"[2] The money was raised through public donations, and a small committee consisting of close friends and advisers, including Diana's older sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, were said to be working on the project.

The statue was unveiled by William and Harry on 1 July 2021, on what would have been Diana's 60th birthday, and shows her surrounded by three children "who represent the universality and generational impact of the Princess's work".

[9] A paving stone in front of the statue features an extract from the poem The Measure of a Man by Wallace Gallaher, previously used in the memorial service to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Diana's death in 2007.

[6] In his review, the critic Jonathan Jones noted its "aesthetic awfulness ... Flat, cautious realism softened by a vague attempt to be intimate make this a spiritless and characterless hunk of nonsense.

"[10] Lily Waddell in the Evening Standard called it "beautiful", and that it "captured the people's princess in action and her kind heart".