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Auction of Items Linked to Late Princess Diana Winding Down

by Associated Press

   BOSTON --

   Online bidding is winding down for dozens of items with direct
   connections to Britain's late Princess Diana.

   Eighty items being sold at auction 20 years after her death in a Paris
   car crash include articles of clothing, jewelry, signed papers and
   photographs. There's even a piece of her wedding cake still stored in a
   commemorative box.

   Boston-based RR Auction is handling the sale, which ends Wednesday
   evening.

   Auction house executive vice president Bobby Livingston says interest
   in Diana memorabilia remains high because "she still resonates all over
   the world." He says the items "give you a little snapshot into this
   beautiful woman's life."

   The items include belongings Diana donated to charity months before her
   death on Aug. 31, 1997.

   Bidding began last week.