‘It gives off psycho vibes’: the sharehouse with a homebuilt shrine to Princess Diana

In a new series sharing stories of artwork in Australian homes, Kate McGuinness shows the homage she made to the people’s princess and an eBay seller

Kate McGuinness was born the year Princess Diana died and has always “been incredibly saddened whenever I hear about Diana”. But her interest in the royal escalated when she met a woman called Helen via eBay.

Helen had been collecting Australian women’s magazines featuring Princess Diana since the heyday of Di-mania in the 1980s. Kate purchased much of the collection online because “Helen’s the only one in her family who values Di,” and as a result “I’ve ended up with hundreds of magazines”.

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