The statue of Diana, Princess of Wales is to be specially opened to well-wishers to mark the anniversary of her death.
The princess was killed on August 31 in 1997, with Tuesday marking 24 years since the fatal car crash in Paris.
Due to the pandemic, Kensington Palace and its gardens are operating reduced opening days and are usually only accessible to the public from Wednesday to Sunday.
But Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) said special arrangements had been made to allow visitors to view the statue from the Cradle Walk around the Sunken Garden where it stands from 3pm to 5pm on Tuesday.
The figure of the princess is surrounded by three children and depicts Diana, with short cropped hair, in the later years of her life.
The palace’s Sunken Garden – one of the places Diana loved most at the palace – has been redesigned during the past two years and features more than 4,000 individual flowers, including forget-me-nots which were adored by the princess.
A spokesman for Historic Royal Palaces said: “We acknowledge that there will be interest in viewing the statue on that day.
“So we will be providing access to the Cradle Walk which is essentially the beautiful walkway around the Sunken Garden.
“We will be opening that up, freely available, for passers-by or anybody who wants to stop and take a moment on that Tuesday, specially for the anniversary.”
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