SWINDON'S own royal personage will travel to London to fix her own tribute to Princess Diana on the gates of Kensington Palace.

Mary Ratcliffe, who for years has been well known for her personal appearances as Queen Victoria at local events, is determined to be outside Diana's home tomorrow to mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris crash in which she died.

The 82-year-old amateur writer and poet, who lives in Croft Road, believes that the princess's death was not an accident.

"Ten years, and still no inquest, that speaks volumes," she said.

"One day the truth will be revealed when the element of fear is lifted and written testimonies will no longer be trapped in a veil of secrecy."

And she claims that the Royal Family and the Government failed to acknowledge Diana's achievements or accorded her the honour she deserved.

She has also welcomed news that the Duchess of Cornwall will not after all go to Friday's official memorial service at the Guards Chapel.

Mrs Ratcliffe was among those who forwarded caveats under the Marriage Act 1949 claiming that the marriage of Prince Charles and the former Mrs Parker Bowles in March 2005 was not lawful.

"A person who is destined to be the Defender Of The Faith cannot be married in a civil ceremony," she wrote, adding that their union "poses a very grave threat to the future of the monarchy."

Her caveat and others like it were dismissed.

She plans to leave home at 6am tomorrow so she can be outside Kensington Palace to coincide with the start of the memorial service.

And she will attach to the railings a laminated copy of a poem she has written in praise of the princess.

"I can't walk very far now, and it will be a tiring day," she said. "But I have got to do it.

"There will be people at that service who were never there for Diana in her lifetime.

"The call for Charles to stand down in favour of William would solve so many hurdles," she added.

Mrs Ratcliffe has also written to Prince William and Prince Harry and to Mohamed Al Fayed, the father of Dodi Fayed, who was Diana's lover during the last weeks of her life and died with her.