The books of condolence crammed with tributes to Britain's Princess Diana were to be closed Sunday, three weeks after her death in a Paris car crash.
Tens of thousands of people have written personal messages in the books, which were initially opened on the morning of Diana's death.The books have lain open day and night at her former home, Kensington Palace, for mourners to pay their last respects and tributes.
The small number that were originally made available was increased to 43 to cope with the vast lines of mourners, some of whom waited 12 hours through the night to pay their respects.
Buckingham Palace says the books will be offered to Diana's family, the Spencers, following their removal from Kensington Palace.
But the outpouring of grief does not look like ending with the books' closure.
Sunday, 66 London taxis took 126 sick British children to lay a cab-shaped wreath and flowers at the site of Diana's fatal crash in Paris.
Driving in from the EuroDisney theme park outside the French capital, the taxis moved in line to the Flame of Liberty, a monument which mourners have turned into a memorial for Diana over the underpass where her car crashed.
One cab driver said the trip, to take terminally ill children from London hospitals to the amusement park, was an annual fixture.