PRINCESS DIANA’S FAVOURITE FLORIST KIP DODDS SHARES ROYAL MEMORIES AS HE INVITES US TO HIS FAMILY HOME IN SEVILLE

‘When the phone rang, I always hoped it would be Diana’

For three years, Kip Dodds was Diana, Princess of Wales’s personal florist. He arranged all the flowers for her private apartments, her parties and her gifts, becoming, over the course of time, a close friend.

Their friendship came about when her butler Paul Burrell one day went into his shop, Kip’s Flowers, near Kensington Palace, and asked for a sample arrangement for the Princess. She loved it – and the rest, as they say, is history.

Kip has since set up a new life in the south of Spain, where he invites to his impressive mansion. Inspired by English and Mediterranean styles, the estate, which is located a few kilometres from