Catch You can unsubscribe at any time.BIZARRE CLAIMS: To this day people believe Diana was buried in a church cryptMISSED: Princess Diana was adored by millions around the worldDEVASTATION: The news of the crash and Diana's death shook the worldCHANGE OF HEART: Brother Charles wanted to bury Diana at the church but changed his mindFINAL RESTING PLACE: Officially, Diana was buried on an island lake at AtlhorpGREAT BRINGTON CHURCH: Bizarre claims suggest Diana is buried at this churchPROOF: The Bishop of Peterborough released the burial certificate to prove Diana's at Althorp Why Diana's chef spilt the beans over her neglected grave DARREN McGrady emigrated after the Princess's death but tells Camilla Tominey of his shock at visiting Althorp. Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA worldwide TV audience of 2.5billion people watching her funeral in September 1997 saw the hearse carrying her coffin drive through the gates of the Spencer family's country pile.Since those famous scenes, hundreds of thousands of Diana fans have visited her official final resting place on an island lake at the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire – at £18.50 a pop.But we can reveal that to this day, that version of events has been plagued by claims that her body never made it into the ground at Althorp – but was taken away and secretly buried elsewhere.And now, as the world prepares to remember the car crash that killed Diana 20 years ago in a Paris tunnel, those claims have resurfaced again, and threaten to overshadow the anniversary.The theory goes that the Princess was in fact, under cover of darkness, buried NOT at Althorp where hordes of royalists were led to believe but in the nearby village church down the road.What makes the outlandish rumours continue to swirl is a series of unexplained events in the village that night and around the time of her funeral and burial that have fuelled the conspiracy theories.And just this week, people who believe the claims of a burial switch have even made the pilgramage to church and left comments in the visitors' book saying as much.Daily Star Online went to the church this week and saw the comments which state, "yes Diana, we know you are here" and "Princess Diana lies here in The Crypt alongside her father".It was originally planned that Diana WAS to be buried in the Spencer family crypt at St Mary's Church in Great Brington near Althorp, a wish she had previously voiced.But her brother Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, changed his mind in an announcement which shocked the nation in the days after her death that he wanted her final resting place to be at Althorp to provide her more protection.The claim is that, despite the hearse seen on TV entering the gates at Althorp, she never made it in the Earl's planned lakeside grave but was in fact taken back to the church.We can reveal that wet cement appeared at the church, as well as a conflicting timeline of events, to add fuel to the ever-blazing fire.The Diana burial theory continues to grip the tiny village the church sits in, leaving even husbands and wives who live in Great Brington at loggerheads with polar opposite views.The "People's Princess" was killed, aged 36 in a horrifying car crash in the French capital on August 31, 1997.She was being driven in a Mercedes S-280 with her lover Dodi Al Fayed after she left a dinner at the Hotel Ritz before crashing into a pillar in the Alma Tunnel.An inquest later found Diana's driver had been drunk at the time of the crash.But as Prince Charles flew her body back to the UK that night, her death was already being shrowded in conspiracy theories.Such is the rumour mill that a bizarre theory emerged this week from a fake news site, claiming Diana was assassinated by the MI5.As the country mourned the loss of its Princess, her brother Charles planned his sister's funeral for September 6, 1997.CLICK HERE TO SEE CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT MI5 AGENT CONFESSED TO KILLING DIANAWorkers arrived at the church and dug up a hole in the floor inside the heavily guarded crypt – surrounded by six metre high fencing and an alarm system – to prepare space for her coffin to be lowered into.But on the night before her burial (September 5), the Earl announced that he had changed his mind, and was going to bury her on an island at his Althorp Estate, a mile away from the church, instead.The move was made, he said, due to the huge media and public attention that would have descended on the village, which had a population of just 200 at the time. "The papers stated: "The burial vault was resealed on Thursday evening, 4th September 1997, and has not been opened since. "We all agreed that, with its beauty and tranquillity, this was the place for Diana to be. Prince William and Prince Harry attended a private ceremony to rededicate Diana's grave on what would have been her 56th birthday on July 1. I remember saying if you get hold of a guest list for the Princess’s Christmas drinks in 1995, invite everybody on that guest list and you won’t have missed out anybody important.”On the day, two million people lined the streets to watch the cortège travel four miles through the capital.Princess Diana with her sons, William and Harry, in London in 1988. "At the time of Diana's funeral, Christine Whiley, the mum of BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley, ran the local post office in Great Brington where she still lives with her husband.She told Daily Star Online: "My interpretation of what happened is that there were a lot of rumours going around, and there have been hundreds and hundreds of arguments about where she is buried. Princess Diana is buried in Althorp Park (the Spencer family home), which is in Northamptonshire. "The grave itself is not accessible to the public, but a memorial temple has been built across from the lake, where visitors to the estate can pay their respects to the late princess.Earl Spencer's touching eulogy praised Diana's generous personality at the same time as subtly attacking the In his speech, the earl said: “Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty.“All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed Princess Diana was laid to rest on an island on a lake in the grounds of her childhood home The grave is surrounded by luscious greenery and wildlife William and Harry revealed that they were due to see her on the day she died Althorp underwent extensive remodelling, along with the rest of the gardens in the last few yearsVideo of Althorp Park in Althorp Estate where Princess Diana was buried after her death in 1997 Visitors to Diana's final resting place can pay their respects at a memorial temple across from the lake which guards her grave An aerial photo of the island where Princess Diana is buried in the grounds of the Spencer family estate The estate includes a Grade I listed stately home, along with 50 square kilometres of woodland, cottages and farms in the surrounding area Flowers and notes left as a tribute to Princess Diana from her fans Most of her worldly possessions of value were left to her young boys, who were just 12 and 15 at the time when she died Princess Diana lived at the sprawling estate before her marriage to Prince Charles Flowers left by mourners at the gates to the Althorp estate are rowed across to the island The princes were just children when their mother, Princess Diana, died in a car crash Well-wishers flock to Princess Diana's final resting place at AlthorpHere's how Meghan Markle and Prince Harry paid tribute to Princess Diana