a small red escallop, which appears three times on white collars around the lions, unicorn and shield.
		Princess Diana was one of the most celebrated--and photographed--public figures of the 20th century.
	pages.prodigy.net /ellet/sixthanniv.html (4470 words)

	Lady Diana Spencer - Princess Diana Newsreport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Diana’s relatives and the British royal family were not plaintiffs in the case, meaning that Diana’s privacy was not an issue.
		Diana, Dodi and chauffeur Henri Paul were killed on August 31, 1997 when their Mercedes car crashed in a tunnel as it sped away from the Ritz hotel in the French capital with paparazzi photographers in hot pursuit on motorbikes.
		Princess Diana was duped by the BBC into giving her famous Panorama interview by being told she was being spied on, royal author Andrew Morton has claimed.
	www.princess-diana.com /diana/newsreport04-06.htm (4185 words)

	Royal Insight > Out and About > The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain unveiled
		Princes William and Harry joined The Prince of Wales, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh and members of the Spencer family at the official opening of a fountain constructed in memory of their mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
		In declaring the memorial officially open, The Queen was at pains to stress the legacy left to those that knew her best.
		Having officially opened the memorial, The Queen accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and Princes William and Harry then toured an exhibition of the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, before meeting crowds who had come to see the event in Hyde Park.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page3287.asp (632 words)

	Diana, Princess of Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor; née Lady Diana Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was the first wife of The Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir-apparent of Elizabeth II.
		This stemmed naturally from her role as Princess of Wales -- she was expected to engage in hospital visiting and to assume the patronage of a variety of charitable organizations -- and from a personal interest in certain illnesses and areas.
		Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1736 - 1751)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales (3212 words)

	Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain is a memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales.
		It is located in the southwest corner of Hyde Park in London, just south of the Serpentine Lake and east of the Serpentine Gallery.
		Its cornerstone was laid in September of 2003 and it opened on July 6, 2004 by Queen Elizabeth II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales_Memorial_Fountain (461 words)

	Scotsman.com News - UK - Diana memorial is a fountain of hope
		Rows over the memorial - Princess Diana’s mother, Frances Shand Kydd, said it "lacked grandeur" and Vivienne Perry, who worked with the princess when she was patron of the Birthwrite charity, labelled it a "national nothing" - took place against a backdrop of a relentless debate over her memory.
		Meanwhile, the beleaguered charity, Diana, Princes of Wales Memorial Fund, her "living memorial", is embroiled in a high-profile legal battle which may cost it £15 million.
		Princess Diana memorials around the country include an adventure playground in Kensington Gardens, the memorial at her tomb in the grounds of Althorp, and countless small flower gardens and fountains in towns across the United Kingdom.
	news.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=917892003 (1193 words)

	Gustafson Porter
		It seems appropriate that the combination of contemporary and traditional methods should be used in the permanent memorial to reflect the life of the Princess.
		This is based on the qualities of the Princess of Wales that were most loved, her inclusiveness and her accessibility.
		The stone chosen for the Memorial is 'De Lank' granite from Ennstone Breedon Ltd’s quarry in Cornwall.
	www.gustafson-porter.com /projects/dm/dm01.htm (1594 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts news \| Diana memorial fountain completed
		The memorial is overlooked by Sir Basil Spence's priapic Knightsbridge Barracks with its horses and cavalrymen; the princess had a soft spot for men in uniform, notably her riding instructor James Hewitt, a guards officer.
		The cast of characters involved in the evolution of the fountain appear to be equally contrary.
		The memorial fountain is like this: a surprising, yet ultimately gentle drawing together of unlikely family, friends and supporters of the late princess, and design professionals.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,11711,1250190,00.html (757 words)

	Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain - LondonHotels.in
		Diana loved children and so, this Memorial Fountain designed to commemorate her, was originally, intended to allow children and their families to get close to her.
		Visitors regularly, paddled in the fountains on sunny days but due to accidents occurring; within the first year of its opening, the area was fenced off and is now inaccessible.
		Embarrassingly, the fountain, made out of granite, is slippery when wet and is not a safe area for people to paddle in.
	www.londonhotels.in /wiki/index.php/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales_Memorial_Fountain (173 words)

