OUTLINE OF FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Movement of the coffin to St James's Palace
Following completion of the coroner's formalities, the coffin was taken to the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace in the early hours of Monday, 1 September, where it remained until the night of Friday, 5 September.

It was then moved to rest overnight in the Princess's apartment at Kensington Palace.

Procession to Westminster Abbey
The Procession began from Kensington Palace on the morning of Saturday, 6 September at 9.08 a.m. The Princess's coffin, borne on a gun carriage of the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, and escorted on foot by a bearer party from the Welsh Guards and by mounted police, was taken to Westminster Abbey along a route lined by tens of thousands of mourners.

The route passed Hyde Park, where many thousands more watched the Procession and service on two giant screens. At Hyde Park Corner, the Procession passed under Wellington Arch before moving into Constitution Hill.

The Queen led members of the Royal Family in paying their respects outside Buckingham Palace.

Earl Spencer, Prince William, Prince Harry, The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Edinburgh joined the Procession in The Mall, together with 500 charity representatives, to walk behind the coffin on its journey to Westminster Abbey.
 
Funeral service
The Order of Service is reproduced in full under Order of service.
 
Westminster Abbey to Althorp
The funeral cortège travelled to Althorp by road. Family members travelled to Northamptonshire separately on board the Royal Train.
 
Committal and interment
The coffin was subsequently interred in a private ceremony at Althorp in the afternoon of the same day as the funeral, in sanctified ground on a small island in the centre of a tranquil ornamental lake.

The Althorp estate was opened to members of the public who wished to view the lake where the Princess is buried, from 1 July 1998 to 30 August 1998. Further details can be found on the Althorp House web site at www.althorp.com.