Gossip-Strewn Tour of Princess Di’s Life

Look, here’s the apartment where actor Terence Stamp lived. He gave Princess Diana elocution lessons, you know. And isn’t that the Tramp nightclub, where Dodi Fayed partied several decades before dating the famous royal?

Welcome to “Princess Diana’s London,” a two-hour walking tour where no royal link is too tenuous, no gossip too vague regarding Diana, killed in a Paris traffic accident a year ago this month.

“We’ve done a lot of research, but people don’t just want the hard facts,” says tour guide Helena Jones, who draws on Andrew Morton’s biography of the princess for lurid details of her battles with bulimia, royal protocol and a fading marriage. Stops include the Spencer House, Diana’s former ancestral home in Green Park; and Clarence House, where she lived before her marriage.

The tour steps off at 2 p.m. on Thursdays from the Green Park subway station, south exit. Another two-hour tour, “Diana, Princess of Wales: Apartments to Palace,” starts at 2 p.m. Tuesdays at the Hyde Park Corner station, Exit 3, and includes Kensington Palace.

Both tours, offered by Original London Walk, cost about $8 per person. You can just show up, or for group reservations call the tour company at 011-44-171-624-3978.