	Princess Diana, the life of the Princess Diana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Diana became more then a public icon around the world with millions focused upon her every move in life.
		Perhaps the most inspiring work of the Princess Diana was in 1987 when she became the first high-profile person to be photographed knowingly touching a person with the HIV virus.
		The life of Princess Diana has been one of controversy and so it also was in her death.
	www.paralumun.com /diana.htm (392 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Queen unveils new Diana fountain
		The Queen has described Princess Diana as a "remarkable human being" as she unveiled a fountain commemorating her daughter-in-law at a London ceremony.
		Diana's late mother Frances Shand Kydd criticised the chosen memorial as having a "lack of grandeur".
		But Ms Gustafson said she wanted the fountain, built to the south of the Serpentine, to be accessible and to reflect Diana's "inclusive" personality.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3866863.stm (751 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / After many delays, Diana fountain flows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The fountain will open formally at a July 6 ceremony where expected guests include the late princess' sons, William and Harry; her ex-husband Prince Charles; and members of her family including her brother, Earl Spencer.
		It will be the Spencer family's first public appearance with the royal family since Diana's 1997 funeral, where Earl Spencer criticized the royals for their treatment of his sister.
		Construction of the fountain, which consists of 545 blocks of Cornish granite, was delayed by bureaucratic wrangling and arguments within the Memorial Fountain Committee headed by Diana's friend, Rosa Monckton.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/06/29/after_many_delays_diana_fountain_flows (292 words)

	The Prince of Wales - News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Prince of Wales and his sons Prince William and Prince Harry accompanied Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh at the opening of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, London.
		In Her Majesty’s speech to officially open the Memorial Fountain, The Queen said she was opening the oval granite fountain “on behalf of Charles, William, Harry and all my family and of all the Spencer family with us today”.
		The memorial fountain, which was funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, was designed by architects Kathryn Gustafson and Neil Porter.
	www.princeofwales.gov.uk /news/2004/07.jul/memorialfountain.php (651 words)

	Diana Memorial Fountain
		This unique Memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales was opened by Her Majesty The Queen on 6th July 2004.
		The fountain was built with the best materials, talent and technology.
		The design aims to reflect Diana's life, water flows from the highest point in two directions as it cascades, swirls and bubbles before meeting in a calm pool at the bottom.
	www.royalparks.gov.uk /parks/hyde_park/diana_memorial.cfm (291 words)

	diana princess of wales memorial fountain presentation in old noarlunga australia. Fountain.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		diana princess of wales memorial fountain presentation in old noarlunga australia.
		The fountain is now the centerpiece for the upgrading of the Market Square & the entrance ways to the town of Old Noarlunga.
		The Opening of the Fountain was conducted by the Governor of South Australia, His Excellency Sir Eric Neal, AC, CVO.
	pool-information.com /diana/update.htm (121 words)

	British legislators criticize memorial fountain to Diana, Princess of Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		LONDON (AP) - British legislators on Tuesday criticized the problem-plagued memorial fountain to Diana, Princess of Wales, for poor management and uncontrolled costs that have gone about $4 million Cdn higher than projected.
		The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee criticized "basic project management failures" that have driven the cost of the fountain in London's Hyde Park to the equivalent of $10.5 million Cdn from an original budget of $6 million.
		The elliptical granite fountain was designed by U.S. architect Kathryn Gustafson to be a "tranquil, peaceful and calm" memorial to Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060321/w032130.html (485 words)

	Controversial memorial to Princess Diana
		The winning design for a £3 million memorial to Princess Diana was finally unveiled in July 2002 – to a storm of criticism.
		In August 2002, the mother of Diana Princess of Wales criticised the plans and claimed that she had not been consulted.
		The granite memorial fountain was opened by Queen Elizabeth on 6th July 2004.
	theinternetforum.co.uk /rf/diana1.html (589 words)

	Diana Princess Wales Memorial Fountain reinstatement
		The planned reinstatement work for the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain has been confirmed as starting on the 10 th January 2005.
		The need for such work was first announced on the 11 th August 2004, when the Memorial reopened after two weeks closure for health and safety reasons.
		The existing pathway will be extended to run around the southern and western edges of the Memorial, taking in some of the most popular features including the tranquil pool, the mountain stream and the source.
	www.royalparks.gov.uk /press/current/press_release_84.cfm (459 words)

