Rosa Monckton's Baby Buried at Kensington Palace
PK
would have been challenged and not permitted.
Zeronic
Thanks for posting this.
It's rather strange - do they have access to the grave?
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PK
> PK wrote:
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> > When did the butler(s) tell the Queen? Not before the event or it
> > would have been challenged and not permitted.
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> > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_723446.html?menu=
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>
> Thanks for posting this.
This was in one of today's papers:
Rosa said: "Diana, more than anyone, knew what to say and do. She was
compassionate and practical. These two qualities co-existed in her in
a way I have never seen in anyone else."
Diana's death almost caused heartbreak over the baby's grave.
The urn left on the grave was removed after Diana's death. But Burrell
photographed the spot and sent the picture to the Lawsons.
Use of the walled garden later passed to Prince Michael of Kent. His
wife Marie-Christine, knowing nothing of the grave, planned to have
the area landscaped. But she was told just in time and did not disturb
the spot.
The Lawsons and official Buckingham Palace spokesman would not comment
yesterday.
Father Alexander said: "I regard any pastoral matter between Dominic
and Rosa Lawson and myself as strictly confidential." PK
Zeronic
A bit more detail from:
http://www.people.co.uk/homepage/news/page.cfm?objectid=12436934&method=thepeople_full&siteid=79490
DIANA LAID HER GRIEVING FRIENDS' BABY TO REST IN HER GARDEN. VISIT
WHENEVER YOU MUST, SHE SAID
ROYAL HOME: Kensington PalaceTHE full moving story of how Princess Diana
let grieving friends bury their stillborn baby in her Kensington Palace
garden can be told by The People today.
Diana asked royal butlers Paul Burrell and Harold Brown to dig the tiny
grave in the quiet spot she called "my oasis".
In a deeply poignant scene, she watched as the mite's coffin was gently
laid to rest.
Then Diana handed the keys to the door of the walled garden to Rosa
Monckton, who lost her baby Natalia while six months pregnant.
The Princess quietly told the heartbroken mum and her husband Dominic
Lawson: "Please visit any time you wish."
It was a gesture of amazing compassion and thoughtfulness even by the
standards of Diana, Queen of Hearts.
A senior Buckingham Palace source told The People: "It was a truly
selfless act. The Princess was noted for acts of kindness but this was
astonishing."
Di always kept the secret of the burial on a crisp April morning in
1994. But we can reveal how she:
-DREAMED up the idea of the garden resting place herself while
comforting best pal Rosa.
-SHUNNED the advice of a top courtier who thought the plan unwise -
putting the feelings of her friends first.
-PERSUADED her Catholic priest pal Father Alexander Sherbrooke to
consecrate the ground and say prayers at the graveside.
-PLACED an urn on Natalia's grave to mark the spot against the west wall
of the garden.
The details emerged after the Old Bailey theft cases against Burrell and
Brown collapsed.
Rosa, a successful businesswoman whose family had been friends of royals
for generations, comforted Diana after her split from Prince Charles.
And Di was quick to support Rosa when she lost the baby who would have
been a sister to daughter Savannah.
The Princess thought the private garden where she found quiet - and
where Prince William had his first photocall aged one - was the ideal
spot for the burial.
Journalist Dominic, son of former Tory Chancellor Nigel Lawson, carried
the tiny coffin across a gravel drive from Diana's Kensington Palace
apartment to the garden.
Eton-educated Father Alexander, who had met Diana in Calcutta while
working with Mother Teresa, said prayers. Rosa read out a poem by Indian
Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore.
Rosa had another daughter, Domenica, 15 months later. Diana was there to
support her friend when it was discovered that the tot - who became the
last of the Princess's 17 godchildren - had Down's syndrome.
The friends shared a holiday in the Greek Islands in 1997 - ten days
before Diana's death in a Paris car crash. The Princess was deeply moved
when she saw Rosa weeping after spotting the Tagore poem in a book.
Diana gently persuaded her to read the verses which included the words:
"They who love me do not know that their love brings you to my heart."
Rosa, now 49, wrote after Diana's death: "When we learned Domenica had
Down's syndrome, Diana was at my bedside immediately with emotional
support and practical help."
She also told how Di helped her cope with Natalia's death.
Rosa said: "She, more than anyone, knew what to say and do. She was
compassionate and practical. These two qualities co-existed in her in a
way I have never seen in anyone else."
Diana's death almost caused heartbreak over the baby's grave.
The Palace source said: "She was warned there might be problems in the
future for the Lawsons to see the spot. Diana refused to listen but we
know something has been sorted out."
The urn left on the grave was removed after Diana's death. But Burrell
photographed the spot and sent the picture to the Lawsons.
Use of the walled garden later passed to Prince Michael of Kent. His
wife Marie-Christine, knowing nothing of the grave, planned to have the
area landscaped. But she was told just in time and did not disturb the
spot.
The Lawsons and official Buckingham Palace spokesman would not comment
yesterday.
Father Alexander said: "I regard any pastoral matter between Dominic and
Rosa Lawson and myself as strictly confidential."
KIND GESTURE BUT SHE LET HER HEART RULE HER HEAD
ROYAL watchers were divided over the compassion Diana showed.
Author Margaret Holder understood how she was being fiercely loyal to
her friends.
But she added: "This is yet another example of Diana's heart ruling her
head. Diana never expected to remain for the rest of her life at
Kensington Palace.
"She had plans to leave. So why did she offer the Lawsons a grave site
for this tragic little girl?
"It was very kind but in the end it could cause more sadness to the
family. She should have realised that in future years the Lawsons might
face difficulty gaining access to the grave. But Diana never thought
about the long term. She just took on the burdens of others to help
them."
But Royal watcher David Fisher saw it differently and said Diana, who
much admired saintly Mother Teresa's compassionate acts, was much
misunderstood.
He said: "It is commonly thought Diana did such wonderful acts to
bolster herself. But she could be the best friend in the world. As Queen
of Hearts she took the burdens of others on to her shoulders and was
rightly praised for this.
"What she did here was a truly wonderful thing."
Alvin H. White
You and your friends can not go across the street
and bury some body in your next door neighbor's
back yard with out the owners permission.
The kid should have been buried in a proper cemetary.
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> You and your friends can not go across the street
> and bury some body in your next door neighbor's
> back yard with out the owners permission.
>
> The kid should have been buried in a proper cemetary.
The crude language belies insensitivity.
You are in no position to judge what took place on public property in London.
PK