The Princess of Wales lived at Apartment 8 Kensington Palace from the time of her wedding on 29 July 1981 until her death on 31 August 1997.
Many photos of the Princess show her at home at the palace. And she was known to go shopping and to the cinema in Kensington High Street.
On the day after her death, flowers began to appear in front of the south gates of Kensington Palace and it is estimated that, over the next few days, more than a million bouquets were left there.
On 6 September 1997 shortly after 9.00, the four-mile funeral procession for Princess Diana started at Kensington Palace on its way to Westminster Abbey.
Kensington Palace stayed open for 24 hours to cope with the 136,000 mourners that came to the palace to sign condolence books for the Princess.
The books are still preserved in the palace’s archives.
