Princess Diana's home Kensington Palace reopens to public

Published on Mar 27, 2012

A file picture taken on March 20, 2012 shows a statue of Britain's Queen Victoria outside Kensington Palace in central London during a photocall to showcase a 12 million GBP (14.4m euros/19m USD) restoration of the historic palace. Kensington Palace, the former home of Princess Diana and the future abode of her son Prince William and his wife Catherine, reopened to the public on Monday after two years of renovation. -- PHOTO: AFP

LONDON (AFP) - Kensington Palace, the former home of Princess Diana and the future abode of her son Prince William and his wife Catherine, reopened to the public on Monday after two years of renovation.

Officials said new exhibitions, including a display of the late Princess Diana's dresses, had seen ticket sales far exceed those expected on opening day at the 407-year-old red-brick palace.

'We're expecting a thousand visitors a day, but today we had that many just in the first two hours,' a spokesman for Historic Royal Palaces, the charity which manages the building, told AFP.

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Princess Diana's home Kensington Palace reopens to public