Ghouls tried to rob Princess Diana’s grave FOUR times, reveals brother Earl Spencer
GHOULS have tried to break in to Princess Diana’s grave four times, her brother has revealed.
Earl Spencer, 53 told yesterday how the family had “seen them off” from the estate in Althorp, Northants.
In a shock interview, he also claimed aides lied to him about Princes William and Harry wanting to walk behind their mum’s coffin.
He said it was a “cruel thing” for them to endure at Diana’s funeral in 1997.
Earl Spencer told BBC Radio 4: “We’ve had four attempted break-ins towards her body in the last 20 years and I’m very glad we’ve seen all of them off.
“There are some odd people out there and keeping her right here is the safest place.”
One theory is that the intruders wanted to take snaps of her private burial site to flog for a fortune.
Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty Magazine, said: “They would want to take photographs and sell them to European news organisations — the British press wouldn’t run them.”
Diana, who died in a Paris car crash aged 36, is buried on an island at the gated estate.
Earl Spencer explained: “Originally we were going to bury Diana in the family tombs nearby but it wasn’t to be.
"Both because it was impractical and because it would mean the local village being overrun.”
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Only a handful of snaps of the grave have emerged, including some by Diana’s ex chef who was horrified to find it overgrown in 2015.
William and Harry joined the Spencer family for a ceremony at the grave on what would have been their mum’s birthday earlier this month.