Princess Diana Will Be Honored With a Blue Plaque at Her London Apartment Apr 5, 2021
The plaque will be installed this year, what would have been her 60th birthday year.
Diana will be honored alongside anti-slavery campaigner Ellen Craft, fashion designer Jean Muir, divorce law campaigner Caroline Norton, lawyer Helena Normanton, and crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale. Princess Diana will receive a blue plaque in her honor in 2021, the year she would have turned 60, the
Guardian reports, as part of charity English Heritage s scheme to install plaques around the U.K. at locations associated with notable people. Diana will be honored alongside five other women: anti-slavery campaigner Ellen Craft, fashion designer Jean Muir, divorce law campaigner Caroline Norton, lawyer Helena Normanton, and crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale.
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Princess Diana s Apartment Will Receive an English Heritage Blue Plaque Olivia Hosken
The London apartment where Princess Diana lived with her girlfriends before getting engaged to Prince Charles will be receiving an English Heritage blue plaque this year. Diana s plaque will be at her Coleherne Court flat, which she shared with three of her girlfriends, Carolyn Bartholomew, Virginia Pitman, Ann Bolton.
“We are expecting our plaque to Diana, Princess of Wales to be very popular. She was an inspiration and cultural icon to many, raising awareness of issues including landmines and homelessness, and helping to destigmatize illnesses such as HIV, leprosy and depression. It seems fitting that we should erect a plaque commemorating her work and influence in what would have been her 60th year, Anna Eavis, English Heritage’s curatorial director, said in a statement.
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The late Princess Diana has received an English Heritage blue plaque, 24 years after she passed away.
On Thursday, English Heritage released the names of six women throughout history who are set to receive a blue plaque in 2021.
Other notable figures include designer Jean Muir, anti-slavery campaigner Ellen Craft, scientist Kathleen Lonsdale, barrister Helena Normanton and social reformer Caroline Norton. Related Story
The location of the Princess of Wales’ plaque, for which she was nominated by the London Assembly, will be revealed closer to the time of its unveiling but the Heritage said it will be placed on a building associated with her life before her marriage to Prince Charles.