Princess' bicycle to be auctioned

Princess Diana spent much of her childhood at Althorp, Northants

A bicycle which was ridden by Princess Diana when she was a child is due to be auctioned next month.

The Tracker bike will be sold by auctioneers Keys at Aylsham, Norfolk, on 18 May.

The auction house says the Princess of Wales, who died 10 years ago, used the bike when she lived in Althorp, Northamptonshire, in the 1970s.

The bicycle was later purchased by a housekeeper who was employed by Princess Diana's family.

Keys said the housekeeper died and her family had decided to sell the bicycle.