Good morning, and welcome to The Independent’s liveblog following the unveiling of Princess Diana’s statue on what would have been her 60th birthday today.

Diana, Princess of Wales, was more than just one of the most famous women of all time. She was a global icon and, known as the “People’s Princess”, remains a much-missed royal even today.

As we remember her on what would have been her 60th birthday today, read more about how Diana continues to be an inspiration more than two decades after her death:

Have you ever wondered how different things would have been if Princess Diana was still alive?

My colleague Sean O’Grady explores what her life might have been like if not for that fateful day on 31 August 1977:

Princess Diana’s openness and willingness to speak on difficult subjects has always departed from royal protocol and been a constant inspiration to the work of her sons, Harry and William, until today.

My colleague Saman Javed takes a look at some of the defining moments in the Princess of Wales’s life and how her legacy lives on through her children:

Prince Harry and Prince William will reunite in London to unveil a statue of Princess Diana on what would have been her 60^th birthday.

The ceremony will be the brothers’ first appearance together since Prince Philip’s funeral in April.

Harry and William first commissioned the statue in 2017, on the 29^th anniversary of their mother’s death, saying at the time that they hoped it would help visitors to the palace “reflect on her life and her legacy”.

Find out more:

The Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace has been newly redesigned to coincide with the unveiling of the statue of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Garden designer Pip Morrison was in charge of the layout and planting scheme, and it was brought to life by the Gardens and Estates team at Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), led by deputy head, Graham Dillamore.

The garden now features a number of Diana’s favourite flowers, including forget-me-nots, as well as many other spring and summer blooms in an array of pastel colours. See more of the new Sunken Garden design below:

Princess Diana was known for regularly breaking tradition when it came to parenting.

She took Prince William with her on her first overseas tour in 1983, despite him being only nine months old at the time.

She also brought both William and Harry with her on a 17-day tour of Italy in 1985, when harry was just seven months old.

William also became the first royal not to receive any homeschooling, as he and Harry both attended the Wetherby School in Notting Hill from the age of five.

Diana was also known to take part in the boys’ sports days being photographed on number of occasions.

My colleague Saman Javed has more on Diana’s key motherhood moments.

Watch the live video feed outside Kensington Palace, ahead of the unveiling of the Diana statue, on what would have been the princess’s 60^th birthday.

The statue is scheduled to be unveiled at 2pm in the newly redesigned Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, where it will be surrounded by 4,000 of the late princess’s favourite flowers, including forget-me-nots.

Princes William and Harry will be in attendance alongside members of the Spencer family, as well as the statue committee including sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley and Pip Morrison, who redesigned the garden.

As well as being a humanitarian and royal, Diana was also an undeniable style icon.

Her style ranged from casual to elegant, but all her fashion moments were among the most talked-about of her time.

From the polka dot smock dress she wore on the steps of the Lindo Wing with newborn Prince Harry to the so-called “revenge dress” she wore the evening Prince Charles confessed to his affair with Camilla, to her iconic neon cycling shorts, Diana’s style was legendary.

Ahead of the unveiling of her statue, browse through the late princess’s best looks.