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 They will meet representatives of the charities
Diana supported at Kensington Palace, their current home and
where their mother lived until she was killed in a car crash on
Aug 31, 1997.
Two decades later, Diana is once again front page news.
Fresh revelations about her life and a raft of TV documentaries
have sprung up around the anniversary.
William and Harry contributed to some of the documentaries to
honor her memory but are otherwise marking the occasion more
discreetly than in previous years. On Thursday, they will
reflect on their mother's life in private.
The day before, they will take a tour of one of Kensington
Palace's public gardens, transformed temporarily in memory of
Diana. White English roses and forget-me-nots were planted in
the area, renamed the White Garden, in tribute to the princess.
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The palace's head gardener and a gardener who knew Diana from her
frequent visits to the spot, usually known as the Sunken Garden,
will explain the design and point out some of the princess's
favorite plants.
Outside the palace, Britons left flowers of their own on Tuesday.
Photographs and messages had been attached to its front gates as the
public paid their respects, although in far fewer numbers than
immediately after her death.
The vast outpouring of grief that followed the night Diana's
limousine crashed in a Paris tunnel stunned many Britons, known for
their stiff upper lip.
After touring the garden, the princes will meet representatives from
causes Diana had supported, including Great Ormond Street Hospital,
the National Aids Trust and The Leprosy Mission.
(Reporting by Emma Rumney; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
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