The Princess Diana Memorial is a memorial dedicated to

Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her ac ...

, in

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. It is located in the garden of Cobenzl Castle, located in

Schloss Schönbrunn ''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house. Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cognate ...

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. The memorial consists of a plaque and

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of Diana. On the plaque, Diana is erroneously described as Lady Diana Spencer, a style she did not have at the time of her death and did not carry since her wedding in 1981. It is the first memorial dedicated to her in a German-speaking country.

Ewald Wurzinger Ewald Simon Wurzinger (born 12 February 1987 in Graz, Styria) is an Austrian journalist for Radio Vienna at the national public broadcaster ORF and a newspaper columnist for the ''Kleine Zeitung''. He is also known for raising a memorial on Dian ...

, an Austrian radio journalist at

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, is behind the private financed memorial. The white marble bust of Princess Diana boasts a dedication to the "Queen of Hearts". Diana's close friend

Rosa Monckton Rosamond Mary Monckton, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 26 October 1953) is an England, English business woman and charity campaigner. Background Monckton is the daughter of Marianna Laetitia Bower and Gilber ...

has supported the memorial project. In 2014 the tribute was presented for the first time at

Kensington Palace Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It has been a residence of the British royal family since the 17th century, and is currently the official L ...

in London. The white bust and the memorial plaque were created by the Viennese sculptor

Wolfgang Karnutsch Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ...

. The memorial has been financed through private donations.People Magazine, 27 August 2015
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Memorial of Lady Diana

Lady Diana moved to Caritas Park near Schloss Schönbrunn
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