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Jul 1, 2021, 9 tweets

🔴👑 Princess Diana's statue has been unveiled at Kensington Palace by her sons Prince William and Prince Harry

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🔴 The statue is based on the final period of Princess Diana's life as she "gained confidence" in her humanitarian role

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The statue was designed to reflect the late Princess’s "warmth, elegance and energy" as well as her work and the impact she had on so many people

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Before the statue is a paving stone engraved with an extract from the poem, The Measure of A Man:

"These are the units to measure the worth/ Of this woman as a woman regardless of birth.

"Not what was her station? But had she a heart? How did she play her God-given part?"

'Every day, we wish she were still with us, and our hope is that this statue will be seen forever as a symbol of her life and her legacy'

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🔴WATCH: Princes William and Harry put on a united front to pay tribute to their mother on what would have been her 60th birthday

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You can forgive sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley for playing it relatively safe with his long-awaited statue of Diana, Princess of Wales at Kensington Palace

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👑Although they may remain "on different paths", there was little sign of any acrimony between the royal brothers

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📷The three images that appear to have inspired the Princess Diana statue

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