Diana, Princess of Wales Blue Plaque

You are standing before the entrance to Coleherne Court, the red-brick mansion block that became one of the most famous addresses in Britain during the winter of 1980. This building was the home of a young Lady Diana Spencer, who moved into flat number 60 in July 1979 as an eighteen-year-old starting her independent life in London. While living here, she worked as a nursery teacher and often took on cleaning jobs for extra money, maintaining a remarkably ordinary routine before her life changed forever. She shared the three-bedroom space with three close friends, even keeping a playful sign on her bedroom door that read Chief Chick. Diana later recalled this period at the flat as the happiest time of her life.