A playground named for Princess Diana, who died in a 1997 car crash, has opened in London.
Organizers say it is meant as a tribute to the princess' love for children.
It's been more than two years in the making, two years filled with controversy over the best way to pay tribute to Britain's Princess Diana, but finally a memorial opened today. It is not a monument, or in any way a shrine, but instead a playground built as a tribute to the princess' love for children. Planners decided on a playground after local residents fiercely opposed creating a garden, which they said would attract too many visitors to the area. The park's central feature is a large wooden pirate ship made in Germany and transported in two halves to London. Controversy has raged over the proper way to remember the princess, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.