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From Bob Dylan to Beethoven, Princess Diana's eclectic childhood record collection goes under the hammer





Princess Diana clearly had an eclectic taste in music judging by her childhood record collection

Princess Diana's eclectic taste in music has been revealed with the emergence of her childhood record collection.

Vinyls featuring classical composers such as Mozart and Beethoven are interspersed with albums from U.S. rockers the Eagles and Bob Dylan.

The set of 19 LPs have gone on sale via an online auction site PFC auctions, which is based in Guernsey.

They were originally bought at a car boot sale for just £6 eight years ago, but now they have been listed with a reserve price of £250.

Although there are currently no bidders, it is expected that the records will fetch several thousands, when the sale closes on May 24.

All covers are personally signed by the late princess so she could prove to other members of her family they belonged to her as a youngster.

At the time veteran DJ Paul Gambaccini, who was hired to catalogue Diana's childhood record collection after her death, said: 'The records would fit very snugly into the collection I saw at St James' Palace.



'It was custom for the Spencer children to put first names on records to make it clear which record belonged to which child.'

In 2002, Prince William ­reclaimed ­several of his mother’s ­albums after they were ­allegedly stolen.

Two years later, 19 records were sold at a car-boot sale which raised money for the Princess Trust and the North West Cancer Research Fund in Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, to a ­mystery buyer.



Vinyls featuring classical composers such as Mozart and Beethoven are interspersed with albums from U.S. rockers the Eagles and Bob Dylan



'It was custom for the Spencer children to put first names on records to make it clear which record belonged to which child,' says DJ Paul Gambaccini

The collection - which ­includes her ­favourite, the soundtrack to Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film Romeo and ­Juliet - is being sold online by PFC auctions, which is also selling a slice of ­William and Kate’s wedding cake.

Next month, an exhibition of Princess Diana memorabilia is to go on display near Los Angeles on board the historic Queen Mary ship.

For more information on the PFC auction visit: www.pfcauctions.com



PRINCESS DIANA'S CHILDHOOD RECORD COLLECTION

Eagles - Greatest Hits

John Denver - Rocky Mountain High

Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years

Bob Dylan - Hard Rain

Carmen

Romeo and Juliet

Brahms - Hungarian Dance

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia

Beethoven - Symphony No6

Beethoven - Symphony No5

Mozart - Symphony No40

Mendelssohn - Overtures

La Fille Mal Gardee

Faure & Saint Saens

Elgar - Enigma Variations

Liszt - Piano Works