The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has written two prayers to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
The princess died in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997.
The offerings will be read at a memorial service in London due to be attended by princes William and Harry on August 31.
A spokeswoman for the Archbishop said: "The prayers are for the service that is taking place in the Guards Chapel, in St James’s Park.
"We are hoping that they will be used by other churches. If anyone is planning to do anything for the Diana memorial they have got these prayers."
Here, we reproduce the two prayers:
God our Father,
We remember before you Diana, Princess of Wales, and offer you our gratitude for all the memories of her that we treasure still.
Her vulnerability and her willingness to reach out to the excluded and forgotten touched us all; her generosity gave hope and joy to many.
May she rest in peace where sorrow and pain are banished, and may the everlasting light of your merciful love shine upon her; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Father eternal, unfailing source of peace to all who seek you, we entrust to your love and protection all for whom this anniversary of the tragic and untimely death of Diana, Princess of Wales reawakens the pains of grief and loss.
Comfort all who mourn, that casting all their cares upon you, they may be filled with your gifts – of new life, of courage and of hope; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
POSTED: 22/08/2007 09:25:50
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