	Diana, Princess of Wales -- In Memoriam...
		In memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, this Web site offers a Macintosh startup screen, BMP backdrop files for Windows and OS/2, and an Amiga IFF graphics file -- plus, UNIX SUN and SGI files (all for 14-inch, or larger, monitors).
		In addition to offering the startup screen and backdrops, this page is also my very modest attempt at a memorial for Diana, Princess of Wales -- as well as a tribute to the life and legacy of the Princess.
		You may wish to visit the Web presentation of Westminster Abbey on the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, held on 6 September 1997.
	ddickerson.igc.org /princess-diana/princess-diana-1.html (615 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Princess of Wales - Diana memorial fountain becomes a dangerous mudbath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thousands of tourists flocked to the £3.6 million fountain, designed by the American Kathryn Gustafson, after it was officially opened by the Queen on 6 July.
		The fountain was switched off on 22 July and a review carried out by health and safety experts.
		Diana's ex-lover arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession (23-Jul-04)
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=568&id=989422004 (488 words)

	everythingroyaldianamemorial
		We have yet to see a lasting tribute, be it a statue, fountain or shrine erected in London in memory of Diana.
		LONDON (Reuters) - Princess Diana's brother believes that princes William and Harry "may not be encouraged to stay in touch with their mother's side of the family".And Earl Spencer revealed that Prince Charles has spoken to him just once since Diana was killed in a Paris car crash five years ago.
		To the million who attended Diana's funeral and the nearly 2 billion who watched the funeral on TV, please write and voice your opinion to both Her Majesty The Queen and to HRH Prince Charles.
	everythingroyal.com /everythingroyaldianamemorial.html (840 words)

	USATODAY.com - British lawmakers criticize Princess Diana memorial fountain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers on Tuesday criticized the problem-plagued memorial fountain to Princess Diana for poor management and uncontrolled costs that have gone $3.5 million higher than projected.
		The costs of managing the memorial fountain to Diana is up to $9 million.
		It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in July 2004 — in a ceremony costing $520,000 — but shut to the public the next day after flooding.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-03-21-di-fountain_x.htm (527 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Diana fountain 'poorly managed'
		The fountain, which first opened in July 2004 - £2.2m over budget - was ill conceived, said Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Edward Leigh MP.
		"The fountain was a small-scale project, yet there were multiple stakeholders whose roles, responsibilities and accountability for the finished result were not clear.
		It is a fitting tribute to the Princess of Wales, a place of remembrance and contemplation for the public.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/4826020.stm (534 words)

	Richard Bacon MP - Member of Parliament for South Norfolk
		SOUTH NORFOLK MP Richard Bacon, who used to work in Hyde Park as a gardener, has praised the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain as a fitting tribute to the late princess, but has criticised the project management failures that dogged the memorial after it opened in 2004.
		Mr Bacon said: “The Memorial Fountain is a fitting monument and tribute to the Princess.
		The area of the fountain is beautiful and peaceful and I would recommend people to see it for themselves, as many thousands are now doing”.
	www.richardbacon.org.uk /parl/diana.htm (349 words)

	Diana Princess of Wales memorial fountain presentation in Old Noarlunga Australia. drawings.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Fountain will be a precast bowl & statue set, in Silicon Bronze which has been imported from Europe.
		Behind the fountain pool, will be a Rose Garden & a rose covered arch which can be used for weddings or other offical presentations.
		Behind the rose garden is a sloping lawn which falls to the tranquil waters of the Onkaparinga River.
	www.de-fontenay.com /diana/drawings.htm (98 words)

	Ananova - MPs condemn costs of Diana fountain
		As a result, the Royal Parks agency is now facing an annual £250,000 maintenance bill for the fountain at a time when it is struggling with a £65 million maintenance backlog across the capital's eight royal parks.
		The fountain, designed by American Kathryn Gustafson, has been embroiled in controversy ever since it was forced to close due to flooding just a day after it was formally opened by the Queen in July, 2004.
		It was shut again later that month after a woman and her son were injured paddling - experts blamed algae growing on the stonework - and it was closed for five months at the start of 2005 while further work was carried out.
	www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_1772042.html?menu= (424 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Princess of Wales
		SENIOR judge Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss is set to preside over the inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed.
		TRIBUTES were being paid to Diana, Princess of Wales, today on the ninth anniversary of her death.
		THE project to build the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain was criticised by MPs...
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=568&id=989422004 (500 words)

	The Royal Parks News
		The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park has re-opened to the public.
		Not to walk or run in the water of the Memorial, as there is a risk of slipping.
		To ensure smooth running, the Memorial's water may be turned off for 20 minutes in the afternoon to allow filters to be cleared.
	www.royalparks.gov.uk /news/diana_update.cfm (266 words)

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