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Princess Diana’s Childhood Home ‘Destroyed’ After ‘Vandals’ Set Fire


Princess Diana's childhood home Althorp House was targeted by arsonists, leaving its historic farmhouse destroyed in a tragic fire

“Luckily unoccupied at the time — but still deeply disturbing that one of our farmhouses was torched by vandals last night,” Charles, 61, shared via Instagram on Wednesday, May 28. The building impacted by the fire was a farmhouse “built in the late 18th Century,” according to a statement from the chief executive of the Althorp Estate, David Fawkes, on Wednesday. Althorp was the birthplace and childhood home of Lady Diana Spencer, later Princess Diana.David Levenson/Getty Images“The house and farm buildings have been unoccupied for several years and the site is scheduled for redevelopment as part of the Dallington Grange development,” he told the BBC, noting that the farmhouse was “completely destroyed” but “surrounding outbuildings are undamaged.”

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