If Diana was the people's Princess, this is most definitely the people's funeral. Across the country shops will shut, trains will stop, soccer matches and horse races will be cancelled and a two-minute silence will be observed. Westminster Abbey's program combines "traditional and modern elements" that means Elton as well as Elgar. Even the Palace has been infected by the need to accomodate an overwhelming grief: the Lord Chamberlain's office is manning a media-friendly "Command Center", connected to over 20 million phone lines.
And when it is all over, Diana will be laid to rest on a small island within the Spencer family estate itself allowing her sons to visit her in private, and giving her a peace she rarely knew in life.