Althorp Reviews

This year for the first time I visited Althorp to see the last resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales. I found the whole set up very tasteful, not at all commercialised. The shop did not stock a great amount of souvenirs, the ones that were on sale were not the usual tourist tacky stuff, but rather more tasteful. There was a cafe ...  Read the complete review

A friend and I visited Althorp for the Princess Diana memorial the first summer that it was opened to the public. We both wanted to go there for the opportunity to pay our respects to Diana, lay some flowers and then go home. Unfortunately, in order to do this we first of all had to take a tour through Althorp house, the gardens and a ...  Read the complete review

I worked at Althorpe house in 1998 to earn a few quid over the summer towards the bills. It was a about a year after the death of Diana and part of the reason I took the steward position was to see if the mass hysteria that gripped the female and gay population had died away from that fateful bizarre day the previous year. The house itself has ...  Read the complete review

After visiting Althorp house, the family home of princess Diana, I'd like to say what a moving experience it was.It's been 3 years now since the death of Diana, part of Althorp house has been turned into a shrine. What were once stables housing 100 horses is now an exhibition centre celebrating the life of Diana. It consists of 5 ...  Read the complete review