Diana in 1997: There are four themes to the new exhibition

Now, ten years after her death, a new exhibition is opening at Kensington Palace to celebrate the life of Princess Diana.

The exhibition - Diana: a princess remembered - has four themes.

Each looks at one aspect of her life and work: princess, mother, fashion icon, humanitarian.

The exhibition at Kensington Palace will also include some archive footage from BBC programmes.

It opened on Saturday 30 June, and you can visit daily until the end of the year

The thoughts of Peter and Jan Bates, from Powys are one example that is included in the exhibition

We met Princess Diana in December 1986 in Great Ormond Street Hospital. We were there with our profoundly handicapped son, Chris, who was due to have life saving surgery and Diana, along with Jimmy Tarbuck, who was dressed up as Santa Claus, paid a visit to the outpatient department.

She was met by a large delegation of staff, dignitaries and selected patients but she insisted, after all the formalities had been completed, on spending time with all the children present. She knelt down in front of Chris, who was sat in his wheelchair, took his hand and proceeded to chat to the three of us for several minutes.

She was interested in what surgery he was due to have and also interested in his brother who had just passed all his 'O' levels. She confessed that her academic achievements had been less glorious. She went on to explain why she was committed to GOS; she was so grateful she had two healthy sons and meeting young people like Chris made her ever more thankful of her good fortune.

Her lady in waiting approached her as she talked to us and indicated it was time for her to move on. "I'll come when I'm ready," she replied and continued to chat intimately and animatedly to us.

Eventually she moved on and only when everyone in the room had met her did she leave. That morning she won the hearts of everyone present. Not only did she look every inch a princess, she acted like one and this at a time when her domestic situation was, as we were to learn much later, beginning to unravel.
Peter and Jan Bates

At the time of the Royal Wedding in 1981 I was living in Texas and just before starting a new job, I flew to England to be here for "The" Wedding. My mother and I went to London a few days before the wedding, and coming along a street off Bond Street we suddenly saw "Lady Diana" as she still was, leaving the dressmakers having had a final fitting for her wedding dress.

My mother called out "Good luck" and Diana smiled and said thank you. My mother and I were shown on TV news that night but I think we must have been the only people among our friends and family who didn't see it! Our phone rang constantly... "we've just seen you two with Lady Diana..."

Years later, by now I was back living in England and my mother was dead, my husband and I watched a TV programme about The Royal Wedding, and we actually saw that clip showing my mother and I that we had missed back in 1981! Luckily, we were video-ing the programme, so I have it to this day.
Angela Waller

Angela Halliwell from Southport met Diana at a school for deaf children

I can recall Diana visiting a School for the Deaf my mum and I were right at the end of a very long line the police had told us that Diana wouldn't get to our position.

There was a young man in wheelchair right by us who was so disappointed by this news. However we decided to wait and catch a glimpse of her in the car. She did arrive and shook hands further down the line and then to our amazement she walked to us at the end of the road and spoke to me and the boy in the wheelchair and said she had spotted him on our journey doing wheelies in his chair and she wanted to know how he did it.

WELL we were all flabbergasted and to say it had made our day was an understatement a true humanitarian.
Angela Halliwell