Diana seekers go astray

Althorpe - A village in northern England 140 miles from the ancestral home and resting place of the late Princess Diana is finding…

Althorpe - A village in northern England 140 miles from the ancestral home and resting place of the late Princess Diana is finding itself swamped with lost visitors. Althorpe, in the northeast of England, is being mistaken for Althorp House to the south, where Diana's brother Earl Charles Spencer erected a memorial and museum to his sister.

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