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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Brigid Delaney

‘It gives off psycho vibes’: the sharehouse with a homebuilt shrine to Princess Diana

Kate McGuinness and her shrine to Princess Diana
Kate McGuinness’s ‘shocking’ shrine to Princess Diana. ‘It definitely gets a lot of comments.’ Photograph: Nikki To/The Guardian

Kate McGuinness was born the year Princess Diana died and has always “been incredibly saddened whenever I hear about Diana”. But her interest in the royal escalated when she met a woman called Helen via eBay.

Helen had been collecting Australian women’s magazines featuring Princess Diana since the heyday of Di-mania in the 1980s. Kate purchased much of the collection online because “Helen’s the only one in her family who values Di,” and as a result “I’ve ended up with hundreds of magazines”.

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